MATARANKA – KATHERINE
Leaving Mataranka this morning with a slight tail wind, enabled the average speed for the day to be 19km per hour for the 105kms travelled.
About 10kms out there was a large group of campers in a truck bay. They all gathered around Peter and gave him the celebrity treatment.
sign for Trucks drivers
Further along the road were two other World War Two installations, an airfield and a fuel depot. And from the modern era – just out of Katherine is the operational Tindel Air Base.
On reaching Katherine Peter saw an internet café, so he parked the bike in a very obvious spot (don’t want to loose it at this stage!) and went in to read all his messages. He was very touched by all the messages of encouragement and congratulations. I guess the ‘big ant’ is going to be a topic of conversation for quite some time.
It was Centrelink Pay Day (Pension Day) in town and apparently the crowds were out.
Tomorrow is a REST DAY. The first day off the bike for seven days!
He plans to go to the Post Office and post home his tent, sleeping bag, mattress and pillow. No more bush camps!!
With just three sleeps to go, he is looking forward to lightening the load.
