Hi Everybody,

Details and Analysis of my day 21 : http://connect.garmin.com/activity/20356103

Today was a better day than the last 3 days. No rain, only a low wind and a better road. The temperature was pleasant, only 18 degrees. I was surprised as well to see so less traffic in the road compare to yesterday. Only a few trucks and cars. I don’t understand but anyway my stage was fine, it’s the essential. I have done 164 km in 5h21 for 6h40 total journey.

I woke up at 4h40 and I took my special K as usual on the morning. I left Tintinara at 5h30 and I arrived to Nhill at 12h12. I took only 3 stops to rest and ate my cereals bars. The quality of the road was better as I told you but the landscapes were not very interesting.

I crossed 3 small cities on my road, Keith, Bordertown and Kaniva. This cities were much more bigger than Tintinara and they seem to be more alive.

After Bordertown 86 km East of Tintinara, I left South Australia territory for Victoria territory. I will not change now up to my arrival on Monday 14th in Melbourne.

Otherwise, Nhill is a small town of some 2000 people on the Western Highway, 40 km west of Dimboola and 374 km north-west of Melbourne (halfway to Adelaide). It promotes itself as a centre of merino grazing although it is very much a part of the Wimmera wheatbelt. In fact the large grain silo in the centre of town is reputedly the largest single-bin silo in the Southern Hemisphere. There is also a poultry farm and a flour mill.

Nhill possesses a pleasant and attractive main street with an enormous median strip which has creatively been transformed into a lovely park. 

I was feeling nice and my legs even if yesterday was a long day were fine. I cycled quite fast, 30.5 km/h. Maybe and I’m sure it’s thank to all your messages I received yesterday to support me.

See you tomorrow.

...Still 380 km to reach Melbourne