In order to avoid the pacific highway
and have nicer and quieter roads to cycle on we had planned to go a
bit inland. But we soon experienced again that, especially inland,
every day would be a mountain stage. It is so hilly, so undulating,
that after a day in which you haven't gained any height at all, you
appear to have climbed many hundereds of meters. For instance, from
Bellingen we tried a route a bit inland. After app. 10 k the road
appeared to have ruined by a storm some years ago and we had to
return to the highway. It was a 22 k detour and we stayed on the the
same altitude, never higher than 60 meters above sea level. Still we
had climbed more than 600 meters. Imagine this and the loaded bikes.
There was a moment that we decided to
avoid mountains for a while. That's why we are now following a route
very close to the coast. Sometimes we are on the Pacific Highway,
which is 4-lane now. Apart from the noise (not too bad) the riding on
this road has been good. Rear wind, perfect bitumen and low hills.
Temperatures have been high, but so was our speed. So far so good. We
are in Pacific Palms now on a clean and silent caravan park and we
still have 3 or 4 days to go before we will reach Palm Beach. Or
Palmie as our Warmshowers-friends seem to call it.
The caravan park is so quiet that a kookaburra is sitting 2 meters from our tent and even on my bike!
The caravan park is so quiet that a kookaburra is sitting 2 meters from our tent and even on my bike!
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