A mercifully short day
Since I did a lot of the hard yards yesterday on the
Gunbarrel, I knew it was only a short hop into Warburton today. I also knew
from talking to the guys on motorbikes that the first section was very
corrugated and sandy, then when I got onto the Heather, the bad corrugations
would continue for the first 30 or so kilometres, then it would become smooth
highway. So before we went our separate ways, I took their rubbish for them
(for which they were really glad). No skin off my nose and it will make their
lives easier.
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| The end of the Gunbarrel, but not the corugations. |
Their info (unsurprisingly) panned out really well. A bit of
soft sand going over the dunes, and lots of corrugations where they and the map
said they’d be. What I wasn’t expecting were some of the views from the Heather
Highway. For a while you run along a ridgeline which gives awesome views of the
run into Warburton. Then you get onto the smooth section which is where the
Heather forms part of the road into Tjukarli community, hence it’s really good.
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| Open, smooth track on the Heather along the ridge of a stabilised dune |
Next surprise came when I got to the Great Central… Tarmac!
It stared about 300m before my junction and ran until about 8km from Warburton.
Why would you tarmac that section and not all the way in to Warburton? On the
face of it, it makes no sense at all. Although the Shire and Main roads might
disagree…
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| Off the Heather and back to my old friend, the Great Central, to find... |
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| ... tarmac. Noooo! |
Rest of the day was just normal stuff. Washing clothes, and
revelling in a hot shower and flushing toilets. Tried to upload all my
outstanding blogs, but the 3G internet really slowed down from 4pm for the rest
of the day. Bah! Oh well, Cocklebiddy will be busy…
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