Days 16 and17 “The Mount”

No, not the sermon on the mount……this means Mount Gambier where the locals call it “The Mount” I had two days out of the saddle here. The first was a sleep

Day 15 Port Augusta to Mount Gambier

The morning heralded the first strategic decision in a fortnight. Do I turn west and head to the Eyre Peninsula (the original plan) or veer south towards Adelaide?The rain fronts w

Day 14 Coober Pedy to Port Augusta

Sleeping underground was only slightly novel. In cool weather the temperature underground was similar to surface and the few blustery clouds did not deliver any rain overnight. I h

Day 12 and 13, Yulara to Kulgera to Coober Pedy

An easy 328 km in 3 hrs 15 mins.  The first 2 and a half hours had me backtracking to the Stuart Highway then turning South.  I have left the French tourists behind in their twin

Day 11 – Kings Canyon to Yulara via The Olgas

Monday 17th August After breakfast we packed up and rode back to Yulara, fueling up at Curtain Springs Roadhouse on petrol and coffee.  We discovered the bird aviaries out the bac

Day 10 – Kings Canyon

Sunday 16th August We hopped on the bike and rode 10 kms to the Canyon to tackle the Rim Walk around Kings Canyon.  It’s 6kms round trip with a steep ascent at the beginning

Day 9 Yulara to Kings Canyon

Days 6, 7 and 8 – Yulara

Days 4 and 5 Tennant Creek-Alice Springs-Yulara

Days four and five were pretty much more of the same. Great roads, clear skies and lots of people. The camp grounds are a joy for social interaction and two couples took me under t