Saturday, March 28, 2015

Day 3: Nuriootpa to Clare

Another very cold riding day this morning. Very little wind this morning but every rider has complained about the freezing wind. We went through some interesting mining towns with lots of historical old buildings in the towns.

Morning tea was at Marrabel Soldiers Memorial Park. Interesting park with games for the kids (the riders struggled with these) and heaps of information on the pioneering families of the area. Very interesting. Morning tea today was a traditional German Apricot Cake bought yesterday at that really nice german bakery.

The rest of the riding for the day was mainly on the Reisling Trail and enjoyed by all riders although Lew chose the road in the end as he had done the trail before.


Arrived at Clare early again and spread out across the camping area but ........We have stayed here before with really pleasant memories but this weekend was the SA Masters Games being held in Clare. Most of the participants were staying in this park. When we first arrived we were told we could camp anywhere and it was a huge space so everyone spread out. Around 2 pm we became surrounded on three sides by young guys wearing t shirts stating 'it's a pirates life'. Everyone of them got out of their cars with a stubby in hand and for the next 11 hours their hands were never empty of alcohol. The tempo and the language increased constantly until around 9 pm when it had become a dull roar and every second word was a profanity. Collis reported them to the office asking they be asked to at least tone down the language- nothing seemed to be done. The rest of the camp settled down around 11 pm at curfew time but these louts just kept going. Eventually at 12.30 am one idiot lit a small gas tank and we had a fire spout shoot 30 feet in the air into a very thick, dry canopy of gum trees. One idiot burnt his arm and was intermittently screaming and then laughing. Collis and I once again went to the office requesting assistance. One camper called the police. Anyway the police and management arrived at the same time and everything settled down.

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