Day 26 Clare to Gawler 95 kms

Woke to rain on the tin roof. It has been raining most of the night. 5.30am rise as we had the briefing at the caravan park booked for 7 am and we had to pack and have breakfast. Watching out for stray animals on the way there as it had stopped raining but still half dark. We spotted a bunch of a half dozen small kangaroos followed by a group of another four not far down the road. Poor Richard has come out here, all the way from Ireland and is still to spot a live kangaroo. He's seen plenty of dead ones and he has even eaten one so he knows they do exist but just not for his eyes.
Light sprinkles of rain this morning as they were riding and it is still cold. Georg is complaining about the cold now although it doesn't seem to worry him when it doesn't rain. He doesn't like the rain and I don't think any of us do, even those in the car. The group has been so lucky with the rain up till now but unfortunately this cannot remain so as we head into a full-on Winter in the southern states. At least today has only been sprinkles until we pull into Gawler. Then the skies open and it has rained most of the afternoon. Collis and I decide to camp, Lorraine, Pat, Jim and Chris decided to join us. Theo is torn between tenting and sharing with his old mate John, who has taken a cabin with the cabin winning out. The boys decide to have a happy hour inviting the camping women over into their comfortable cabin before joining us for the briefing and another meal provided by Cycle x. Pizzas tonight just as an extra treat.
We ended up getting 9 family pizzas and 3 garlic breads. Nothing left at the end of the hour.