meander

isaac and kai swapped places for the first 5km into clare with both of them enjoying the alternative transport (isaac in the trailer, kai in the car). we met matt and julia for a coffee in clare and finally got on the road at 11.30. the late start made the hard day very long.

i had one of my worst days on a bike, it felt like i had a hunger bonk right from the start and it just didn't get any better. even the small hills i found myself in the granny gear grinding up and trying not to fall off.

there were only a handful of corners in the 50km trip but we missed the signs for two of them. the first one just sent us a bit further (and possibly around a hill) so wasn't too annoying. the second one was when we were within 3km of burra and both of us were feeling very tired. we ended up riding across a recently mown paddock for a kilometre before deciding we really had gone the wrong way.

in the end we finally stumbled into the burra caravan park just before dusk and quickly pitched the tent before heading off to find some really nice meals at the continental, one of the many hotels in town. burra appeared to be a beautiful town with many nice old buildings and wasn't too touristy or pretentious.