Total distance 19km, 7km to the pickup point at Willunga Hill, 12km from Parachilna.
I left home at 4:45am. It took me 25 minutes to ride and push, mostly push up to the top of the hill at range road. After that it was mostly flat along to Victor Harbour Road. I turned onto Victor Harbour Rd at 5:35am. I was surprised how much traffic there was so early in the morning.
I didn’t wait long at the pull-out part way down Willunga Hill, at 5:50am the Genesis Bus rolled up. We loaded my bike in the trailer, and headed to Morphett Vale to swap drivers. Axel took over and we headed to the Adelaide Bus Depot. We were at least half an hour early. Two more bike riders arrived, Craig and Bruce who were also going to Parachilna, and riding the Mawson trail. It was a good drive to Parachilna. We stopped at Port Wakefield, Stone Hut (great bakery) and Hawker. We were dropped of at Parachilna. We got out bikes organised, but unsurprisingly Craig and Bruce were way faster than me, and I lost them in the distance. I stopped at the 10km mark to camp in Parachilna gorge. It had been such a long day. The flies are really bad, I am glad I brought a head net.
