Our final two days of riding… Having rested a night in Finch Hatton, and finished a few last surveys up the gorge, we said goodbye to wazza and to the beautiful waterfalls of the gorge. A quick breakfast including some stewed bush-apples on our meusli (later to be regretted, that stuff is sour!). This left us a reasonable chunk of road to travel (about 70km), and not as much time as we could have wanted… so the afternoon found us at Mirani pub, mulling over the decision whether to grind on into the evening and make Mackay, or stay at the local caravan park… in the end good sense (and a dip at the local swimming pool followed by a counter meal) prevailed.  The following morning, after we removed some local wildlife from our wheels (unharmed of course!), This left another 40km ride… easily managed by our now-seasoned calves…  we arrived in Mackay to hit the Jamaica Blue Cafe one more time, and then bid our farewells… each promising to keep the Carbon Neutral dream alive in each of our fields… stay tuned for the next expedition. A huge thanks to Tom and Tiff for their enthusiasm for the project, to all the people who helped along the way, and to our sponsors.

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