When I got up it was still raining, albeit gently so it was mercifully cool and the clouds would give a few more hours protection before it got hot again. At the service station the lady said a tree in town was hit by lightning. It’s a regular thing up here, no big deal for them at least!

Katherine was just a short 90km away and that was my destination so I took my time over breakfast. I left Shiru get about 45 minutes head start before I climbed onto my bike and started towards Katherine. I caught him after 25km, the man was taking it easy today doing about 14km/h when I caught up. After riding together and chatting for a bit I pressed on ahead eager to get to Katherine before the day got really hot. The cloud was starting to break up over head and with the sun on you it’s a whole lot harder to ride the bike.

When I got to Katherine I checked into Coco’s again where I stayed on the way up. I got a copy of the Territory Times to see that the storms I was running from on my way down the day before while not massive were rough enough. In Noonamah winds were up to 100km/h with driving rain and lightning so you can imagine I was glad to have beaten it down. Still the met office said that the wet hasn’t arrived properly yet so high humidity would still be the order of things for the coming days and even weeks. All going well in ten days or so when I make it to Broome I shouldn’t have to worry about storms and killer humidity any more. All going well…

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