Day 14 Timber Creek to Kununurra
We had a bit of a lie in this morning as we only had 223km to travel to Kununurra. The first 100km went well but we were crossing the plains and it was a bit boring. We hit the hills and pulled up in a nice rest stop for a break but we were really tired.
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| Last rest stop in the Northern Territory |
We got back on the bikes but the last 110km seem to go on forever. The scenery was spectacular but this was our 14th day on the road and we felt it. Got to the border and went through the quarantine drill. They were mostly worried about cane toads but apparently they are now already over the border. We had seen a couple of the little buggers at Timber Creek the night before. Two little old ladies in a ute next to us got busted for bringing plants over the boarder. Crikey it was like an episode of border patrol!
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| Made it to the border |
We then cruised into Kununurra and headed straight to a cafe for a well earned coffee and muffin before arriving at the campground to do a wash, have a swim and try and set up camp. You can tell by the photo below how out of it we were.
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| An engineer and his tent, the geologist didn't do much better |
After a break we headed down town and caught up with our workmate Bryson and his brother in law Pete. What was supposed to be a quiet coffee turned into 5 pints before dinner (we forgot lunch......). Great pub grub here! We got kicked out the pub for wearing thongs and instead of doing the smart thing and going home we kicked on to a resort bar to watch the footy and drink more. Poor Bryson and Pete are now in the dog box for leaving their respective partners home alone with the baby! Love your work boys!
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| RMG monthly meeting |
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| Bryson getting ready for the racing cup |
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| Pete trying to come up with an excuse for the missus |
We stumbled into a taxi about 10pm and just made it home (never swear at the taxi driver in Kununurra aye Rod!).
Day 15 Kununurra
So as you can imagine this morning has been a bit slow. We headed into to town for bacon and eggs and to do a bit shopping. We still haven't heard from the two boys yet. We were going to go out and watch the Kununurra Cup but Rod's currently asleep by the pool and I'm not far off.
Tomorrow we head out to El Questro to check out the gorges and camp for the night. After that we are supposed to tackle the Gibb but we are reserving judgement until tomorrow. Apart from being really tired my right side is still crook. I rode the Buchannan ok but I was in a bit of pain by the end of the road and the Gibb will be worse. We've also heard there may not be fuel half way down the track so we have to check that out as well. Sounds like a lot of excuses I know but I suppose we're coming to the final stage of the trip and we just want it to go off without a hitch. At the moment we're still doing the track but if not, we're hitting the bitumen and riding the long way around. We'll keep you posted.
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