51km. A successful stealth camp. I cooked breakfast on my portable wood stove, and was on the road by 8am. The roads are dirt and corrugated. Weaving all over the road to find part of track that I can ride on means I am only averaging 10km an hour.
I entered Lakefield park, and after 20km I got to Laura River Crossing. There I filtered 6 litres of water from the river, and stored it in my water bottles. This section of the river seemed not suitable for crocs, so I wasn’t too worried about collecting the water.
Then I turned north. I rode about 5km and stopped under shady trees for lunch. I had finished lunch when the park rangers turned up. I think they were checking I was OK and properly equipped. I mentioned camping and they said it would be fine if I just camped off the road.
Another 25km up the road to new Laura where there was a tiny mobile service cell. I connected, but could barely get anything because it was overloaded by nearby campers. I had not had the internet for 2 days at that stage. I camped in the scrub about 2km north of new Laura.
