Simpsons Gap – on the bike again

Once we bought the bike we had to have a crack at the ride to Simpsons Gap. We left it off the other day trips with a view to making it a bike ride if we got one. I scored the ride out. About 25 k and in the early morning so the first part found me actually wearing a vest. Damn it was chilly. One thing you can guarantee here though is its going to warm up later.

The ride snakes its way through the smaller hills that run alongside the West McDonnell ranges. There are plenty of info boards too and I used these to make sure I kept up the water intake. The path is well made and for those of you who ride the Fed trail in Melbourne, it’s of superior quality up here. The Gap is worth the trip too.

I got passed by two other riders who looked like they might be going for a speed record. Only saw one coming back though.

Liz went for the ride back. Into a head wind but slightly down hill overall. Still, I think I scored the best part of the deal. She also had many more riders to deal with.

Just one more bike mention. We saw a person riding out of Yuluru when we left there. We saw him again coming out of Kings Canyon. How tough are folk like that? The day time temp is always up in the low 30's and its always more than 100 clicks between towns. So far we have seen two folk riding solo and three pairs. Next week there is a big organised ride coming through too. Wow.

Photo 1 Simpsons Gap
Photo 2 a close up of scarred rocks in the gap
Photo 3 is the best of a bad lot. Took lots of piccys with water reflection in them and the all came out blurry. None of the photos of the Rock Wallabies turned out as well.