East of Hann Crossing to Saltwater Creek

50km. No offers of beer today. It was a foggy morning. The tent was very wet from dew. I skipped cooking breakfast because the place I had chosen to camp was infested with mozzies. I got on the road riding through the fog, with no cars about. After 15km I got to Hann Crossing. By this time the fog had lifted and it was sunny and bright. I collected a litre of water from the Hann River, and filtered it to add to my supplies. It was a slog. The road had got worse, it was hard to dodge the corrugations. However about 5 4wds stopped during the day to see if I was OK and offer water. As the afternoon wore on I started to get a head wind, which made my pathetic slow pace even slower, sometimes as slow as 7kmh. About 5pm I got to saltwater creek. I wanted to try to leave Lakefield Park, but it was at least another 15km. I found a little track of to the side that lead to a waterhole, I followed it further to find an out of the way campsite. Tomorrow I have 49km to get me to Musgrave Roadhouse!

Loading the bike in the morning mist
Hann Crossing

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