May 8: A Day For Emu Spotting

Well, today was a much better day than yesterday! The wind wasn’t a tailwind, but what wind there was was pretty light. I did take a couple of photos yesterday. Here’s one.

Mt. Remarkable 

I stayed last night at one of the Discover Parks Caravan Park. Usually they are quite expensive (as caravan parks go), but this one was just $20. I saw a couple that I had talked to at Port Germein. They had passed me and felt very sorry for me having to battle the wind. By the time I finished yesterday, I had gone 71km with 6 1/2 hours of ride time—that’s not so good. 

I also met Bill and Katerina. It was great to talk to them last night. They are headed to the center of the country. This morning I met a French couple. The woman’s name was Coline, which is sort of the French version of my name.

Just after turning onto the Eyre Highway, I saw this large number of kangaroos. 

Looking at the barbed wire fence, I think they might have been prisoners. Later I saw some free roos.

A little further down the road I spotted these two emus. These were the first of 7 emus I saw today.

It was 74km to Whyalla where I am going to stay tonight (I’m currently at the library). Here’s a couple of photos from the road.

Heading directly west for a bit.

Hey, there’s a hill!

I rolled I to Whyalla around one. I stopped at the Visitor Center to pick up a map of the town so I could find the grocery store and the library. They are always so nice in the Visitor Centers.

Whyalla is a steelworks town. I’m guessing many people work in the steelworks plant. It’s a good sized town on Spencer Gulf (the other side from the last four port towns—in fact, according to the map, I’m directly across the gulf from Port Germein).

Part of the steelworks plant.

Now, I shall find my way to the caravan park. Today was a good day for a bike ride, and a good day for emu spotting!