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Day: |
019 |
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Date: |
Tuesday, 15 August 2006 |
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Summary |
Rest day. |
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Start: |
Hughenden |
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Finish: |
Hughenden |
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Daily
Kilometres: |
0 |
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Total
Kilometres: |
2518 |
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Weather: |
Mild early but warm to hot and sunny for
the rest of the day with north-east wind. |
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Accommodation: |
Motel in Hughenden , Queensland . |
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Nutrition: |
Pastries for breakfast, quiche and salad
for lunch, and pasta and a milkshake for dinner. |
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Encounters: |
None in particular, but the locals were all
very friendly. |
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Highlights: |
Spending a day wandering around with
nothing much to do. |
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Lowlights: |
Getting a social phone call from Kev
Andrews at 6:00am on the one day on the trip that I had planned to
sleep in! |
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Journal: |
Most of the day was spent wandering around
the central part of Hughenden soaking up the atmosphere of a remote
outback town and attending to a few chores. Unfortunately, one of
the chores turned out to be a load of hand-washing since there is no
Laundromat in town. However, apart from that I found an internet
centre providing cheap broadband access and the necessary food
stores. One of the pubs was highly recommended by the locals and I
ended up eating both lunch and dinner there on their very pleasant
verandah opening on to the sleepy main street.
The day was
quite hot and a strong north-east wind was blowing in the morning
which made me glad I was not riding although, no doubt, the weather
will be the same again tomorrow.
I bought a 2.4 litre fruit
juice in a container I will fill with water to see me through the
next few days. By my calculation, I will see only one roadhouse, and
no other water, shops, accommodation, etc., in the next three
days. I didn’t sleep well last night and I’ve had a bit of a
headache most of the day, possibly because I was a bit dehydrated
yesterday. I’ll make sure I get a good sleep tonight rather than
make a pre-dawn start. |
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