DAY 62 - PORT LINCOLN SA

PORT LINCOLN SA

DAY 62

36.31 km

Total Time: 09.45 – 17.45 (8h)

Time on Bike: 2h 26m 32s

Max. Speed: 43.9 km/h

Av. Speed: 14.9 km/h


A day of twisted fate and incidental meetings has resulted in a significant shift from my outset plan.

The complication of events does not bear description in this space but the net conclusion is that my stay in Port Lincoln is now extended to at least Saturday.

I have been afforded the very best of hospitality by a group of local fanatics from a collective known as “Peninsula Pedallers” and am now staying at the residence of one of their number – a lady by the name of Raylene.

Dinner tonight was conducted at the home of another one of their number – a man by the name of Jeff – and all afternoon cutting some bay side trails with anyone who had the urge to come along.

Tomorrow is a promise of further surprises, so it is not my job to pre-empt anything at this young stage.

Lincoln is a particularly beautiful location – there is nothing to dispute about this – so I am gaining a great deal of privilege to be sharing in this experience.

There is everything to gain and nothing to lose from here onwards and I am also enjoying some respite from the cycle of “tent up/tent down” that has been prevalent for the majority of my time on the road.

5 nights straight without pitching is a record for this trip.

To have slept comfortably in a proper bed for those nights has been even more refreshing and I am not minding in the least the thought of getting back into my little yellow hutch when the time comes.

For now I am just trying to let the happiness of events settle within me.

Hopefully, this will take place soon enough and I may be able to report from the town of Lincoln in greater detail.