| Kingston S.E. to Beachport | |||||
| Date: | 11-27-2014 | Time: | 03:58 h | Σ Time: | 428:04 h |
| Distance: | 89 km (92 km) |
Σ km: | 9125 km | Temp: | 5/25°C |
| Up: | 131 m | Σ Up: | 78111 m | Down: | 137 m |
| Calories: | 1552 kcal | Σ kcal: | 192508 kcal | ||
| Conditions: | A shorter cycling day with an early arrival. The wind in Beachport was blowing all day and night | ||||
Short enough to ride solo into the SE-wind and still arrive early in camp. This morning was kangaroo parade; more than 50 spread over a few 100 meters. They outnumbered the cows on the fields this day. Even an Australian rider said, he’d never seen such a large group of kangaroos. Only a short 3 km extra to see the Woakwine Cutting, a 1 kilometer long cut into the terrain, 34m at its deepest point, to drain a swamp and gain more land. Beachport was reach before lunch. Camp was only separated by a road from the beach. It wasn’t easy to setup tents in the blowing wind. The majority decided to rent cabins or apartments for a saver sleep. After all tents were setup, the caravan park owner offered us to use a more wind sheltered campground. A few of us, including me, took to offer and relocated our tents to the new ground, with little wind that rattled on our tents. I used the afternoon to ride along a scenic route, with a salty lake (7 times saltier than the ocean), nice beaches and the second largest jetty in Australia. In the evening we had wine tasting and dinner in Gerald’s ‘shelter’ and a photo slideshow on his TV.
