I’m still not sure if I’m going to the Festival or not as I’ve discovered that the price was $40 per person and not free as said the woman I met about a week ago at the Pink Panther Roadhouse. I know the turn off is something like 50km after Mataranka so I will stop somewhere there for the night and will decide tonight.
Elevation.
I’ve got a very good tailwind today so I’m pretty fast. I’ve done 40 km since I left the National park and it’s time for a lunch break :-)
Here I am, 77km later. The king rest area. I did not expect that. This rest area is 4km further north than the turn off to go to Barunga. I might go :-)
It’s only 2pm, something like this and there is already people camping. Later today, I’ve met 2 motorcyclist from Tasmania, a german girl and a Australia guy. I was cooking my simply pasta and dry powder sauce (which I’ve never buy before but in Mataranka, many product was expensive so I got the cheapest stuff). The guy looked at what I was cooking and told me “You need more than that for what you are doing”. One minute later, he came back from his truck with a frozen package which contained chopped ham. Another minute later he was still searching something in his truck and gave a whole chicken! What! Thank you very much Rob :-) Wow! Now I need to eat that very quickly because I don’t want to waste that.
The German girl, Nadine, is travelling by herself (by car). She has been in the US for a year, in Poland for another year, in england and other country I don’t remember. In fact, I think she likes travelling ;-) She has been in Australia since 9 months and enjoys it. She is going to the Barunga festival as well so I will see her around some time. Lots of people are coming so it’s gonna be crowded.
Quel festival ??? Dis donc si tu veux que ton poulet soit vite mangé, je t’envoie Twipsy !!!
Wow, you must had a very luxury dinner that day. He is very generous!