Back to sea-level!

Day 2: Coledale, NSW
Distance cycled: 33km

From riding overlooking top of trees to setting up our camps by Coledale Beach, it was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!! Despite our roof never stopped leaking and we were told that it will not be fixed for the next week (in other words it is raining non-stop), we rode through a foggy forest, along the coast with ocean view and being fully embraced by our surrounding where we used to fly by in our car. It was priceless!

We started off a little later at 10am, but more than 10kg lighter. Last night, we prepared a parcel to send to Sue’s awesome brother, Dan (thanks, Dan! ;p) and left behind some food and other things that we think we can live without. After fixing and cleaning the bikes, we rode off from Heathcote along Pacific Highway conquering one hill at a time.

We made it to Helensburgh 20 minutes before the post office closed to send off our 5kg parcel. We took shelter and re-fuelled waiting for the rain to stop. After 2 hours, we just pedalled on and warmed up quickly from the hill we climbed shortly after leaving the town.

By about 3:30pm, we arrived at Coledale. The campground office was closed and we waited nearby before setting up our tent. The nicest thing happened! As we sat at the ‘Table of Knowledge’ overlooking the beach, an elder man from a campervan treaded towards us. Without much of a chat, he handed each of us freshly-made still-warm pikelets sandwiched with jam and butter and said, “We just made some extra pikelets and you both look like you could use some”.

Locations: [NSW] North Sydney - Heathcote - Coledale