{"id":19967,"date":"2015-10-09T07:33:24","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T21:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blokeonbike.com\/bloke1\/?p=19967"},"modified":"2024-12-16T08:28:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T22:58:46","slug":"day-6-do-i-really-have-to-leave-resting-a-day-seems-such-a-great-option","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/day-6-do-i-really-have-to-leave-resting-a-day-seems-such-a-great-option\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 6: Do I really have to leave? Resting a day seems such a great option"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>After a hot breakfast with my hosts from the previous night, it was pack up and get back on the bike for what I was expecting to be an easier day.<\/h4>\n<p>Cycling out of Tom Groggin at 8.30, it was an uphill ride to the Alpine Way where I (still) expected an unrealistically downhill run to Khancoban.<\/p>\n<p>The promised \u201cmostly downhill\u201d run had not presented itself and between tall trees lining the road and thick forest on the slopes, I was again struggling up long hills to enjoy an all too short downhill section.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 25%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-19967 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-fusion-400'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"Day 6 &#8211; 5\" data-caption=\"Pushing the bike yet again\" href='http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-5-scaled.jpeg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-5-400x225.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-fusion-400 size-fusion-400\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-20332\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-5-66x37.jpeg 66w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-5-177x100.jpeg 177w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-5-200x113.jpeg 200w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-5-300x169.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-5-320x180.jpeg 320w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-5-400x225.jpeg 400w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-5-460x259.jpeg 460w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-5-540x304.jpeg 540w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-5-600x338.jpeg 600w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-5-669x376.jpeg 669w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-5-700x394.jpeg 700w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-5-768x432.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-5-800x450.jpeg 800w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-5-940x529.jpeg 940w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-5-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-5-1200x675.jpeg 1200w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-5-1536x864.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-20332'>\n\t\t\t\tPushing the bike yet again\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"Day 6 &#8211; 6\" data-caption=\"Making lunch\" href='http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-6-scaled.jpeg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-6-400x225.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-fusion-400 size-fusion-400\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-20333\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-6-66x37.jpeg 66w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-6-177x100.jpeg 177w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-6-200x113.jpeg 200w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-6-300x169.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-6-320x180.jpeg 320w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-6-400x225.jpeg 400w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-6-460x259.jpeg 460w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-6-540x304.jpeg 540w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-6-600x338.jpeg 600w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-6-669x376.jpeg 669w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-6-700x394.jpeg 700w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-6-768x432.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-6-800x450.jpeg 800w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-6-940x529.jpeg 940w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-6-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-6-1200x675.jpeg 1200w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-6-1536x864.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-20333'>\n\t\t\t\tMaking lunch\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"Day 6 &#8211; 7\" data-caption=\"Yes, cerial and fruit is a great quick pick-me-up\" href='http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-7-scaled.jpeg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-7-400x225.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-fusion-400 size-fusion-400\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-20334\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-7-66x37.jpeg 66w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-7-177x100.jpeg 177w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-7-200x113.jpeg 200w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-7-300x169.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-7-320x180.jpeg 320w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-7-400x225.jpeg 400w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-7-460x259.jpeg 460w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-7-540x304.jpeg 540w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-7-600x338.jpeg 600w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-7-669x376.jpeg 669w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-7-700x394.jpeg 700w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-7-768x432.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-7-800x450.jpeg 800w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-7-940x529.jpeg 940w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-7-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-7-1200x675.jpeg 1200w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-7-1536x864.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-20334'>\n\t\t\t\tYes, cerial and fruit is a great quick pick-me-up\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"Day 6 &#8211; 8\" data-caption=\"Washing the dishes in the Murray\" href='http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-8-scaled.jpeg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-8-400x225.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-fusion-400 size-fusion-400\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-20335\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-8-66x37.jpeg 66w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-8-177x100.jpeg 177w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-8-200x113.jpeg 200w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-8-300x169.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-8-320x180.jpeg 320w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-8-400x225.jpeg 400w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-8-460x259.jpeg 460w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-8-540x304.jpeg 540w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-8-600x338.jpeg 600w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-8-669x376.jpeg 669w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-8-700x394.jpeg 700w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-8-768x432.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-8-800x450.jpeg 800w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-8-940x529.jpeg 940w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-8-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-8-1200x675.jpeg 1200w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-8-1536x864.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-20335'>\n\t\t\t\tWashing the dishes in the Murray\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Today\u2019s goal was to complete the last 50km to Khancoban but this steep terrain was again conspiring against me. Should I mention that the two English girls passed me again (for the last time) this morning?<\/p>\n<p>It seemed as though I was catching up with them each day but they were finishing earlier and starting later that this overloaded Bloke.<\/p>\n<p>There was a long lunch stop at Geehi Rest Area which influenced my final destination for the day and stopping to chat to fellow cyclists Gaz and Chrissy from <a href=\"https:\/\/awildland.blogspot.com\">awildland.blogspot.com<\/a> also set me back half an hour or so. After quitting their jobs, they have been cycling around Australia for eleven months (as at October 2015) and were heading back to Newcastle in New South Wales.