Day 91: Collie to Nglang Boodja

August 26, 2022

Start: 8:55 am
Distance: 49 km
Ride time: 4:22hours
Average: 11km/hr
Max: 38km/hr
Finish: 3:30pm

My camping neighbour came home at 10pm and watched his loud TV which woke me up.

It wasn't a very cold night. I slept in shorts and a tshirt. There was lots of condensation on the inside of my tent even though I had some ventilation bits open.

I am still getting used to this tent. It's called Wilderness Equipment. It's owned by a Freo company (which is the main reason I bought it) and made in Vietnam.

It's a 2 person tent. More spacious than my last one. Takes longer to erect. Doing it in the rain would be a pain as the inside gets wet. It seems very sturdy. So far so good.

I went to the 'The Wagon' for breaky. There weren't many options. They made fine coffee, so go there if that makes you happy.

It was after 9:30am by the time I left town. Sometimes I'm tardy. It's hard to get moving early. Consider me the bottom achievement level. If I can do it, anyone can.

It was a perfect sunny day. It could not have been any better. Nice and cool in the shade and warm in the sunshine.

This is a small plantane insectivorous sun dew. I've never seen one like it.

Evidence that emus use the Munda Biddi Trail.

A blue gum plantation. I personally planted 140,000 of these in my younger days.

It's how I justify driving my old polluting car.

I know little about horses. I know they don't like bicycles. It's best to stop and let them walk by you. Even though I stopped, the riders still had to encourage the horses to walk past me.

It's hard to see the incline in photos. This was very steep. It's barely ridable.

I'm lucky I have good brakes. I checked the pads in Perth

There were technical switchbacks like this. I couldn't navigate them without dismounting.

There were some serious obstacles. Some of this stuff could easily snap a rear derailleur.

The beautiful Collie River. I would easily swim/camp here in summer.

This steep rocky section was unridable on my touring bike.

After I crossed the Collie River, it was a little difficult to follow directions. The App helped greatly.

Luckily I have very low gears. I rode up this doing 3.5kms/hr.

Another option to avoid the hill would be to ride the wrong way along a one-way road to avoid this bit. But I won't recommend this as it's illegal.

Today was surprisingly tough. Two big steep hills. Anyone who has made it this far is amazing.

I made it to the hut. No one else is here.

Today's favourite comment from the hut book.

Today's ride: 49 km (30 miles)
Total: 5,063 km (3,144 miles)

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