Day 24: Bush Camp to Kalbarri

All riders denied touching food boxes after retiring last night and none of them heard anything. Nothing seems to be missing so we must have scared them off before they could take anything. We have a few sore behinds this morning and this seems to be making a couple of them a little cranky, which is understanding as they have about 140 kms to ride again today. Lunch at the Ross Graham Lookout.

Yesterday they had good winds most of the day but today they have not been quite so lucky. Also today's ride is quite undulating with lots of sand dunes to navigate. This should suit them as it will give them an opportunity to get off the seat throughout the day to relieve their tooshes. It also means lots of great downhills where they won't need to peddle. The day ends up being a bit tough for them and they are probably all wondering why they decided to do this ride.

Collis has surprised me with a couple of nights away so we dropped off the riders stuff at the Tudor caravan park, gave them information on what is available around town then went to the shops. Collis decided to drop some milk off back at the riders camp before we headed out of town only to find 2 riders grumbling about the difficulty of the day and one had a broken spoke. He gave them the spoke tool but neither knew how to do it so we will look at it when we get to Northampton- it should be ok till then.

We are staying a bit out of town right on the beach with fantastic views of the Indian Ocean and the whales frolicking very close to the beach. The accommodation is a bit basic but we should cope for two nights.