For the English...

Hi to all the Aussies or otherwise English-speaking folk following this blog! Naomi speaking! Sorry I haven't given you much to read and understand. Things are going well! Today, 13th June, we are in Adelaide, Joseph is having a day off, so we are going for a visit of the city and to have dinner at the Daughtry's. Here is a run down of a typical day for us in the last week of cycling (Joseph has cycled the entire way from Melbourne to Adelaide = 1130km.) Joseph cycles about 160-200 km's each day. He leaves between 7 and 8am (the sun is rarely up, or it's very foggy) and it's always very very cold. The standard is between 0 and 4 degrees. He really is a crazy man! We pack up and follow him a little while later. We've been staying in motels recently because it's really been too cold to sleep in the camper-trailer especially as the heavy dew and frost would otherwise like to soak through the water-proof tent part into the matresses underneath. We stop around 1pm for lunch, where Joseph usually takes two mains of whatever's going. We've been finding it difficult to find nutritious fruit and vege, so I think we're all getting a bit fat from all the fried foods that they serve down here. After lunch, Mum, Dad and I continue on to wherever we are staying to get a good site or cabin or motel, depending on the weather, and Dad rides out to meet Joseph and guide him into the town while Mum and I set up and make tea and other whatnots.
Other thoughts: it's really nice to be able to see so much of my own country. I'm getting an appreciation for how big it is, and how much STUFF is between places too. Granted, it's a lot of the same STUFF – rocks, trees, rocks, trees, rocks, trees... and water (very rarely)! But it's been fun to go touring and to see something of my own country, to discover cute little cafes or nice places which I will want to visit again someday at my own pace! I haven't had the chance to meet a great deal of exceptionally nice people, so my impressions of Victorians is not the best, but I'm sure there's plenty of very nice ones out there. Dad cycled 63 kms yesterday afternoon, from Strathalbyn to Adelaide which was a huge effort because half of it was uphill, and it's the longest leg he's down so far. Yay for Dad! It seems very little next to Joseph's but an achievement nonetheless. Anyway I think that's enough from me, I hope you're enjoying the photos and I'll try to make another entry sometime soon! Bye for now.