Day 1 Adelaide - Tailem Bend

 You wouldn't believe our luck! Tube change number 1 at 0.00km! So, after a slightly delayed start we headed up the familiar slopes of Norton, Ashton and Uraidla. What was unfamiliar ( and torturous) was the extra 7.5kg on each of our backs. We used every one of the teeth of our new cassettes and managed a personal worst time.

 On the upside, it was a ripper of a morning weather wise. Unfortunately, after lunch in Balhanna tube change number 2 and a slipped chain cost us a little more time.

As the terain flattened out, we started to feel a bit better and pushed on to Murray Bridge.
It's a pity, that after Murray Bridge and with only 25km to go, we hit a wall and also a wall of cross wind. Average speed plummeted and it was the longest 25km in our lives!

The sight of the ferry at Jervois as the moon rose in the sky was a welcome relief.

We made it across the river to Tailem and to our caravan park in daylight, but only just.

View from our river facing cabin at dawn

Got a feed and watching the Footy, but just about ready to hit the sac.

Same distance tomorrow (115km) but minus the hills, so time should be better.