After our night of camping we got up and packed up. Today we are going up river a bit, we decided it wasn’t worth $750 each to catch a helicopter to the start. We took the ute down as far as we could go and then cycled up a few kilometres. We didn’t go all the way to the start. Joanne took a lot of bird photos and on our way back we cycled all the way to the car park where Rowan had to drive the ute back. Joanne wasn’t up for cycling with all the trucks on the road and I don’t blame her, I wasn’t enthused either. The good thing about this trip I don’t need to excuse myself. If I don’t want to do it I don’t have to.

I call the Braemar Station to see when we can check in, not for another hour or so but she will let me know. So we have a picky plate of all sorts down by the lake as we wait. It doesn’t take long and we are okay to check in.

The cottage has a lovely view. We unpack the car, do a few loads of washing. Joanne washes the bikes down and we start to get organised. From here we have no car we just have us and our bikes. Joanne has booked two nights here so we have plenty of time to relax. The evening sunset is really good. We start the fire even though it really isn’t cold enough.

The next day is chill, we don’t do much at all. Today would have been Peter (Rowans grandpa) birthday. I spend a lot of time catching up on the blogs! I have gotten far behind. The internet is awful so I can’t upload any photos. So these will all have a further delay.

We make sure the bicycles are all ready to go. the weather is pretty rough and we head down to the lake for a beer as the storm comes in. A cheers to Peter for his birthday.