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Australia – New Zealand Edition
” . . .sleeping under the stars that night next to the bike (tent went home) I was awoken by gale force winds and threatening rain. Quickly packing up, with the sky rapidly blackening being lit up only by short flashes of lightning, and the wind whipping up sticks and leaves, I headed to sleep in the laundry till the storm passed. But after an hour of threatening it had passed without a drop. The ground was getting harder after three nights on a half inch bedroll and I awoke early to depart early, travelling in the dark for the first hour. Not a wise thing to do out here, being a nocturnal animals paradise, the skippies (kangaroos) and emus particularly like the green pickings by the roadside.”
—Peter & Kay Forwood
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