Why did I wake up early today?? I don’t know. There seem to be different levels of consciousness and when you reach the highest, you are awake (ok, there are higher ones for spiritual peoples)
I prepared everything and wondered about John who wanted to go with me but was not around. He then came a little hastily because his alarm had not worked, but we had breakfast, he prepared the two dogs for a bicycle ride and everything was ready at 7. It was fresh, also 7, but °C.
Monique took a departure photo and we left. After 4 km, our ways seperated, John to his praxis and I to Junee , my first stop. It took 2 hours until my fingers were warm and the whole day, I was riding in my jacket. In Junee is a chocolate manufactory and I bought as little as possible for me when I see such a selection of organic delicatessen .
I set down for two pieces of cake, one was called “something of all” or so and looked funny, because you could see many different things in it, but not all of them met my taste. The first 100km were fast done, I had most of the time no wind or even tail wind! That changed and the road changed,
the climbs and the downhill parts were steep and changed fast, in the evening I could feel how weak and tired my muscles were. But I came to Harden before four, what was good for 137km. I found the caravan park that John had shown me on the map, set up my tent first inside out to make it dry and then properly and the went to the bathroom with my electronic gadgets, because I could not plug in my adapter at the plug of my place. There I also wrote some messages, for example I tried to find another host between Bannister and Leumah, because I had got no more answer from the host in Bundanoon.
The manager had showed me the way to some restaurants, but they were all closed. I went in the direction of the “shopping center” of Harden, didn’t find it, but found a Chinese restaurant. I got a big veggie-omelette and fried rice and that was not only much, it was ok, because I don’t think I would have had a chance to it authentic Australian food this evening.
Evening: it was getting fresh again and the morning will not be the best for me, cold and dark, but the sky full of stars might be an omen for a clear sunny day.