DAY 68 - STREAKY BAY SA

STREAKY BAY SA

DAY 68

VENUS BAY – STREAKY BAY

84.46 km

Total Time: 08.40 – 14.10 (5h 30m)

Time on Bike: 4h 04m 48s

Max. Speed: 41.5 km/h

Av. Speed: 20.7 km/h


I need to create an ode to tailwind; however my creative juices are not necessarily working in this direction so I may need some help.

Or perhaps it should be set to music.

Whatever, it was a day to remember but certainly not for the scenery.

I will happily ride through saltbush and mallee scrub every day in exchange for the amount of tailwind I had today.

80 kilometres of sweet, sweet tailwind.

Well, 72 to tell absolute truth.

I wheeled into Port Kenny at 9.30 for a roughly fashioned breakfast at the local roadhouse and it was also the only opportunity to replenish water supplies for the day.

By the time I wheeled out half-an-hour later, a caning breeze had worked up out of the south and I wanted every last piece of it.

It was puffing as I saw off Venus Bay into the mirror, but by show time out of Port Kenny, it was booming.

And a pacy 72 kilometres it was – just over 3 hours at an average of about 24.

I only stopped once – it was just too good.

Towards the end, the unremarkable scenic approach into Streaky Bay belies what hides beyond - the Streaky township itself is just a beauty.

The bay is completely sheltered from outside elements making for the perfect camping frontage and also one of the more appealing in local legend.

I’ve taken pole position right down on the waterfront, so I’m not exactly rushed to move again for the next while…..

Dave and Bernadette are fellow travellers I crossed paths with nearly 3000 kilometres ago in the town of Forbes NSW.

So how it is possible to meet them and their dog and their school bus again by complete chance in remote Streaky Bay SA is one of life’s more uncanny little patterns.

It kind of made me realise how much territory has actually been covered in the past 10 weeks.

And still I pedal onwards.

For now, I will enjoy at least another day around here in Streaky.

It’s just too nice.