Day 28 Balranald to Hay (83 miles)

Heigh Ho, to Hay we go! Fast ride today with an excellent tailwind! All done in 6 hours including a lunch stop! Also it’s a bit on the cool side and that helps too. A high of 19 deg today only. We left all the fishermen behind in Balranald after a noisy night! It was actually raining when we got up and our sandals were wet. The Hay plains were quite amazing, 132 km of nothingness yet only 400 miles approx from Sydney! Like the Nullarbor only cold!!

Roadkill was evident again... many kangaroos and a dead fox! Dermot had a live kangaroo run along beside him  but he outcycled him eventually!It was an old kangaroo!!!! 
Dermot had gripey pains all day as he cycled. Amazing he did so well really! Anyway , he had only reached the caravan site when he shot off to the toilet block. He never said a word about his pains till later on in the pub. He then casually mentioned that we head for the pub just as the Australian Dyno Rod equivalent was arriving at the site to unblock a major blockage!!!!!! I rest my case. 

Back at the campsite a few pints later and it looks like a sink hole!!! Luckily we are parked well away from it! “Keep the head down “ he said. Slight exaggeration!

It was interesting at the pub as it was Mardi Gras.... the pub was full of Mardi Gras revellers who enjoyed lots of alcohol! Great Sunday afternoon sesh! Busiest pub we’ve been in!



The sisters of Perpetual Indulgence!!!!


Dermot leaving Balranald at first light.

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