Then long gradual hills before it flattened out a bit the last kilometres to Darwin, or rather Coolalinga 30k before, where I would stay with Sally and her family. There were a few short decent stretches of road but mostly it was terrible - bumpy/washing board including newly stoned sections were I was showered in sand and stones. All 100k I battled a 30-40 k/h headwind, which was about the daily average since I left Perth....