Day 5. Part Two
I left  Coolgardie Caravan Park late in the morning with the wind coming at me  strongly from the North East. As i rode down the main street i could see the sign toward Norseman and for brief moment i  contemplated on turning with the wind , but I knew it was only a trap. I took a photo of the famous Pepper Tree if not one of its off spring and rode off wondering.

This is the tree 40years ago Jim and I left our bags and went to the road house for  a meal when we hitched over to Melbourne and back. Unfortunately when we returned it was pitch black and we crawled around on our knees for hours till we found them. The turn off is just further on in the horizon. O.K it doesn't mean much maybe to you but you had to be there. Our sleeping bags where a  towel each and I've never seen a human being curl itself up as much as the old boy on all fours. The way i kept warm was by sprinting up and down the road fully clothed for hours till the sun came up.

I arrived in Kalgoolie around 2pm and booked into a nice Hotel but very expensive one because they have a couple of girls doing the cleaning continuously. They told me its 700 a night so i thought i would spoil myself as i needed cleaning

 The front facade I thought was very classy, it got me going.

No ,thats not true, I'm staying at the Railway Hotel across from my new 300 wheel bike and pulling out Thursday 1.40am and arriving at 1.40am Port Augusta. The price for the trip is $400 which is about the equivalent of what i spend at one roadhouse visit.

Now a lot of people are probably wondering how my state of mind is, not doing the Nullabour stretch.

Well if you are, or not ,let me tell you that I am completely at rest with it as i thought long and hard about the decision. It is a disappointment which i created myself by putting a time limit on the trip and should of known better. But  imagine, it would be catastrophic to miss the Melbourne Cup and spoil other peoples holiday plans for the sake of my selfishness in wanting to do it for the fourth time. 

After talking with Shane K tonight with his concerns of my mental state(lol) we discussed another attempt together as a bonding brotherly thing and he actually got a chubby so you can never say no.

So tomorrow is another day in Paradise, downtown Kal  and i will probably just hang  under some shady tree with my friends who i waved to as i came into town.

Take care and God Bless you