Day 18 Sat 28 May 16, Clare 4 to 14 deg, early rain and fog, clearing to a mainly sunny day. Although the BOM said it was going to be "mainly sunny" today there was no sign of that initially; just fog and drizzle. So the bike ride was looking less likely. However upon finishing our hot brekky the sun came out and it warmed up to 10deg!! So we gave the chains an oiling and jumped on our trusty steeds and off we went. With our noses pointing south we headed for Aub...

Day 17 Fri 27 May 16, Clare SA, 6 to 14 deg, brrrrrrrr!! cool & cloudy with showers. Welcome back to "the plains" where the temps are certainly a little cooler. Surely it is too cold to rain!!?, but we must remember this is not Qld so the weather does strange things down south of Mexico. To hear on the radio that there was a Sheep Graziers Alert for this region and a Flood Warning for Mt Lofty, (120km away), wasn't a good sign for our planned bike ride today....

Day 16 Wed 26 May 16, Wilpena Pound to Clare SA, 300km, showers throughout the day, 9 to 16 deg. Don't like packing up in the rain so it was nice to wake up with no pitter patter on the roof. Although moving house with a van when it's all wet is nowhere near as bad as doing it with a tent, especially if you're also carrying a pack and rifle. So with brekky under our belts we packed up and was on the road before 8:20am. Mornos was in-van homemade cake and coffee a...

Day 15 Wed 25 May 16, Flinders Ranges, one word - wet, 7 to 12 deg. Loved the sound of rain on the roof last night and this morning. In such a dry barren place it is a real blessing to hear it fall. It rained off and on all day so our activity level dropped significantly. Time to catch up on some admin, thank goodness we have good internet & phone service. If we had stayed at Rawnsley Station we would not have been so lucky. Just after lunch there was a break...

Day 14 Tues 14 May 16, Flinders Ranges SA, 176km, 3 (feels like 1) 20deg, fine & sunny. Today we take to the car, awful!! Only because the distances are too great to cycle or walk. We want to see a large portion of the National Park. After a brisk (very close to frost this morning) walk to watch the sunrise and a quick brekky we ventured off northward towards Parachilna. We were soon on a gravel road which took us through some stunning gorges, dry creek beds ...