North Elmore - Bendigo (Epsom)

North Elmore - Bendigo = 48km
Cummulative total = 1219km

What a lovely morning this morning it was a cool night and this morning it was nice to eat breakfast just the 3 of us and not with all the flies and ants that usually join us at every meal.
Below are photos of our campsite last night and the lovely Campaspe river which was very refreshing to take a dip into on a hot day.

Yes I have just realised as to what Kouta is doing ... like the t shirt quotes "because he can"!!!!

Campaspe River

We got an early start this morning and we had a strong head to cross wind. After refilling up with water which lately has been very strange it is either has a muddy or metallic taste to it and out of the tap the water is cool but after 5 mins it becomes warm and after an hour or so it is warm enough to make a cup of tea out of it and after 6 days of drinking hot water I am becoming rather sick of water and mixing cordial in with hot water is not exactly palatable!
Once we left Elmore we took a series of quiet roads to get to Bendigo and it was a nice road to ride along but the after the Barnadown locality the road became quite busy with local Bendigo traffic and also the road surface became rough to ride.
We took a quick rest at around the 35km mark and silly Kouta decides to walk around and into some bushes that had little burrs on it and then we spent the next 10mins picking burrs out of his fur and all the time Neil is cursing poor Kouta who really didn't want to sit still (even after Neil threatening to break his legs!!! - Neil was only joking!). Finally we make it to Leannes' house and airconditioning!!! As soon as we turned into the street Kouta knew where we were and began to throw himself around in the trailer excited that he was going to meet his cousin Lucy!
We are taking break here for the weekend and will spend the time pouring over maps as due to the heat we may reevaluate where we cycle next.