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Perth to Adelaide

Day 16 - Cape Le Grand NP (Lucky Bay) to Grass Patch 
Distance travelled 134kms - (Total:1527kms)

Useful Resources
Cycling Nullarbor brochure
My observations re roadhouses
Useful info about the area across the Nullarbor
Lucky Bay ferry
What a fantastic place to stay for the night. After dinner last night I enjoyed watching twilight over the bay. It was just magical having the beach to myself, except for a few kangaroos hoping between the waves. A little while later at the beach I enjoyed watching yet another moonrise.

Moonrise over Lucky Bay last night

This morning I awoke to a mob of kangaroos around my tent. I've noticed sunrise is getting earlier, then worked out why, because I'm heading east!

I left camp just after 7am. It was a lovely blue sky day. For the first 50kms I had to head back towards Esperance and then join the main road to Norseman. I noticed that I was getting a headwind and that this would last, as I am going to be going north for the rest of the day.

Enjoying the morning ride in the sun

To add to the wind I had a gradual upward gradient. So it was making the ride harder than I envisaged. Thankfully about 75kms later there was the small town of Gibson (population 120) that had a pub. So this was a perfect place to get a good feed and shelter from the wind.

Once I left Gibson the wind had dropped a bit, so the last 50kms to Grass Patch were a lot nicer. I arrived at Grass Patch at about 4pm.

Grass Patch is a small town with a Tavern. For $5 at the Tavern you get the key to the shower and laundry block. I'm the only person staying here. The place is better than a lot of caravan parks I've stayed at. The amenities are clean and there is even an area to cook. An added bonus is that I get to camp on the only patch of grass in Grass Patch!

Welcome to Grass Patch

My campsite on the grass at Grass Patch

Today has been a bit of a surprise in that I wasn't expecting the headwinds to be as strong. But in the end I got to where I wanted to for the day and am happy with that. Tomorrow I'll be heading into Norseman. My final town in WA before I start my trek east to Ceduna in SA.
< Day 15 - Esperance to Cape Le Grand NP (Lucky Bay)
Day 17 - Grass Patch to Norseman >
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  • Tours around Oz
    • Adelaide to Melbourne
    • Back to Lithgow
    • Bairnsdale to Canberra
    • Cairns to Darwin
    • Melbourne to Sydney
    • Mittagong to Dungog
    • Mount Victoria and around to Sydney
    • Perth to Adelaide
    • Port Augusta to Uluru
    • Tasmania
  • Rides around Sydney
    • Akuna Bay, West Head & Manly
    • A ride through Royal National Park
    • Southern Highlands to Kiama
  • Japan 2017
  • The equipment
    • The bikes
    • The luggage
    • The kitchen
    • The tent & sleeping bits
    • Location shots
  • Resources & Contact