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Day 22 148 days to go. Distance: today 115km total 2053km. It’s 7.20pm Saturday 28/7/2012 Cloncurry. I’m sitting at Wal’s Camp all squeaky clean after some serious scrubbing off dirt and sunscreen from the last few days. Boy does that feel better. It’s such a great camp here just outside of town and away fromContinue reading “Theaussiechallenge Post # 20 Cloncurry”

Day 21 149 days to go. Distance: today 100km total 1938km. It’s 5pm Friday 27/7/2012 McKinley. I’m sitting on the front verandah at the Crocodile Dundee Walkabout Creek Hotel enjoying my million dollar coke zero while sitting in the afternoon sun mmmmmmmmm. It’s been sooo windy today like crazy windy but I’m tucked away nowContinue reading “Theaussiechallenge Post # 19 McKinley”

Day 20 150 days to go. Distance: today 156km total 1838km. It’s 7pm Thursday 26/ 7/2012 (Rest stop 20km east of Kynuna). Rube and I are now under the stars and crescent moon in such a beautiful part of the globe. We’ve just watched the sunset which was an hour long show of bliss. There’sContinue reading “Theaussiechallenge Post # 18 Kynuna”

Day 19 151 days to go. Distance: today 77km total 1682km. It’s 6.30pm Wednesday 25/7/2012 Winton. It just keeps getting better as I get more into the country west with all its folk, flora and fauna. It’s another world out here that I have never appreciated before and its so cool to be experiencing itContinue reading “Theaussiechallenge Post # 17 Winton”

Day 18 152 days to go. Distance: today 120km total 1605km. It’s 7.30pm Tuesday 24/7/2012 Chorregon rest stop (65km before Winton). I was stopped here filling my water bottles unsure if it was the right rest stop when another van pulled in. I went over and checked with them and the next stop was stillContinue reading “Theaussiechallenge Post # 16 Chorregon”

Day 17 153 days to go. Distance: today 116km total 1485km. It’s 9pm Monday 23/7/2012 Longreech. Rube and I were waved off this morning by the blackest of cute Barcy (Barcaldine) chickens in backyard of the hotel. She clucked us a safe and good day and it was. The weather is so magnificent and we’reContinue reading “Theaussiechallenge Post# 15 Longreech”

Day 16 154 days to go. Distance: today 95km total 1369km. It’s 8pm Sunday 22/7/2012 Balcadine. Ive realized Im officially dating our magnificent country and have a serious crush on the outback. Ive had folk ask me, ‘Why are you peddling?’ ‘Aren’t you afraid on your own?’ ‘Don’t you get lonely on the road?’ AsContinue reading “Theaussiechallenge Post # 14 Balcadine”

Day 15 155 days to go. Distance: today 138km total 1274km. It’s 7pm Saturday 21/7/2012 Jericho. Rube and I are by our first campfire on the banks of the river in Jericho. Bliss!!!!! What an incredibly beautifully delishly awesome way to end a long day’s ride. We’re feeling pretty chuffed with ourselves having crossed theContinue reading “Theaussiechallenge Post # 13 Jericho”

Day 14 156 days to go. Distance: today 107km total 1138km It’s 7pm Friday 20/7/2012 Bogantungan. This place is sooo cute. It’s got a few old homesteads and an even older railway station and a phone booth and thats about it. Theres a little medium strip and shelter where the rest stop is and ImContinue reading “Theaussiechallenge Post # 12 Bogantungan”

Day 13 157 days to go. Distance: today 81km total 1031km. It’s 6.30pm Thursday 19/7/2012 Emerald. I love the smell of mozzie coils buts there something extra cool with the scent in the air camping by the river in Emerald. What a beautiful rest spot location. The weather today has been just beautiful beautiful blueContinue reading “Theaussiechallenge Post # 11 Emerald”