Day 49 - It's a sign!

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Orange to Lake Burrendong 87km.

After yesterday's crisis of confidence today the universe delivered a restoration of purpose, signs abounded that we are on the right path.  Maybe not literally, we had to reroute twice for Google is not great at bicycle mapping.  Despite yesterday's rain, today we woke to sunshine, this is always uplifting, so we rode out of Orange hopeful for a good day on the pedals.



The roads out of Orange still don't reveal any vineyards, but we are noticed with excitement by a whole gallop of greyhounds.  They race across the paddock to greet us with curiosity and happy tails.  With greyhound manners they neither bark or force the fence but they obviously enjoy our company, and we theirs.  Leaving our dear Rapha at home was wrenching.  But it's lovely to meet such a happy bunch of hounds.



The rain clouds on the horizon, would remain out of reach all day, the sun finding us speeding along with the fasted average pace we've managed so far 18.1km/hr, not bad considering the gravel backroads, and the sealed roads were often more patch than road.

We were doing so well, we changed our final destination for one another 19km further along, resting our heads tonight by Lake Burrendong.  The home of many Murray Cod judging by all the big catch photos in the Caravan Park reception.  What Kerstin and I know about fishing could fill a timble, but we still enjoy a walk down to the shore, and get a kick out of the universe making sure we got the message.




Location: Lake Burrendong, New South Wales, Australia

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