Monday 17th September - Birdwatching and biking
Get up early for birdwatching before I ride. Spend some time looking for the two birds we missed last year. As I type this we’ve still not seek or heard them but have had a pleasant time failing! It is down to 2 degrees C and only gets just into double figures at midday. Room has heating but the bathroom does not.
We drive me back to yesterday’s finish and I cycle back and carry on to Narrogin which is small but the biggest place for miles. A shameful 65 km for the day! I was going to do some more but by Narrogin it was cold, windy and grey so not very encouraging. We have an oriental honey coated chicken with rice, noodles and veg. Very tasty and a large portion of chicken. Could be the best café in this uninspiring little town that seems to have started as a railway town for shipping agricultural products.
We pack the bike up and go back to the cabin before going out to Barna Mia where they have captive nocturnal mammals that come to food for the likes of us to see. Several species about the size of a large rabbit or small hare. We see the Bilby that we most wanted to see. Boobook Owl calling from tree near our cabin. And so to bed in our kitchen!
68 km today at 27.7 kph - 196 km total so far.
Our lodge in Dryandra Forest - home for three nights
Cycling back passed the entrance to Dryandra
Bilby - our favourite nocturnal marsupial
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