meander

after close inspection of the weather report and the map we decided to ride the 60km to melrose in one day (rather than the two we had planned).

with a record early start at 8.40am (after the obligatory dirty nappy discovery as we are about to roll out!) we were doing very well after two hours of riding. unfortunately (yet another) flat tyre on helen's bike slowed us down a bit, so we turned the stop into a lunch break as well. kai then slept as we spun up some long climbs until we could see mount remarkable in the distance.

at about 3pm we rolled into melrose and stopped at the local bike shop (Over The Edge Sports) where jake made us a nice coffee and we talked bikes for a while (he knew my bike and its previous owner and had also toured up the mawson trail).

the melrose caravan park is a block back from the main road (which doesn't appear to get trucks anyway). we managed to get a cabin for a few nights as there is rain expected and we need a rest after seven solid days since clare.