I was mentally exhausted, and therefore keen to get the bike trip over with, but Pam insisted I should go and see Katherine Gorge – I could even borrow her car. I don’t like automatics and instead decided to stay another night and bike there in the morning – 80k but without the luggage it should be fairly easy. I rode out early morning – flat and calm the first half and then rolling hills into the NE headwind so it took 1 ¼ hour on the bumpy road.