Langhorne Creek to Meningie

April 23, 2021

Tent was dry this morning and the traffic wasn't to noisy last night, so a good start to the day

A few kms of gravel this morning. The gravel runs parallel to the bitumen just a km over. It was a nice warm up.

Then I joined back onto the road to Wellington, it has no shoulder but the traffic was light and it gave me lots of room so I felt comfortable. I think I saw the same garbage truck 3 times, doing his round. We smiled and waved.

First water sighting, you can just see Lake Alexandrina

Wellington has a ferry to cross the Murray River. I queued up at the pedestrian spot and walked my bike on when asked. It was fun.

Full ferry. The attendant knew what he could fit. That's a truck next to my bike and it's tailgate is centimetres from the ferry gate.

I stopped at the The Hall cafe, only about 1km from the ferry. I'd heard they made good coffee. I decided on an early lunch, the salmon quiche was yum!. So was the coffee. The lovely lady proprietor also happily filled my water bottles with filtered water and I got a home made ANZAC biscuit to take with me. So nice.

The Hall cafe building was only reconditioned recently. Last I looked on Google Street view it was still a ruin.

Quiche and coffee for an early lunch. Yum!

Then I turned onto the B1 highway. The traffic was a bit intimidating at first. A few trucks and just more cars than I'm used to. But the road has a good size shoulder that's in good condition so I road in that and the traffic was good at giving me space. I kept an eye on my rear-view mirror too.

The B1 and a truck just drove through. Oh dear.

I made it to Meningie battling a moderate head wind. My route guided me onto an access road on the outskirts of town and then onto a shared pathway. I chatted with a guy in a wheel chair that had a powered wheel on the back. He controls it with his watch, it was an interesting invention.

As I pulled up at the caravan so did a 4WD. A women jumped out. "Chil ( my scout name), I thought it was you". Cookie ( Jenny) was also staying in the Meningie caravan park for the weekend. Right next to me it turned out. It was so wonderful to see a familiar face and catch up with Jenny over dinner. Best surprise this trip so far and it wasn't even planned 😃

I'm not sure if I bought him with me ( scarey thought) or he just jumped onto the battery cover as I put it on the ground. We call then huntsman, they are reasonable passive for a spider but their bite does hurt if you do happen to get biten.

The caravan park is on the banks of Lake Albert, so everyone gets a view.

My home for the night. The park is busy as it's a long weekend.

Today was hard work, but I'm impressed with my progress.

Today's ride: 80 km (50 miles)
Total: 216 km (134 miles)

Rate this entry's writing	Heart	5
Comment on this entry	Comment	2

Marian HarperWhat a welcoming surprise to catch up with a Scouting mate! Keep up the good work. We’re all behind you- literally and figuratively 😀
Reply to this comment
3 years ago

Brianna DallHi Marian, lovely to hear you support.
Reply to this comment
3 years ago