Day 27. Tuesday 13th january, 2009.

Another long day of riding for Mike, but conditions a lot kinder! Mike rode 190km's in 8 hours today. The support crew met up with the rider at Kambalda today & all had a cuppa & something to eat together. It was actually a beautiful day - got a bit hot in the afternoon, but heaps better than yesterday. Top temperature was 29 degrees. The drive was the most interesting that we have had in a long time. Lots of bush & all the turn offs to the mines & not to mention more salt lakes. We also saw a batch of wild goats grazing on the side of the road, I slowed right down in case one of them wandered onto the road. We arrived at Kalgoorlie around lunch time. What an interesting place this is. Thank you to Michelle & Georgina for providing us with a very nice chalet at the Kalgoorlie Accommodation Village. It is a really lovely caravan park here which is a good thing as we have decided to have a day off here & stay an extra night. That will give Mike a chance to recover a bit & I am looking forward to doing the tourist thing tomorrow. We did a little bit of it today & so far I like what I have seen. I could live here. It's a funny thing doing this sort of trip. It opens your eyes to all sorts of possibilities, especially for our children. What an incredible experience it would be if any of them decided to get a few friends together & travel around Australia. I think poor Lachlan is sick of me suggesting he do this when he is old enough. I better lay off now! I can also see what great working potential any of them could have here, or anywhere for that matter. I think when we live in one place we just get into a rut & it is good to move out of the comfort zone for a while. I just love chatting to different people that you meet along the way & seeing & experiencing things that you would not normally come across at home. I still love home though. Lachlan & I went & took a couple of photo's in Norseman before we left this morning, so I will publish them with today's post. The town Norseman was named after a horse. Apparently Norseman the horse was pawing & stomping at the ground & when his owner looked down there was gold there! I bet that horse was well looked after for the rest of his life. Mike actually passed another bike rider today going in the opposite direction. He was going from Kambalda to Norseman. He had just got a job in one of the mines there - see what that horse has done for people years after he has gone.

Bye for now, Julie.








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