Report No 32 –Dated 7 March 2008 – Perth 25,330 kilometers

The round the world total is now 45,330 km so it'll be pretty close to 50,000 by the time I get to my front door step.
The cyclone turned inland and weakened before it got to Carnarvon but we had torrential rain.
It was a slow trip down to Perth with very strong headwinds and broken spokes again. One day I was aiming for the rest area next to the Murchison river. I got there to find the river was flooded and the rest area was under water. I was totally exhausted so lay down on a pile of leaves at 4.30 pm and didn't stir until 6.30 am the next morning. I stayed at Geraldton for a few days. It's a very nice place but the official temperature was 43C on the day I arrived. At Cataby roadhouse when they heard I had cycled from Darwin they said everything from the bar and the restaurant would be on the house. That's the sort of roadhouse I like.
I've got a cabin with a kitchen at a caravan park 18 km from Perth city centre and get to the city by train. I'm here for 2 weeks. The bike is in a bike shop and I am getting the rear wheel rebuilt (3rd time on this trip) with heavier gauge spokes and getting the 3rd cassette and chains.
I am thinking of doing the much nicer coastal route via Albany to the start of the Nullarbor but it's an extra 700 km. The best time wind wise for heading eastwards on the Nullarbor is May to October so I could still get some strong headwinds.
I'm meeting my ex Singapore friends Barney and Daisy who now live in Perth for lunch. It's only 29C in Perth so I'm feeling the cold!