Vanderpants Oz Tour

Km’s – 93
Elevation – bout 1,000mtrs
Saddle time – 6 hours

Today was another pearler. I absoltuely loved it. It was so varied. The minute I left kapunda after a good night’s sleep, it was about 30km’s slow drag uphill at 2-3% with pinchers at 15% but they were short. Still though, no matter my legs, my brain, the hills whatever, I always have a smile on my face as the views are just awesome. After leaving Kapunda it was this……

Lucky again, the road was dry…can’t say the same for tomorrow haha I think it will rain all day so that will make the tracks INTERESTING. After the 30km climb I stopped at Riverton and had a coffee and chatted to a few fellow cyclists on a day trip which was nice. Riverton is one of those lovely little small towns with just enough of everything you need and not big enough to want to get the hell out of…it’s beautiful. Between Kapunda and Clare you will go through Riverton and Auburn – both places you can stock up.

I was still on the rough tracks up until that point and sometimes you’re battling the gnarly track and look to your left or right and 100meters over is a beautiful hard dirt road that looks smooth and you wonder…..why am I not over there hahaha BUT – I am a bit of a completionist I must say… I HAVE to do the whole thing as it was designed hahaha. I’m sure Mawson didn’t take any shortcuts and neither will I 🙂

Throughout the day It was another amazing mixed bag of goodies. Rough track, smooth rail trails, some quiet dirt roads, farmland – it was superb.

I went on the rattler trail from Riverton and also hit the Riesling Trail from Auburn to Clare – 15kms uphill and 15 down hahaha ish. Past wineries like Skillagolee, Taylors, O’leary Walker…..and many more. The rail trail was a nice welcome to the rough trails such as having to move this beast out of the way

the rail trail between Auburn and Clare was lovely actually – some actual seats to sit on hahaha and beautiful wineries to overlook.

If i wasn’t watching where I was going I wouldn’t have captured this lovely brown snake probs just over a meter long……yes they are real in Australia haha

All in all I had a great day and finished in Clare. As I go further north I am hoping to actually get my tent out hahahah carrying all this weight I might as well use it hahahaha. Bit of cloud coverage today was welcomed as the sun gets hot for a ranga whilst climbing the big pinchers all day. That heat creeps up on you and before you know it, so much water has gone. Gotta plan that water well – I do know there’s water tanks further we go and I have a filter and tabs plus I know we’ve had enough rain so I can pretty much bank on most of them. As I rocked into Clare, I was hot and bothered and imagine this HUNK rocking up into town all MAMIL like and smelling like shit and elastoplast on his nipples – what a hunk hey – the girls are going WILD especially when the bakery staff looked at me funny hahahah

Until tomorrow peeps here’s a few more piccies (a little more acceptable haha)

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VANDERPANTS OUT!!