I stayed at a B&B in Armidale and after stuffing myself with silly amounts of food at the continental breakfast availible and making my lunch and dinner from what was left I set off back towards the coast. First stop of the day was at Wollomombi which means meeting of two rivers in some aboriginal tongue. It was only a few kms off the route and as I was making good time that morning decided to do wander about the park for a bit.

Wollomombi Falls

I saw wombats, wallabies, kangaroos, porcupines even my first wild snake sunning himself on a rock. All very cool but I didn’t take a camera with my so I’ve no idea what kind of snake it was. That afternoon I made it to Ebor which is a high as the New England plain gets for me at about 1350m. It’s been a very tough ride all the way so far, it’s very lumpy with lots of small climbs and descents one after another. It’s like doing loops of Headington hill all day long, no one is very tough but after a few hours it starts to get annoying. Added to that is the relentless headwind which slows things down even more. So far my average speed is just a shade over 19km/h which is pretty slow. From Ebor though I’m basically going downhill which will be some relief.

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