Cycle touring in the Australian outback is certainly adventurous and always lots of fun.

We were on a bike ride along the Copper Trail, a rather indistinct 4WD track originally used by camel trains in the late 1900’s, carrying copper  from the Sliding Rock mine to the town of Blinman.

Approaching the Warraweena Station

Welcomed by the locals

View across the ranges with track visible bottom left

Walk to the Lookout near the Station Homestead

The flat road into Warraweena with rugged ranges that we would traverse

Venomous brown snakes are common in this area

Opening the gate

Day 1 was hard work with lots of wash aways on the track

First problem was the sticky clay mud left after recent flash floods

The track improves at this point

Camp anywhere you like for great views and amazing sunsets

Every uphill has a down hill

Riding a dry creek bed that had been flowing just days ago

Lunch stop view

More uphills

Ian and Robyn out exploring the creek bed trail

Robyn ascends another ridge

Robyn on the winding track

Robyn’s unplanned dismount

Walking another rocky creekbed

The track ahead

The view from the bike

Coming out onto the plains and heading for Parachilna’s Prairie Hotel

The Last leg. 26km of corrugated dirt road and sand drifts