Day 69 – Wed, 6 Oct Perth to Hyden

We are back on the road. OP has had a rest and refresh (service) and he seems to be performing better – maybe its just me after driving around in a truck for the last 2 odd weeks.

I had a great dinner with Jon Barnes last night and caught up with some things that were happening back E. He was a tired fella by the time we left the restaurant, after a hard days work (flying in from Sydney and working all day) but still operating on EDST and operating with all of us in Perth, now 3 hrs behind Sydney time.

I left Perth early this morning, did a few things around town – trying to pick up a part for my camp cooker. Then headed out of town in a SE direction. Travelled through the wheat & sheep country crossing over the path that Robyn and I had taken at Brookton, where I had morning tea then headed on eventually to Wave Rock, just outside of Hyden where I am staying for the night.

I covered just under 400km for my first day back on the bike and as it was around 3:30pm. I didn’t feel like travelling another 130km to the next town. So here I am at Hyden.

It was nice to get on the bike again and I really enjoyed the ride. The wind was against me all day and the weather only reached the mid 20C’s. Hopefully the wind will swing round behind me, and it would be perfect. Although finishing early, I felt that was enough to work myself back into covering the km’s ahead. Ease back into the longer days.

I hope everyone is well back home as I am now in the home straight – a bl..dy long straight though. See you out there.