Wednesday March 5, 2014

After getting some great advice from John and Lyn about an easy route to take to Milang we were up and on the road by 7:45.  Lyn was meeting a friend (Ruth), and Dan and his friend Kim joined us as well.  They cycled with us to Goolwa, following the scenic bike path (Encounter Bikeway) all the way.

A 22 km cycle way which was primarily off-road all the way to Goolwa.  In Goolwa we had a coffee and a snack, then Dan and Kim took us a little further to make sure that we were on the right road to Milang.  Really nice people.

Goolwa is where the “Mighty Murray” Australia’s longest river flows into the sea.

The weather was a little cooler today, and we had a great ride to Milang.  We arrived in Milang at noon and found a nice cheap ($18.) campsite. Unfortunately, it doesn’t have a kitchen so we are going to eat out tonight at the pub.

It is nice to finish earlier so that we can see more of the Town’s and villages we are staying in.  I had initially wanted to do 80kms (50 Miles) a day, but when we get into a Town later all we really have time to do is set up the tent, buy some groceries, eat and sleep.  Although there will be days where we have to do 80+ks because there are no facilities in between, we can decide to do shorter days if we want to.

Milang is situated on Lake Alexandrina a large freshwater lake. It used to be an important railway hub, now it is a small holiday town with a couple of cafes, a general store, a bakery and a pub.  The Information Centre is currently only open on the week-ends.  Although on saying that we are now going into the autumn/fall season in Australia, we might have to expect that some facilities will not be open or on restricted hours.

Today is the first day of Lent – I am giving up being a vegetarian!!