Waking up in Quorn caravan park to the call of a rooster that can’t tell time is the first reminder that we’re in the country, and we’re on our way.
Packing up after the first night is less than smooth, with my gear seemingly expanding to twice its previous size overnight….
With the gear is on the bus, and breakfast out of the way, it’s onto the road for our first full day of riding.
100 km ahead of us, and luckily the wind is behind us. The terrain is changing all the time. It’s stark but you can tell there has been a lot of rain.
There are quite a few ruins throughout the area, and it shows the history of settlement before everyone realized that this area was not the farming oasis that was originally thought.
Stopping for lunch in Hawker, all is going well, except for at the coffee shop, where the one guy making coffee was a little bit stressed out seeing 34 people hanging out for a well overdue caffeine fix!
We leave Hawker, and we’re making really good time, and before long we’re getting a good glimpse of the mountains around Wilpena.
Our first piece of fauna caused quite a bit of interest with our international visitors….
with an unfortunate end a few minutes later when it tried to cross the road…. oops.
The turn into Rawnsley Park is a welcome sight after over 100km in the saddle, and it’s a beautiful place to stay!
Unpacking, setting the tent, dinner and some time around the fire is enough to send us all to bed early, and we’ve got a huge day tomorrow…. and we can’t wait.
<end of day 2>
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