On our way south from the strawberry farm in Mount Barker to Esperance, we were joined for lunch by a couple on holiday from England. They were keen bird watchers, and were excited to tell us that they had just seen a wedge tailed eagle, the largest bird of prey in Australia.
Before they left, they went to their car and returned with some packets of noodles, and a bag of nuts. People were very kind to her. But what has really changed us, is kindness. And my god, there is just so much of it. He aha te mea nui o te Ao?
He tangata, he tangata, he tangata! What is the most important thing in the world? It is people, it is people, it is people! Sleeping at a quarry, too tired to put up the tent Shymkent, Kazakhstan. Thank you to Scotland! Day 1, Turriff to Dufftwon.
Clean clothes, pristine panniers, all downhill from here. Thank you to Scott and Lisa of Dufftown and your crazy dog Yogi. Your house was the first official stop of the trip. Thirty miles from Turriff; I remember being nervous as we set off.
Will we make it? How much food should we take? When should we schedule our breaks? Baby Donald has now made three! Congratulations again. Day 2, clothes still clean, saying goodbye to Scott and Lisa. And to Craig and Louise, you put up with us crawling the walls for a week in Aviemore as we waited for our passports to come back from NZ Immigration. We were coiled springs, ready to go, edging perilously close to couch potatodom. Louise baked bread for us over a barbecue one evening and suggested that we learn to do this for the trip.
