Walcha to Nowendoc

Saturday 7th April

Despite waking up early, we spent a long time over breakfast and getting ready, and it was 10am before we we set off from Walcha. It was a beautiful day, warmer than the previous day.

About 1km out of Walcha we paused at this memorial to John Oxley, one of the region's first explorers:

View crossing the Cobrabauld river:

After about 40kms we stopped for lunch by the roadside with sandwiches that Carole and Rob had prepared earlier. There were no shops or restaurants or anywhere to buy food along the route.


After lunch I discovered that 2 spokes in my back wheel had broken! The wheel had gone out of true and was binding on the brakepads somewhat, making the going rather more difficult than it should have been!

The route continued through wide, rolling New England countryside:



At 73kms we reached Nowendoc, today's destination. This is just a crossroads with a general store (currently closed) and a motel where we stayed:

On arrival at the motel I spent some time tightening the remaining rear wheel spokes in order to get the wheel running a bit more true. It was a beautiful warm afternoon and it was good to relax afterwards outside the motel room:

The evening was spent playing our favourite card game, 500:

Total distance today 73kms.