The Big Chill: Manning Gorge to Imintji

July 2, 2013

The better road surface, lighter loads and improving fitness showed in our increased ride distance today. We set out for the small community called Imintji knowing there was no official camping there, but armed with advice we would be directed to a reasonable creek-side space near the village.

En-route today was an interesting side-trip to Galvans Gorge and a climb over Phillips Range.

Imintji has a store with a small but adequate range of basic supplies. It also has wifi, and a phone which I used to call home.

We found the creek and camping area about 2 km from town. It needed a bit of a litter removal which we did, but otherwise was a pleasant spot.

The night was surprisingly cold. Partly because of our gain in elevation, the clear sky and a change in the weather, the night temperate dropped well below 10 degrees C and possibly as low as 3 or 4 degrees C which is something we had not prepared for. The morning air was cold enough to produce foggy breath.

Our 8th day of cycling measured up as:
88 km
Pedalling time 5 hrs 41 mins
Average 15.5 km/hr
Maximum 57 km/hr

And the day looked like this...