Day: |
004 |
Date: |
Thursday, 11 November 2004 |
Start: |
Crookwell |
Finish: |
Canberra |
Daily
Kilometres: |
140 |
Total
Kilometres: |
580 |
Weather: |
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Accommodation: |
Stayed with relatives |
Nutrition: |
Breakfast: Muesli Lunch:
Toasted sandwich Dinner: Roast dinner |
Aches: |
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Animals Seen: |
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Pictures: |
Here |
GPS Track: |
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Journal: |
During the night the barmaid poked a note
under my door to sday they moved my bike into the dining room from
the back room so that I could get it more easily in the morning.
Very helpful. I got up at 6:20am and managed to leave by
7:20am on a cool partly cloudy morning. It was lovely bike
riding south on minor roads with virtually no traffic through
pastoral country. Lots of country smells and some good views
when the route climbed on to the Great Divide. As the morning
wore on I encountered some tougher hills and gravel roads but
continued to make good time. I crossed the Hume Highway
without incident and had a snack by the side of a really back
country road. However it had clouded over and began to spit
with rain.
I decided to keep going to Gundaroo for lunch
although the gravel road and some big hills (with great views)
slowed me a bit. I met a couple of women on horseback with
pack horses who were also doing the Bicentennial National Trail.
I probably should have stopped for a chat, but wanted to get to
Canberra in good time. I arrived in Gundaroo (140km) and had
lunch at the very old and quaint Post Office/cafe with a friendly
proprietor. Whilst there it began raining harder and I set out
for Canberra in my wet weather gear. It got heavier and I
arrived in the northern suburbs soaked through on a very dreary day.
I stopped at the Visitors Centre to dry out a bit and call
Pauline to confirm I wouldn't see them in the Snowy Mountains (they
are going to be in Mackay). I called Jocey to confirm I would
be there around 6:00pm and then set out for the last few kilometres.
It was now raining very hard, but cleared up a bit as I circled
Parliament House. I stopped at the Red Hill store for some
Coke and chocolates to take to dinner and bumped into relatives, Bob
and Heather, there. I then rode the very short distance to
Jocey and Chris's house, and after a much needed shower, had a very
pleasant dinner with their family. I did some washing and went
to bed at 11:00pm. |
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