CONDOBOLIN – SYDNEY
293.3 miles (472 km) / New South Wales
Thursday, November 4th 52.8 miles / 85 kmµ
Bogan Gates
Serge hasn’t even done 500m when he fell down. His legs feel like cotton –wool. He has to lie down. We worry about him. He does look in a bad state. Time goes by very slowly but he seems to recover. He sits for a bit before setting off again, but walking this time.
Friday, November 5th 52.8 miles / 85km
After a good start this morning Serge seems to slow down, he allows himself a little rest, the time to drink some hot tea just offered to him. He is drenched to the skin but this seems to boost him.
Sunday, November 7th 52.8 miles / 85km Lithgow
Even if the sky is still grey, it has stopped raining. We are at the bottom of the Australian Blue Mountains. Serge is either climbing or going down slopes. All the members of the crew are busy preparing the arrival in Sydney. We have already started to empty the vehicles and sort out the equipment.
As for Serge, he is answering the journalists’ questions.
Monday, November 8th 52.8 miles / 85km Windsor
In May, we had changed the initial route for this one which still doesn’t satisfy us but the roads which link the Blue Mountains to Sydney are all the same, narrow and dangerous
CONDOBOLIN / NEW SOUTH WALES
Condobolin is situated in New South Wales, state in southeastern Australia, bounded on the east by the Tasman sea and the Pacific Ocean.
New South Wales was named in 1770 by the British explorer Captain James Cook. The first European settlement in N. S. W. was established at port Jackson in 1788.
About one third of Australians live and work in N. S. W. Most of them live on the coastal area, a producive Agricultural region.
Farms cover about two-thirds of N. S. W. Principal crops are wheat, oat, corn, rice Sugarcane and grapes are also grown as well as citrus fruits. Grazing and livestock raising are major industries. Mining is one of the most important industries in N. S. W ( gold, silver, lead, tin, coal, zinc… ). The state produces about one-third of Australian exports and half of it is sent to Asia and to the Pacific. Forest area is estimated at 15 million hectares ( 37, 5 million acres ). Near the state’s border with Victoria, in the chains of the Snowy Mountains, Mount Kosciuszko, Australia’s highest peak rises 7310ft ( 2228m )
Temperatures : 51°C has been recorded in Bourke, town situated in the far-west of the state.
