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July 25, 2001
Overland Australia - Update 2
Day 2: July 25, 2001
Corrugations!
from josh
Today started out with a late start leaving approximately 1 hour after the pre-determined time, we are getting better. The first part of the trip was only a little sandy and rather easy to cycle on. The first corrugations started two hours before lunch, they are painfully slow to ride on.
Lunchtime arrived; the truck turned up just when the rest of the group came down into the Normanby River. We started the noodles and the porridge when Chris decides to go for a drive through the creek, for reasons that bewildered us. The car got bogged. When John attempted to tow the car out of the creek he became rather stuck in the mud. Tourist and locals were passing every five or so minutes. A couple of nice tourists decided that they could give us a hand towing the truck out. That was successful. Though we still had a car in the middle of the river, after an hour and a half and a lot of talking in French, John got the car unstuck.
The afternoon had corrugations so large that people were becoming lost from sight. Bulldust was common and our bikes were sliding all over the place. Cars were passing us frequently and throwing dirt all over us. Later in the afternoon on a really, really long straight road the sun became my main enemy, the sun was wining the fight. Everyone battled on and the sun went behind the clouds. We pressed on over even more corrugations for about an hour after the end of the straight and even though we had a large time delay at lunch, we arrived at the camp safe and sound.
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Posted on July 25, 2001 4:59 AM