May 17, 2023
Day 7: Werrimul to Red Cliff.
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A good night in Werrimul followed by a straight forward day onto Red Cliff. The Milewa Road is dotted with towns that aren't really there. You come to a sign as if coming into a town, such as Parita, you will then cross an intersection with roads North Parita and South Parita. No sign of any habitation except a rusty silo next to the old railway line. There are quite a number of these and the pattern is always the same. The silo's probably closed soon after the railway, which seems to have been a long time ago. It's a sad sight, a lot of infrastructure going to waste and putting even more trucks on the road.
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We rolled into Red Cliff with plenty of time to do some shopping, find a camp site and have dinner. Probably for the first time ever, we paid for a powered site when unpowered was available. The reason for this is that the unpowered sites were right next to the highway so we went the extra $5 to get away from the noise. We were camped next to a bloke called Wazza who was walking from Mildura to Portland pushing a big barrow. Apperently he had been walking around Australia for two years. Just when you think you're doing something extreme. He was raising awareness for a charity called RUOK. We had dinner with Wazza in the camp kitchen or BBQ area and then went for a walk into town.
Today's ride: 58 km (36 miles)
Total: 415 km (258 miles)
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