A selection of 38 of the total 217 photos from the ride
Day 1: Adelaide to Birdwood -- The first 8km of the Mawson Trail is the most difficult stretch, climbing-wise. There are several steep ramps like this one, made additionally challenging by an abundance of loose gravel. I needed to walk 75 and 150 steps on two of these ramps.
Day 3: Tanunda to Riverton -- I saw four live brown snakes over the entire ride, not that many for this time of year. All but this one slithered in a hurry to get off the road in front of me. This particular snake decided to slither towards me. I don't think it was personal, but just that it wanted to be in the same place where I was. I took a couple of large steps back, bike between me and the snake, before taking a photo.
Day 6: Hallett to Spalding -- This day between Hallett and Spalding, and the next day between Spalding and Laura, the flies were out en masse. It wasn't that hot (low-mid 20s C) but they were out there! I made good use of a fly net on these two days.
I had to move off the road to let this herd pass. The sheep were being driven by two dogs (one just visible here) and a farmer on a motorcycle. The young farmer stopped and I had a nice chat with him before we each went our separate ways.
Day 9: Melrose to Quorn -- It's going to get dusty! Fortunately, this was the one and only occasion in which I was passed by a large truck on a dirt road. Often times I would cycle for 1 or 2 or 3 hours with no car passing in either direction.
Long-abandoned automobile near the intersection of a semi-permanently watered section of Wirreanda Creek and the old Ghan Railway route, along which the Mawson Trail follows at this point
