Julie and I were supposed to be hiking the 5,000km Continental Divide Trail in the US in 2020, but COVID-19 derailed that plan. Instead, we will have an adventure in Australia, circumnavigating the country on our bikes, a distance of about 16,500km taking approximately five and a half months. We will use minor roads where possible and occasionally catch ferries across rivers and inlets to avoid busier inland routes. We will camp some of the time and stay in motels, hotels, etc, at others. There will be stretches of up to five days with no accommodation or resupply available, so we will need to be self-sufficient.

Round Australia Bike Ride - Day 116 - Hay

Day:  116

Date:  Sunday, 25 October 2020

Start:  Hay

Finish:  Hay

Daily Kilometres:  0 (click here for Julie's Strava and photos from our walk)

Total Kilometres:  12194

Weather:  Cold, windy and sunny

Accommodation:  Motel

Nutrition:

  Breakfast:  Scrambled eggs on toast

  Lunch:  Scrambled eggs on toast & donut/Peanut butter on toast & muffin

  Dinner:  Tuna mornay/Beef satay, ice cream

Aches:  Nothing significant

Highlight:  None really

Lowlight:  None really

Pictures: Click here

Map and Position: Click here for Google Map

Journal:

We had a good sleep-in then, after a breakfast of scrambled eggs cooked by Julie in the microwave, we walked from the motel down to the parks near the Murrumbidgee River and found the Bidgee Riverside Trail which took us alongside the river past some pieces of sculpture, explanatory signs about local history, and the small sandy town beach.  The sun was shining and it was very attractive and peaceful, but there was a chill wind.

We returned from the walk via the town's residential streets and some lovely period houses and gardens before traversing the length of the very quiet main street, which also included some historic buildings.

After lunch in our room, we took it easy for the rest of the afternoon (though Julie did go for another walk), conscious that we had some hard riding ahead of us in the next four days.  Later we had dinner in our room and watched the NRL Grand Final on TV.

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