Jan 23: First Haul

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Launceston -> Scottsdale

Distance cycled: 69.7 km
Ave: 12.8 km/h
Max speed: 66.2 km/h

It was sad to say goodbye to the great Airbnb, but we wanted to make an early start for a fairly ambitious first day.

Cycling out of town, we detoured to make a second pass at the bakery with its amazing roll selection!
Launceston had a lot of metal gingerbread… any idea where this style came from?

We were foiled in our attempt to take a riverside trail, but left town and made tracks on a good cycle path heading north east. We switched onto paved road, and kept going.

Holy roadkill, batman. There were many squashed wallabies, but some were so far gone that it was hard to tell. The smell of death followed us down the road.
We stopped for a luxurious lunch at Lillydale falls. Jessi had convinced Felicity to carry her chair, so I brought one, as well as my trusty bum pad.
It was even hillier than expected, with lots of time climbing in our granniest gear.

We made it to the free campsite in Scottsdale, which was the goal – it has lots of awesome covered picnic areas, including one with power and water and bbqs…

And room to flail around fixing the fuel line on the stove.

The catch was you’re only allowed to camp in slots by the road, which were fairly jammed with camper vans… so we waited until after 8 and pitched as far in the back as possible just as it started raining. It was a bit hard to leave the glorious covered picnic shelter, but we were all pretty tired and ready to call it a night.

There were wallabies thumping around nearby and something climbing around high in a tree that looked furry and made us wonder how people cache food here…

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  1. Hahaha “bakery” she said… I LOVE the “Who gives a crap” toilet paper!!! We had ordered a box a few years back but they stopped selling it in Canada. Did you read their story? “50% of profits are donated to help everyone gain access to clean water and a toilet”. It’s so heartwarming!

    Amalis ________________________________

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