Hi Everybody,

Details and Analysis of my day 16 : http://connect.garmin.com/activity/20112023

Today I left at 5.50 am in the morning. The wind was still there as it was a game for him. Anyway, I didn’t have any choice to go ahead to reach Port Augusta the sooner I can in order to rest. At the end I arrived at 1:28 pm in Port Augusta after spending more than 6.20 hour on my saddle for 7h30 total journey.

The landscapes were almost the same than yesterday unfortunately for me. I don’t like so much this kind of layout. Absolutely nothing to say or just have a look. Of course, some lakes were quite impressive but seriously after more than 15 days I’m happy to find back the civilization. From here to Adelaide, still 300 km to do, I will ride through the coast. After this, I had planned to do all the coast but John didn’t advice me as actually it’s the holidays...as the road  should be narrow and busy I decide to go from inside. I will take a day off to see the 12 Aspotles close to Appolo Bay.

Anyway, the wind was stopped after 3 hours cycling and so I managed to accelerate a bite. The quality of the road was better than the previous days. The traffic also starts to become higher. Now I need to be careful and try to not play the fongio.

Arriving in Port Augusta, we went directly to a supermarket to buy some foods for the next 4 days. The camping car park is nice and very clean as well.

Tomorrow I will take a day off to visit Wilpena natural park. My dad needs to walk a bite as he stays almost 8 hours per day in his seat. His ankles are swallow.

Concerning Port Augusta : It’s about 300 km north of Adelaide at the top of Spencer Gulf. Port Augusta proudly calls the “Crossroads of Australia”. The town earned this moniker when shipping booms in the 1880s made it a trading hub, a position reinforced when it became HQ for Sydney Perth Transcontinental Railway.

The old town centre has much more appeal with elegant old buildings and revitalised waterfront. Otherwise the Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden is apparently great.

As I mentioned above, tomorrow will be my rest day. I will take some pictures of Wilpena and I hope I could show you soon.

Have a nice Weekend