All Quiet on the Southern Front

The Tablelands are beautiful - sub-tropical, warm - but not as hot as the coast. After I'd been riding for about four hours, the sun came out and the wind picked up a little. The best thing about being on a 7-8 hour ride, is that the wind doesn't matter. I wanted to ride long and if Mother Nature wanted to make it a little longer, it was fine by me. I managed to convince myself that the headwind was welcome. It was keeping me cool as I spun along, clicking off the miles and marveling at the size and variety of Aussie roadkill. Even in a crosswind, you can smell a dead roo well before you can see him.

This ride had a little bit of everything and because my pace was so reasonable, I managed to avoid the dreaded four-hour lull. Rode right through that and had a lunch break at the five-hour mark.

The nice thing about 100km of uphill riding is that it was followed by some rollers and then 30km of downhill riding. The return leg had 50km of headwinds, but they kept me cool and I was descending for more than half of them. The geography around here is amazing. Lloyd and I are planning a multi-day ride next week, and we'll do our best to grab some photos.

No big wrap up to this one... just having a great time and laying the foundations for next year.

More later.

gordo

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