Lockington to Pyramid Hill

Lockington to Pyramid Hill = 62km
Cummulative total = 209km

Today was our biggest day of our 1 week tour and also our 3rd day cycling.  So we both had a good nights rest and we left early at 8am.  No sooner had we started the wind kicked in and fortunately for us our ride today was a series of west and north roads and the wind was blowing from the south with a tendancy on the west roads to be a slight tailwind to make our life incredibly easier today. 
Most of the roads were back country roads and we saw no one until we got to the road to Mitiamo.
One of the back roads that we came across was in my surname to I took the mandatory photo ...

 the orange box is someones fridge letter box and as the sign suggests the cemetary is also on the OBrien road!  As you can see below we are stuck in traffic ...

 So there is not much around except crops and livestock and although it appears boring there is always something to look at ... below is a photo of 3 cattle - of which one is white (well off white!) with black markings ...

 now I know you are all thinking what the heck did she take that photo for ... well think about it ... how many cattle have you seen that have black SPOTS? This is my first! now don't mistake cattle that have PATCHES  as this is NOT the same!  there are heaps of cattle that have patch markings but not too many that have small spots ... this is a new breed of cattle - the Dalmatian cow!!!
Yeah whatever!  So with the cold wind blowing us from the side and helping us along we made good timing to our cuppa spot at Mitiamo.  This is a quiet sleepy little town that is near Mt Terrick Terrick state park.

 from here we continue along this really good road west for about 9km and then turn north towards Pyramid Hill.  We have the wind behind us now and we are pumping along nearly 5km per hour faster than normal.  The legs are weary, the butt is sore and the shoulders and arms are also tired by now ... lucky for that wind.  It is a nice road and the traffic is light.
Below is me with Pyramid Hill in the background ...

 And as we get closer to town we can see a clearer view of the Hill which stands 192m above sea level.

 The caravan park is on the east side of town about 1km from the town center.  We get here and there is not many caravans and not likely to be!  We have stayed here before and it is a well kept town caravan park - the amenities are old but clean - I presume I am the only female here so I can safely say the womens facilities are my ensuite!!!
Now you remember my rather large thermarest - the one that needs its own trailer due to size ... well here it is below - it is light but bulky ... use me as a guide to guage sizing!

 our campspot under the tree ...

 and since we got here the runway for the airport is right at the end of the park and the crop dusters have been busy all arvo

funny enough as we approached town we say this cloud of dust and all of a sudden this little plane appears so we assume the dust is the chemicals for the crops and I think hell it is a little too windy to be dusting at this time of the day and so close to town as we could watch the dust drift northward ... but upon getting here we realised the dust was actually dirt or chalk from the runway as they take off - they create a real thick cloud that drifts from south to north with the occassional drift over towards us.  But it has been entertaining for us this arvo.
Tomorrow we will take a rest day here and head off to Boort on Friday.