Day 16: Coober Pedy to Cagney Roadhouse via The Painted Desert Road
This really looks like a painting.
Crazy man! Scotsman peddling from Aberdeen to Adelaide and then some.
One of the many victims of the strong crosswinds…..
Day 17: Cagney Roadhouse to Stuarts Well Roadhouse and Dinky
Teatime on the road.
Monument to a disastrous Canonball road race. A number of people died when a Ferrari motorcar went out of control at high speed. This race took place on a normal road while in normal use!
Feeding time at Stuarts Well Roadhouse.
Dinky the dingo.
After supper, Dinky the dingo entertains the punters. This dingo has become world famous for his “singing”
Day 18: Stuarts Well Roadhouse to Chambers Pillar
The road to Maryvale
Entering the community of Tjikikala
And then the deep sand started…….
50m from the campsite and having just done 130km, two of us parted company from our respective bikes!
One ended up under the tree.
the other, just hit the sand when he saw the first guy under the tree
Result. One slightly sore knee. Guess which one.
Oh yes, the pillar.
Camping at the pillar. No tents, just sleep on a table.
Addit: The team now has its own Flying Doctor!
One of the guys hit deep sand at 65kms/hr and was literally caterpulted off his bike.
Result - grit and sand in every nook, cranny and oriface. One broken mirror and various items bent into new shapes. Otherwise, all good!!
Day 19: Chambers Pillar to Alice Springs
Replace tyres and general maintenance.
Our resident chef created the entrees for the dinner we were invited to, by the folk we met at Chambers Pillar – Yen, John and Sally.
A welcome “home style” cooked dinner.
Day 20: Alice Springs to Uluru (Ayers Rock)
On the way, we stopped at a lookout point called Mt Connor. There were a number of tourist busses and within minutes, we were being photographed by many crazy photographers, eager to snap away at anything.
This was a hard days riding with lots of wind again. At least we know were all the sand is going to – Sydney.
Uluru is so busy, it’s unbelievable.
Camping bikey style. No tent.
Was it cold? – you bet.
Guess who!
Day 21: Uluru Camp and R&R
Sunset at the Rock.
Benches to rest on the way around the rock
Contemplating!
Time to retire.
The next part of the trip promises to be more challenging than the entire trip to date.
Three of our friends who did this next part of the trip a week ago had very bad luck and only one eventually drove into Perth. One decided to go via the RFDS and the other to Kalgorlie Hospital and then train to Perth. With this news we are not very excited about the next couple of days!
Tomorrow we head to Docker River.
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