Day 6

Hot and sunny today. Left Alice around 9.30 after having a few words with the guy who was stuck in a time warp. He was convinced that the CIA, FBI, Interpol and MI5 were following him, even thought I was in the SAS, what a bizarre guy, Rae did warn me.

A relatively quiet run down to Stuarts Well, where I refueled and treat myself to a bottle of orange juice and a mars bar. After Stuarts Well another opportunity came to take an unsealed road to Kings Canyon. I turned onto the road, confident that the bike would manage ok.

However, 16km into the road the surface suddenly became much more uneven and corrugated. The alternative was to ride on the edge of the road on the bull dust or turn round. After a close escape I once again turned round. The poor bike just wouldn’t be able to cope with the constant shaking, not to mention my legs being able to take the impact when the inevitable happened.

After another couple of stops for some very expensive petrol, I reached Ayers Rock. I quickly pitched the tent and went to the observation post to look at the rock. The observation post gave a great view of the rock, it would do wouldn’t it? I took a photo of it around 4pm and then another just as the sun was going down.

Tomorrow is my birthday, what about that then kid?

Typical dirt road