Day 12 Three Ways Roadhouse to the Daly Waters Pub!
We had a good sleep that night and got on the road early. It was quite windy this morning, a nasty cross wind making riding hard. Rod led out for a while but the rain had buggered his speedo. He thought he was going 105km/h when really he was struggling to make 95km/h. He wouldn't believe me though and told me to lead. He was going to check his speed using his GPS and get back to me. We made our first stop at the Rainer Springs Roadhouse. Nice spot but I had to wait 10 minutes for Rod to catch up. Apparently he got bored of the bitumen and decided to ride in the dirt at the side of the road for fun.
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| Waiting for Rod |
We continued on and fueled up in Elliot around 11am. We weren't ready for lunch and we only had 140km to go until Daly Waters. Rod told me to take off and he'd meet me there. I suggested stopping for lunch at a roadhouse 100km up the road but he really wanted to push on. So I took off up the road and stopped a few times to take photos. I pulled into the Daly Waters Roadhouse, fueled up and then waited for Rod. An hour later he rocks up wondering why I'm pissed. Apparently his bum got sore so he pulled up at the roadhouse down the road where a tour bus driver feed him lunch. He couldn't understand why I was upset at standing in the hot sun for an hour, starving and worrying about what had happened to him. Still you can't let that get in the way of a good night out.
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| Still waiting for Rod |
We then hooned up to the pub checking out the WW2 airstrip on the way. We set up the tents as quickly as possible, had a shower then hit the pub. The pub is a classic but getting very touristy I suppose. We meet a few funny blokes and had beef and barra for dinner. Unfortunately we couldn't kick on too late as we had 390km of off-road then next day.
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| The bar complete with authentic Irish backpacker barmaids |
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| It comes in pints! |
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| Rod in his element |
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