Most riders beat us to morning tea which was at another rest area 50 kms down the road. Actually the rest area was in a bit of a disgusting state with toilet paper all over the place behind the trees. Fruit cake for morning tea.
Lunch was at another rest area around the 117 km mark. This area was a bit better but all the tables were taken by a bunch of backpackers. Collis used the generator today to make sure the riders could all have a hot drink at each break. The wind has once again been up their behinds and progress is fantastic.
Afternoon tea was at the 150 km mark and a few stopped for more fruit cake and a hot cuppa. All riders are doing high speeds today due to the wind with the top riders averaging 36 kms/hr.
Everyone was in at 3 ways by 3.30 pm. Collis did a run in to Tennant Creek followed by the other car. We took in 3 riders with 5 in the back up car. All other riders gave their shopping lists to someone who was going into town. The town was pretty busy at that time of day with a high police presence noticed. Annie and Collis got out and chatted with some locals and got a great photo which I will put up once Annie and I have bumped it across. *Bumping is a fun application we have discovered and saves having to email photos to everyone.
3 ways Roadhouse is not as it used to be, it is showing some wear and tear and requires some money spent to bring it back to it's former glory. The showers were cold and a couple not working, the camp kitchen is virtually non- existent and the roadhouse meals were small for the price. The manager, Rod was very helpful and we managed to get a discount on the room for Woody. Gill took another room so a couple of the girls took advantage of the cabin showers.
When we finished dinner, we find that it has been raining quite heavily and it was still drizzling so this managed to drive everyone to bed early.
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