There was a beautiful sunrise this morning and a few cyclists managed to capture a representation of it on camera. The first rider left around 7.25 am and the last rider left camp around 8 am.
It has been very noticeable the lack of wildlife on both of these legs of the ride- there has been hardly any roadkill either on this leg. Most roadkill has been cows. Saw a couple of live cows this morning but nothing else.
We chatted with a self supported rider at the roadhouse this morning and he had come from Uluru. He had been advised to not ride in this direction and he now wishes he had listened to this advise. He has battled with the headwinds all the way and is thinking of turning around and going back the other way. He told me he was riding to Adelaide but he told Lew he was riding to Coober Pedy- he was a little vague on details.
The scenery has changed a little this morning with some flat top mountains on the horizon. The weather started to warm up by lunchtime and the winds went from SSE to ENE to ESE by time the riders left the lunch break. The flies came out and became just a little bit annoying. Traffic has increased and there are more caravan's out and about unfortunately. They are our biggest danger on the road.
Whilst trying to find a good camping spot, Collis stopped suddenly and I nearly went up his bottom. Close call. The riders were chatting about a few horses they saw, whether they were wild or not. Never did find out.
Dinner was a Japanese Curry with sausages and vegetables. I over catered seriously on this and we have ended up with heaps left over even though everyone (except Theo) had seconds and some thirds. Dessert was a peach cake with cream. Flies were horrendous but fly nets and arabian caps worked well. They left on sunset. No mozzies. We played a word game called Ghost around the campfire which was quite funny.
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