All riders on the road by 7.45 am- we are getting closer to the great rock and everyone getting a bit anxious. Theo slept in this morning which is a bit unusual but he didn’t hang around and was one of the first to leave camp. They had an easterly wind today which was perfect. Morning tea was at Kernot Range rest area which was lovely clean compared to the ones we have seen over the last few weeks.
We sighted Mt Connor as we came up over a ridge and everyone first thought it was Ayers Rock except it had a flat top. This caused a bit of confusion until we found out it was Mt Connor.
We arrived at Curtin Springs Homestead before midday. There was an emu roaming freely around the camp- it’s called Mongrel. Busy place with heaps of buses and cars with a continuous stream of shoppers, toilet users and people pinching water. Around 3 pm it all seemed to calm down.
The camping ground is pretty barren and forlorn looking which left Kirsten in a dilemma. She isn’t feeling very well and thinks she may be getting a cold so she is thinking of upgrading into a room. In the end she decides to do the camping thing.
Cycle Across Oz decided to have the end of ride celebratory dinner here tonight as not everyone will be staying around at Ayers Rock tomorrow night. Dinner was really nice with porterhouse steak (grown on the property) with mashed potatoes and green beans. Dessert was a choice of bread & butter pudding or sticky date with ice cream. They also threw in a couple of bottles of wine. After dinner they gave Collis a bottle of their own labelled port. I’m looking forward to enjoying that on the next leg. Great night!
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