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Day: |
013 |
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Date: |
Monday, 5 September 2005 |
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Start: |
Wycliffe Well |
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Finish: |
Tennant Creek |
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Daily
Kilometres: |
132 |
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Total
Kilometres: |
2064 |
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Journal: |
Got up at 5:30am after a reasonable night's
sleep and set out at 6:10am as the sun rose.It was cool but promised
to warm rapidly. Again there was a headwind so progress was just
steady. Around 8am I reached the Devil's Marbles where the family
had camped on our round Australia trip. It was pretty in the early
morning light. As it got hotter and the headwind rose I became less
enthusiastic about two big mileage days tomorrow and Wednesday.
North winds were forecast to be strong tomorrow and it was going to
be hot all week. I stopped for breakfast at a rest stop after 45km
and then settled into an enervating slog in the wind and heat on
long straight stretches into the shimmering distance. Although it
was tough, this was typical weather for this area and I enjoyed
seeing at its best. I decided to revert to my original schedule and
just aim for Tennant Creek today. I made it shortly after 2pm and
checked into a motel near the centre of town. It was baking hot and
the town had a run-down feel. I wouldn't want to be posted to the
Westpac Bank here (my father was once a bank manager)! I bought
some supplies at the supermarket and later went around to the
take-out and ordered a pizza for dinner which I ate back in my
room. I over-ate and over-drank, though need the fluids, and went
to bed at 8pm with indigestion. |
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