Mt Isa

After a long and hot ride yesterday I decided to rest the Spyder and my arse for a day, and I have laundry to do.

So I had a very short ride of 199 Km's and decided to find a cheap air conditioned hotel with foxtel so I could chill out for the day. The first hotel I came to was The Barkly Hotel, it's just out of town.

It was an interesting ride this morning I left Camooweal, for the first 100 km it was very much the same as the rest of the Barkly highway that is until you get aproximately 70 km west of Mt Isa, the vegitation becomes thicker, the cross wind drops and suddenly there are hills and mountains.

After I unpacked my Spyder I decide to go for a walk into town, it took me 15 minutes to get there, I crossed a bridge and noticed beer cartons and that many wine casks I lost count of, on the riverbank under the bridge, looks like the local wino hangout, this seems to be the place to hangout in a lot of country towns.

It's sad when people let themselves go that far whether they are black or white I guess they loose hope and give up on life.

Well then it's an early start for me tomorrow and I am expecting to get at least 500km riding in tomorrow, I reckon I will aim to be on the road by 7am.

Take care all stay safe