Saturday
11th Dec 1976
Maude, NSW

KCTMMT, Soes and Weeds,

Sorry about not writing sooner. We arrive at Pat's
sisters place at Glenbrook late on Thursday night. Next
day we struck some pretty bad westerlies. The wind 
was so bad that it prettun' near stopped us at the bottom
of Victoria Pass. We intended to go to Bathurst but only
got as far as Lithgow. A few miles out of Lithgow Jim
was bloody bu****ed. He lay beside the road next to his
bike. A truckie stopped, in pity, gave him a can of
Carlton and a lift to Bathurst. Chris, Pat and I camped
in the Council Caravan Park in Lithgow and met this
bonza labor supporter ex-liberal bloke who made us 
a cup of tea. Next day Chris decided to catch 
the train to Bathhurst. Meanwhile Pat and I stuggled
into headwinds and reached Bathurst in the early 
afternoon. We stayed on a farm (some friend of Pats)
ten miles outside of Bathurst. After resting the afternoon
in Bathurst we had a good ride the next day to Cowra
arriving completely bu****ed. In the morning we rode to
Grenfell. In this part of the state it is virtually
impossible to do anything from 1 till 4 -- so bloody hot.
At at 4, we hit the road for Caragabal -- a one pub
town. Next day we bu****ed onto West Wyalong
where we spent two days rest being completely bu****ed.
After this good rest we managed to get to Goolgowie.
The ride from Goolgowie to Hay was 70 miles of
flat deserted scrub. That night Pat and Chris
went onto Maude where Jim and I caught up the next day.
Tomorrow we hope to get to Robinvale (Victoria) after
going through Balranald. We'll probably get to Adelaide
in a week's time and I might ring you then,

love Frank