DAY 9

Anders and Lasse slept in (7:30) and was on their bikes at 9. They waited for the sea breeze and morning sun to dry the tent. Lasse wanted Subway for breakfast and Anders somewhat reluctantly agreed to this. Anders is CFO on this trip and is responsible for the cash lasting all the way to Darwin. Therefore the joy was great when Anders came to the register and won a lottery with the prices of two baguettes for the price of one. A huge breakfast for two people for a combined cost of 8 dollars is within the budget.

On the bike today it went quite okay for Anders and Lasse. Only a few drinking pauses and a couple of rest-your-butt-before-you-die breaks. Even on short distance, that 45 k’s is, the last 10 k’s are always hard, very hard! It’s so hard that you actually should have respect for how far 10 k’s are, especially on a bicycle. The boys are yet to experience what tailwind feels like and that’s a bit odd since they have been cycling for a week. All jokes aside, they haven’t had a single meter with tailwind. Anders and Lasse is looking forward to try cruising with tailwind – whenever that might be.

When they arrive at Robe Anders suddenly change course, crosses a curb and head over a lawn. Lasse, who’s cycling behind, understand that something is going on. Anders had gotten his eyes on a beautiful view. A blue-green ocean, white beaches and small cliffs. This a huge contrast to what they have seen for the last week. Their eyes rest on the small waves and Anders gets an Australia feeling he has been waiting for a long time. This is one of the many reasons why the boys had to come back.

A short distance stage means long afternoon. So long they even had time to make food in the shared kitchen, take a midday rest on a comfy couch and go on excursion. With the bike bags left in the tent the bicycles weigh nothing. They fly down a bicycle path towards the end of the mainland in Robe. They walk on the cliffs towards a lighthouse. Lasse walks towards the edge and Anders strictly says that pieces can fall of at any time. “100 kg more or less doesn’t make a huge difference on these rocks” Lasse replies while continuing walking on the edge.

Tomorrow a distance of 80 k’s awaits. It will be two very though stages two days in a row, first to Millicent and then to Mount Gambier.

On Instagram you can see more photos and videos from this journey, add “awesomestralia”. If you are the Snapchat kind of guy, the boys are also there with the same name.

In these Trump times Anders is fascinated by what he has gotten away with. During the campaign one journalist asked what he would replace ObamaCare with. Trump replies; “something beautiful, something terrific”. And that was a good enough answer for the journalist who had no follow up questions.

Awesomestralia – a normal life is boring