PORT LINCOLN SA
DAY 61
TUMBY BAY – PORT LINCOLN
58.93 km
Total Time: 08.45 – 13.30 (4h 45m)
Time on Bike: 3h 06m 35s
Max. Speed: 61.2 km/h
Av. Speed: 18.9 km/h
Port Lincoln makes the claim of being Australia’s Seafood Capital.
This is just a little misleading for account of the fact that there is every chance that it is indeed Australia’s fishing capital.
The reality is however, that most of what gets caught isn’t anywhere to be found along the main promenade of Port Lincoln.
It is basically shipped off to the East Asian archipelago as soon as it is caught and the locals are loving it.
Lincoln has a noticeably strong economy and some rather supreme real estate hangs off the side of the surrounding hills with accompanying world class views across beautiful Boston Bay and beyond.
It is certainly a nice corner of the world, no matter what your preferences.
And after conquering 330 kilometres of the Lincoln Highway, the final 10 into the local capital finally delivered on my dream to cling dramatically to the shoreline within metres of the deep blue and bring back those Big Sur memories.
I also almost got run over today.
The would-be-murderer was a caravan-hauling Grey Nomad menace, undermining in a moment the so far impeccable record of all others of the ilk.
Such a shame really, and as veritably pissed off as I was, it was close enough to the wind to embrace the day in the knowledge that everything is still intact.
It may also be no small coincidence that I am actually sharing digs with the B-Double driver who was travelling directly behind at the time and witnessed the incident unfold, in lieu of being an accessory to highway manslaughter…..
It is a one-nighter only in the town of Lincoln, courtesy of the bay side Boston Hotel and an onwards pedal to destination Coffin Bay tomorrow.
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