Days 6 - 11

DAY 6: Tuesday, December 7th, 1976
Rode to West Wyalong in the morning. NOTE: Marsden (23 kms from Caragabal) does not exist.

DAY 7: Wednesday, December 8th
Rested in West Wyalong.

DAY 8: Thursday, December 9th
Had a good days ride to Goolgowi (147 km) with lunch in Rankin Springs. Broke a rear axle but luckily had a spare.

DAY 9: Friday, December 10th
Rode 110 kms in the morning to Hay. NOTE: Gunbar 31 kms from Goolgowi does not exist. Was frightened by a dead wild boar. While I was riding I saw what looked like a wild boar by the side of the road hunched in a charging position. Not wanting to turn back I picked up speed on my bicycle. But was relieved when getting closer, realising that the boar must have been killed in that position by a semi-trailer. Later we had to ride through a locust plague.

DAY 10: Saturday, December 11th
Jim and I rode the 46 kms to Maude (general store and hotel)
Letter home from Maude [TXT]

DAY 11: Sunday, December 12th
Early in the morning almost collided with a herd of emus that decided to suddenly cross the roo. Also the local roo-shooter with a ute full of dead roos. The wind was so bad that it took Pat and I all day to do the 90 kms to Balranald.

Jim - Hay Plains (Between Goolgowi and Hay)

Adelaide

West of Kimba, SA

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