We woke to another fantastically sunny day and, after packing the bikes, rode around and looked at the beautiful beaches and scenery of Orleans Bay. As inviting as the water looked we decided that we weren't going to become shark food, so stayed out of the water.
We then started our journey up the Parmingo Road. We had been told about the Parmingo road at the rest stop the night before and about how it was a good short cut through to Balledonia, and how "it's a bit rough but you should be right on the bikes". With some last minute instruction and full tanks of fuel from the Camp ground operator we headed off and eventually found the road.
We eventually made it to Balladonia about three hours of very challenging riding with deep gravel, huge ruts, and road corrugations like I've not seen before. We were both pretty exhausted by the time we got to the roadhouse and had a beer and a road house hamburger to recover while watching the last 10 minutes of some football game that people were excited about.
After a bit of a rest we pushed onto the next roadhouse, this involved the big 160km straight road to Caiguna which was pretty boring but kind of nice in the sun set. We camped in the road house camp ground which was pretty much just the gravel car park next to the air field. Not the best $15 I've ever spent.
We then started our journey up the Parmingo Road. We had been told about the Parmingo road at the rest stop the night before and about how it was a good short cut through to Balledonia, and how "it's a bit rough but you should be right on the bikes". With some last minute instruction and full tanks of fuel from the Camp ground operator we headed off and eventually found the road.
After a bit of a rest we pushed onto the next roadhouse, this involved the big 160km straight road to Caiguna which was pretty boring but kind of nice in the sun set. We camped in the road house camp ground which was pretty much just the gravel car park next to the air field. Not the best $15 I've ever spent.
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