Aysons Reserve to Lockington

Aysons Reserve to Lockington = 40km
Cummulative total = 147km

Wow we both had terrible sleeps last night!  It takes a few nights to settle into sleeping on a thermarest - we have to wake to turn as you can't roll like you can in a bed - you have to turn on the spot so to speak so tonight we should be asleep by 6.30pm!!!
It was a nice restful afternoon and one of the many many caravaners did point out to Neil that last week a ranger moved on a tenter that was on the other side of the bollards like we were - but none came! will remember that next time we camp at Aysons reserve ... although there are no signs.
So we left around 8.30am and it was a cooler day and overcast.  It was 13km to Rochester where we picked up a loaf of bread and on our way out we took photos of the Silo art ... the first is of an Azure Kingfisher ...

 and a Squirrel glider ...

they are pretty impressive!  There was no one there so we could plant ourselves anywhere to take the photos, we did try and take some selfies ... this one is with only half of Neil ...

 this one is a good one of both of us but hardly any of the art work with our 2 oversized heads ...

 by now Neil was getting impatient with me and the very last shot was Neil sharing his nostril hair with you all! ...

 So from Rochester we took the Diggora rd west and by 9.30am the wind was picking up and instead of a northerly like yesterday we had a westerly and this road was going west!  It wasn't so bad to start but after 16km of this long straight road the wind was becoming strong and swinging to the south a bit.
Just before we turned north onto Lockington rd we took a little break ...

 when I look at our trailers post Kouta I think it feels like we are carrying nothing, sometimes I do look behind to see if I am still towing the trailer - Koutas constant moving around in the bob reminded me that I was still towing the trailer!
Neil now has a massive orange dry sack on top of his bob bag and that alone is 2 pillows and my thermarest - it is almost twice the size of Neils thermarest when packed up!  My gear is almost level with the top of the bob trailer, Neils is like it is a 2 storey house!

 So back on the road and as you can see it is peak hour and the traffic is bumper to bumper ...

 Along this road are predominantly crop farms with the odd farm herds here and there.  It is hard to say what the state of the fields are - to us they look dead but then we see they have cut and are drying and any grain is half the height of what they should be and Neil points out that they may have a new type of grain that puts its energy into the head rather than the height.
So we turned north and the wind was slightly behind us and that was a relief - the legs were beginning to feel it!  So it was only another 9km until we reach Lockington.  We haven't been here before and the community travellars rest is nice and had good reviews on wikicamps.  It costs us $10 and we are shoved to the side due to having a tent but there is plenty of shade for us except for late arvo where we will be in the sun but that is ok - it is a strong cool south westerly now!

Some towns will create these spots for the passing tourist and they are usually attached to the local park and public toilets - this one is set up quite nice and has a rotunda and a free bbq - sausages for tea tonight! This place also has a shower which was nice.
Tomorrow is a longer day to Pyramid Hill.