Day 22 - 20062915 - March Fly Creek to Lenard River - 84 km

We started off going through the King Leopold Ranges today.  A big hill as soon as we came out the gate.

After that the surface was rubbish and we suffered for the next 30 km or so.  Surface gradually got better and we were making better times even though a lot was uphill.  Through the Napier Ranges and the spectacular rocks beside the road.

We stopped for lunch at a creek and had a 2 minute noodle for lunch and a rest.

As soon as we headed off my tyre went down. Put a new tube in and we were ready to go again turned out not to be a puncture, but a repair I must have done about 3 years ago that was leaking.

Some guys pulled up to see if we were OK and gave us some water and a Golden Pash drink.  Great.

Headed off again with 20 km to go to Lenard River.  Sun was hot, bum was sore but we covered the distance fairly quickly.

Not sure why, but this was the first sign I saw warning people about cyclists.

Set up camp, cooled off in the river although there was not much water there, rested until about 4:30 when we cooked tea.

Cockatoos in plague proportions here.  Noisy buggers.

Joe went and got some water from some other campers.

All going well will hit bitumen after about 10 km tomorrow and maybe Derby tomorrow night.  124 km to Derby so we'll see how we go.

BTW, I have come to dislike words on maps like mount, jump up, rise and peak, preferring words like flat and plateau.