Outback Odyssey 2013 Day 13

Day 13

Hawker to Rawnsley Park

91km

But another detour around the mud.... So we did 84.77km

Another dry night! So nice to be walking up in a dry bed.

Not as cold this morning and no rain, so glad for no rain! 

However we did get told at breakfast that we would spend the day on the highway due to there being about 30km of sticky mud. We did not mind this, I don't think we needed any more mud. 

So we head into Hawker for a look around before hitting the road. Not much to Hawker. And it was 7.30am so nothing open anyways. 

We head off down the highway with a cracking pace, some very nice down hills.... Some very nice down hills indeed. I got up to 52km/h at one stage.... It funny how quick the Km's go by at 52km/h. It was just down the Korda at 15km we stopped for morning tea... Any guesses as to what it was? 

Back onto the highway for another 27ish km. then a right hand turn onto a dirt track. We all kinda had to confirm we were in the right place as some heard highway all day others heard only til lunch... Anyway about 1.5km down the road was lunch. The 1.5km was a bit hard cos it was into a head wind. We'd had a tail wind most of the morning. 

Lunch was a strange mix of mashed pumpkin and potato and something on flat bread... I picked mine from the chicken box... But I didn't get any chicken. Oh well! 

Aft lunch was hard HARD.... 3 hours to ride 28km..... All dirt road all up and down hills into a 40knot head wind.... Fun I tell ya... FUN! 

Some amazing pictures to update you with when I upload them. So we peddled on and on and on.... You get the picture. 

Afternoon tea was at about 70km. We stopped to refuel and then back onto the highway for the last few Km's. The highway did not seem as easy this afternoon as it did this morning. But I guess the 40knot head wind might have had something to do with the tiredness of the legs and bums. 

Rawnsley Park is a massive place. We are in a cabin again tonight so we will be dry in the morning. 

One more day of riding. 90ish km again tomorrow. 

Ill come back later and update you on the nights events. 

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And so the night dragged on and on like normal. 

Weather tomorrow, down to 6 overnight but a sunny day forecast.... We shall see what happens.