Day 15: Giralia to Bullara

Last night I half promised scrambled eggs on toast for breakfast but it all depended on the farmer having eggs and bread to sell to us. Collis was going up this morning to check out the egg situation but didn't want to go up too early in case the farmers were having a sleep in as well. We are able to have a sleep in today as they only have 40 kms to ride to the next cattle station. Jill was first up but decided not to wait for the eggs but would love some toast. Collis came back with a dozen eggs and I cooked up a big pot for Collis, Jurgen and myself. Gareth got up later so I made him a fresh batch and then he kindly did the dishes.

Jill and Jurgen headed out around 9 am and Gareth left about a half hour later. We fiddled around before going and had a lovely chat with the farmer and his wife- no hurry today. Jill decided to do an extra 25kms into the wind and then 25 kms back before coming into campas well as the 40 kms with the tail wind. They had a tail wind all the way today and we got to Bullara by lunchtime and Jurgen picked their campsite. Bullara is a little bit more upmarket to Giralia but they are both nice places to stay. Collis and I treated ourselves to a room as we would have access to the Bull Bar which is a really nice area with a kitchen, lounge and decking. Rules had changed since we were last there two years ago when our riders (who were camping) could also use the bar but this is no longer the case as they have improved the campers camp kitchen and have doubled it in size. It now costs extra for the campers to use the Bull Bar but they did let us cook them a meal there and they could sit on the deck to eat it. I was too embarrassed to tell them that they should have gone back to their area after dinner so they stayed on until bedtime and no-one seemed any the wiser. Bullara has a great outdoor shower which I really love but it was a little bit windy and I was having to run around chasing the water to wash myself.

Collis organised a meal deal with the station and we all got a piece of steak with two sausages, salad and potato, the meat was lovely. Cold nights have started so we are not staying up too late.