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, this section contained the highest ascent of any day (1086 metres \/ 3562 feet) and it was only sheer will power that got me to Scamell\u2019s Lookout in time to shelter from an approaching lightning and rain storm.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 25%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-19967 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-fusion-400'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"Day 6 &#8211; 10\" data-caption=\"Back on the road after lunch\" href='http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-10-scaled.jpeg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-10-400x225.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-fusion-400 size-fusion-400\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-20337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-10-66x37.jpeg 66w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-10-177x100.jpeg 177w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-10-200x113.jpeg 200w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-10-300x169.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-10-320x180.jpeg 320w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-10-400x225.jpeg 400w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-10-460x259.jpeg 460w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-10-540x304.jpeg 540w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-10-600x338.jpeg 600w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-10-669x376.jpeg 669w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-10-700x394.jpeg 700w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-10-768x432.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-10-800x450.jpeg 800w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-10-940x529.jpeg 940w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-10-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-10-1200x675.jpeg 1200w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-10-1536x864.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-20337'>\n\t\t\t\tBack on the road after lunch\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"Day 6 &#8211; 2\" data-caption=\"Time to scamper, a storm is coming\" href='http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-2-scaled.jpeg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-2-400x225.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-fusion-400 size-fusion-400\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-20329\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-2-66x37.jpeg 66w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-2-177x100.jpeg 177w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-2-200x113.jpeg 200w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-2-300x169.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-2-320x180.jpeg 320w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-2-400x225.jpeg 400w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-2-460x259.jpeg 460w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-2-540x304.jpeg 540w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-2-600x338.jpeg 600w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-2-669x376.jpeg 669w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-2-700x394.jpeg 700w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-2-768x432.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-2-800x450.jpeg 800w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-2-940x529.jpeg 940w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-2-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-2-1200x675.jpeg 1200w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-2-1536x864.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-20329'>\n\t\t\t\tTime to scamper, a storm is coming\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"Day 6 &#8211; 1\" data-caption=\"Battened down in Scamells Lookout\" href='http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-1-scaled.jpeg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-1-400x225.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-fusion-400 size-fusion-400\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-20328\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-1-66x37.jpeg 66w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-1-177x100.jpeg 177w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-1-200x113.jpeg 200w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-1-300x169.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-1-320x180.jpeg 320w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-1-400x225.jpeg 400w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-1-460x259.jpeg 460w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-1-540x304.jpeg 540w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-1-600x338.jpeg 600w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-1-669x376.jpeg 669w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-1-700x394.jpeg 700w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-1-768x432.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-1-800x450.jpeg 800w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-1-940x529.jpeg 940w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-1-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-1-1200x675.jpeg 1200w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-1-1536x864.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-20328'>\n\t\t\t\tBattened down in Scamells Lookout\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"Day 6 &#8211; 3\" data-caption=\"Lots of debris the next morning\" href='http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-3-scaled.jpeg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-3-400x225.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-fusion-400 size-fusion-400\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-20330\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-3-66x37.jpeg 66w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-3-177x100.jpeg 177w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-3-200x113.jpeg 200w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-3-300x169.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-3-320x180.jpeg 320w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-3-400x225.jpeg 400w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-3-460x259.jpeg 460w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-3-540x304.jpeg 540w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-3-600x338.jpeg 600w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-3-669x376.jpeg 669w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-3-700x394.jpeg 700w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-3-768x432.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-3-800x450.jpeg 800w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-3-940x529.jpeg 940w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-3-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-3-1200x675.jpeg 1200w, http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day-6-3-1536x864.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-20330'>\n\t\t\t\tLots of debris the next morning\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The final straw on this camel\u2019s back were the two long hills after Geehi and the lookout with only one 9km downhill stretch in the middle.<\/p>\n<p>This was a lot of hill climbing and when I pitched my tent next to the unisex toilets in the lookout car park, it felt like five-star accommodation.<\/p>\n<p>The view from the lookout here really is worth the short detour off the Alpine Way.<\/p>\n<p>The last 20 kilometres to Khancoben would have to wait until tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a hot breakfast with my hosts from the previous night, it was pack up and get back on the bike for what I was expecting to be an easier day. Cycling out of Tom Groggin at 8.30, it was an uphill ride to the Alpine Way where I (still) expected an unrealistically downhill run to Khancoban.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20336,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[419,402],"class_list":["post-19967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-snowy-mountains","tag-2015-snowfields-to-sandhills","tag-cycling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19967"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20339,"href":"http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19967\/revisions\/20339"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}