meander

another short day, and this one was predominantly downhill which was a nice change.

we had morning tea at a cafe in riverton where we were reminded that we're in the country - the time it took two people to complete our simple order was astounding.

it appeared that a farmer had decided he no longer wanted the mawson trail to go through his paddocks. on mcinerney road where it hit golf course road we were meant to cross straight over, but the gate was padlocked shut (quite a pain lifting the trailer and bikes over) and all the mawson trail signs had been removed. we detoured onto the rail trail and rolled into auburn that way instead.

kai was asleep and dyon planned to keep riding so he could sleep longer. we did an awesome rolling pit stop where helen grabbed the panniers and tent while dyon rode slowly past. however it was all for nought, as dyon immediately got a puncture and kai woke up!

helen had also got a puncture in riverton earlier in the day, so we doubled the puncture count for the trip in one day.

after setting up camp we walked up to the mount horrocks winery cellar door and bought a nice bottle of wine for the evening.