Hi Everybody,

Details and Analysis of my day 3 : http://connect.garmin.com/activity/19567206

After a nice but short night, I woke up at 4h40 to be ready on time. I started my ride at 5h50 when the first lights appeared. The temperature was quite pleasant but still a lot of humidity. At 5h50, the temperature was 26 degrees with 67% of humidity. The sky today was still completely blue as usual in fact.

Today was my biggest day since I have started. The road was quite fine even if there were still a lot of enormous trucks. Have a look in my daily albums or click here.

I had a break after 1h15 at 46 km from Katherine to drink and to eat some energetic foods. The temperature was still fine, around 28-30 degrees. I have tried to ride the maximum that I could before 10-11 am. We had a second break in Mataranka (Capital of Never Never) after cycling 58 km from my first stop. Total done up to here (Mataranka) 104 km.

We took some diesel petrol as there aren’t any gas stations before 200 km. We also took this opportunity to buy more waters, some tomato soups and some Nutella. I have found a small box in the middle of no where. Hey Hey !!!

From Mataranka, still 74 km to bicycle to reach our destination. It was almost 11 am and the sun had started to burn (36 degrees). I had done two stopped to rest and to drink a lot of salted water.

The last 30 km was quite hard. A lot of small hills + the wind against me and at last the sun. I think definitively the sun wants to kill me but I’m a fighter.

At the final, after almost 6 hours ride and a total of 8h50 minutes (2h40 of rest in total) I have done 178 km. We reached Larrimah at 14:40 local time.

I’m feel fine now after having my lunch. Nevertheless there is not network here. Anyway, it’s the time to rest for me and my dad.

We are staying in a strange camp. The name of this camp is Larrimah Hotel but know as Pink Panther Pub. Have a look in my album. This quirky outback pub offers a rustic bar experience and a menagerie of donkeys, birds and crocs next door. The owner are a mine of local information.

The army established Larrimah as a staging camp during the war II. It became one of the largest  in the Pacific and was the base of 6500 military personnel. After the war, the population fell to less than 30.

Tomorrow I will try to leave 20 minutes earlier. I should reach my destination Dunmarra after 140 km.

I need your support

See u soon hoping I will have some network tomorrow.