Distance travelled: 531 kms
Cumulative distance: 10,331 kms
Sponsored by: Terry Fewell.
Left at 8.00 am after a great breakfast put on by the Balladonia roadhouse and headed for Eucla. The countryside was pretty ordinary and repetitive, low scrub right up to the side of the road. As I was heading for the first refuelling stop at Caiguna I passed a number of riders waving at me so I waved back. I learnt later that I was meant to stop for a team photo at the start of the "ninety mile" straight. As the name "ninety mile straight" would suggest there was a lot of boring straight line riding.
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| The start of the "Ninety Mile Straight". |
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| Alan fanging past the "photo shoot" at the "90 mile straight" |
As I headed on down the road the weather ahead was looking decidedly damp so I stopped and struggled into my wet weather gear. Needless to say it didn't rain. I took one for the team, so they all stayed dry.
There was a time change on the way. We went forward by 45 minutes as we were heading east. My TomTom GPS picked it up immediately but the phone is still working on Western Australia time.
The motel at Eucla was very welcoming and we had a great dinner there. Before dinner a few of us with Enduro (off road) bikes took a gravel road to the beach to check out the old Telegraph Station. Unfortunately it was not protected and had been attacked by the usual losers with grafitti and kilroy was here smart arses. It was basically a pile of rubble as nothing had been done to preserve it.
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| The enduro riders except one was riding a BMW F800 GT |
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| The remains of the Telegraph Station?? |
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| This is the view out of my room's window. That is the ocean in the distance. |
Tomorrow is the real crossing of the Nullarbor to Ceduna. We ride close to the Great Australian Bight and should get some great views of the cliffs and ocean.
