Wow the drought has really broken in the south east of Victoria. Massive flooding which has proven very destructive but will inevitably help the farmers of South Australia as the waters flow into and fill the Murray River.

The people I have come into contact down here in SA have been very generous. It is extremely refreshing to come to a relatively small country town and experience what it feels like to be a part of a close knit
community. What a contrast to Sydney!

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The pushbike trip into Gawler, 18km, took 45mins. Sun was out, it was an easy ride as there are few hills. 1.5hrs after being in the library, where I was using the internet (need to plug laptop into landline - but no home phone so gotta book library time), I emerged. The weather had changed - cloudy, windy, cold. I set out reluctantly. F14 (Freeling, where I live,
14km) and F10 passed. It was over half way before my gluteus max started to feel some heavy duty pain. I tried sitting left saddle, right saddle, standing up but it all came back to OWWWW. I was pushing through the onset of another pain rush, head down, suffering, when the F5 passed me by - unbenounst to me. I couldn't see then end. No choice but to keep going but I wan ... Read More »