Stage 49: Australia / NT

Darwin to  Adelaide River (Northern Territory)
Date: 10-23-2014 Time: 04:27 h Σ Time: 280:304h
Distance: 108 km Σ km: 5653 km Temp: 20/42°C
Up: 310 m Σ Up: 67959 m Down: 283 m
Calories: 2021 kcal Σ kcal: 129931 kcal  
Conditions: Warm to hot. Wind chilled a bit. Roads perfect. Not too much traffic on Stuart HWY.

What a change to Indonesia. It can’t be much more. All day flat. No humas on the road, except in ‘tins-on-wheels’ (trucks, cars and road-trains) and Stirling on a rented motorcycle. Once out of Darwin traffic reduced but speed of the vehicles increased. Heat was on in the late morning. Lunch was soooo good. What a difference to the Indonesian variations. I am missing coke stops and cheap beverages. Australia is going to blow my budget. 600ml Coke = 4.30$, mineral water 1.5l = 5.00$ (Darwin). It was too hot to see wildlife during the day, just cattle and an Emu. However in camp the wallabies were all around in the late afternoon. Now they are grassing in our camp around my tent.

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First Day in the Outback

Photos from the first day into the Northern Territory Outback from Darwin to Adelaide River.

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On the Road again

First breakfast in camp on cycling day 49. What a difference. Fruits, cereals, +++ Thx Jon & Mark. Leaving Darwin to Adelaide River.

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Eric failed his first TdA camping test. Late to get up and ready. Last to have bags ready. Then needed to break lock because key was in bag.

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First field lunch in the Outback. 60km done at 9am.

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48km remaining to first csmp. Easy and fadt day for the new riders.