Day  31                                  Old Laura Campground to Hann River Crossing Campground (12m)

Distance:                             86.27km

Av speed:                            11.2kmh

Total Elevation:                  109m

Calories:                             2001 per person

Weather:                             Hot (40*C)

After a restless night from intruders in our camp making all kinds of loud noises (cows, pigs and birds), we had a quick breakfast, grabbed water from the creek (we were told its drinkable!) and made tracks before 8am.

Fortunately today was a rather simple and pleasant day by our standards. Whilst the temperatures were especially warm, we had no mechanicals or major problems. The roads continued to be undulating and a mixture of gravel/sand.

The highlight of the day were the good samaritans who stopped us and gave us cold! tim-tams and paw paw by the side of the road... if only everyone who passed us was this kind.

With such a short day and pleasant cycling conditions, we arrived at the Hann River Crossing shortly after 3.30pm, giving us plenty of time to go for a wash in the creek (one person keeping a lookout for salties), before settling into our tents shortly after 6pm!

We soon found out that it doesn’t get very cold of an evening up here and we spent the majority of the night sweating and dehydrating ourselves in our tents!! Fortunately, we’re not having the same problems with dehydration during the days, as were able to prepare ourselves Infinit Nutrition sports drinks each morning, which we can then sip on during the day to keep our fluids, vitamins and minerals up.