The day started well with blue skies and no breeze. It was crisp but I decided to get moving.
I had breakfast at Fitz's Cafe that had a stack of road bike outside. The six local riders were very curious about the bike. Lots of questions.
The ride out of Wagga was uneventful, across the North Wagga flats, under the Olympic Way and I was soon into the green countryside. Lots of canola and wheat. The livestock look in good condition.
I had a plan B in case one battery charge was not enough to get me to Narrandera. The plan was to divery up to the Canola Way where there are multiple towns where a recharge would be possible but as I went along I calculated that I could make it on one charge so no diversion to Ganmain or Grong Grong was needed.
The second half of the route is much closer to the Murrumbidgee and there were some nice views. There are a few kilometres of pretty good gravel road, in fact a lot of it is better than some of the tarmac. I saw a koala crossing the road and lots of bird life. The road was very quiet, mostly just local vehicles and all quite safe.
I stopped for a photo at the lookout over the river and from there it is only a short and mostly downhill run into town. I finished with 1% left in the battery! The Narrandera Gateway Motel room was pretty basic but good enough for my needs. I had dinner at the restaurant in the motel. The food was quite good.
Looks fabulous.
ReplyDelete1° could have been cutting it a bit fine for my liking, but well done.