{"id":1308,"date":"2011-06-14T22:45:04","date_gmt":"2011-06-14T14:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/melvynyap.com\/blog\/?p=1308"},"modified":"2022-04-24T22:25:15","modified_gmt":"2022-04-24T12:25:15","slug":"day-76-hello-again-hills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melvynyap.com\/blog\/day-76-hello-again-hills\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 76: Hello Again, Hills"},"content":{"rendered":"

May 30th, 2011<\/em><\/p>\n

Balladonia to Fraser Range
\nDistance: 94km
\nTotal distance: 4563km<\/strong><\/p>\n

I only had about 200km to get to Norseman and hence completing Leg 4. But I wasn’t very keen on doing another long ride after yesterday’s. So I planned to break my journey at Fraser Range, riding only about 100km each day. Naturally, I took my own sweet time having breakfast and getting ready for an easy 100km ride today.<\/p>\n

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Where I stayed last night. Awesome place. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! \ud83d\ude42<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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This roadhouse must have existed for quite a while. Their buildings looked like it's been built 100 years ago.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Read the aussie translation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As soon as I got onto the highway, I suddenly remembered that the flat road was gone about 10km before Balladonia. Here it’s all hilly and I have a feeling it’ll remain so until Norseman. Great, another miscalculation. As if the undulation wasn’t bad enough, the wind shifted to headwind today! Blowing northerly so it hit me on my right cheek at 1 to 2 o’clock. The headwind was strong but wasn’t a constant one, more like gusts, but a headwind is still a headwind, and as a cyclist, it’s my No.1 enemy.<\/p>\n

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This really bugs me. Why do they invert the colours?? Why???<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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After riding on a flat road for a week, my speed slowed down significantly even at the slightest undulation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Another weird find, the stones here were mostly spherical. Am I still on earth?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On a sidenote, Mike started his walk about 4 hours before me so he was quite ahead of me. I was keen on meeting him again so I made that my motivation to do the distance. Somewhere along the roadside, I found a flag! I later found out that Mike saw the flag first on the right hand side of the road (he always walk on the right side for safety) and put it on the left side so that I would be able to see it and use it. That was very thoughtful of him! I caught up to him at about 27km at a rest area where he was having his breakfast. We did have a bit of chat before being interrupted by another traveler, so I wished him luck and off I went battling with the headwind again. More undulations was all I saw, and all I had to go through for the rest of the day. A polish couple stopped me to have a small chat. Here I learnt that there were 2 Fraser Range campsites, one of which is free and that was where they’re heading to. But I was falsely informed that the first one was the free one.<\/p>\n

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OMG, a flag appeared just when I was almost out of Nullarbor and needed one!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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After a bit of filing at the pole end, it fits just fine! (I later found out that Mike found the flag first on the other side of the road and he placed it where I can see it, thank you Mike! really appreciate this!)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As I approach Fraser Range, there was a long gentle climb. Deceiving at first, because usually after every short climb there’s a descending counterpart. But this time, what looks like a short climb was actually part of a long climb with short sections of flat road. So my ride today ended with positive elevation gain. Saw the Fraser Range Station sign and turned into a 2km of dirt road that led me to a caravan park. Nope, no free camping at all. But I was too tired to bother. The sun has disappeared for a while now and the temperature is dropping fast so I just stayed at their backpackers accommodation. This place is tidy and very well maintained. It actually look quite nice. I would come back here if I ever pass Nullarbor again. Instant noodles again for tonight and some canned beef and pasta! Ginger beer to flush it all down *burp*<\/p>\n

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Increasingly long undulations that eventually becomes just a long hill climb until I reach Fraser Range<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Uh-oh, please wait for me daylight<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Another day of beautiful sunset. I'm so spoilt! XD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Fraser Range station where the caravan park is, is located 2km off the highway via a dirt road. Along this road I found this vintage table fan, but with a cable connected to a tree instead of an AC outlet? I'm beginning to think the entire Nullarbor is really an art gallery in a wilderness setting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Arriving at the destination in the dark and cold means no camping (if possible)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Instant noodle again for dinner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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And canned pasta with beef \ud83d\ude42<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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