meander

after the mouse episode we got off to a bit of a slow sleepy start. we weren't looking forward to the big climb and it was just as tough as we had imagined.

once on to the top of the escarpment we headed east along the coast towards stokes bay. the roads were particularly rough and for a long time we could only average 8km/h due to the incessant ruts. the last 4km had been recently graded and was a lovely flowing downhill. however the average speed for the day was still frustratingly slow.

we did get to see a lot of birds, including black cockatoos that dropped a pine cone right in front of helen's bike, and a goanna was also sunning itself on the road as we rode up and it was cool to see it up close.