The first night was cold and we woke to find everything heavy with dew. We ate breakfast in the caravan park and headed off through Gawler to Clare. It was a cool, sunny day and the only annoyance was more punctures. Along the way we spotted the Rattler Trail from the main road and decided to use it. It is a pleasant ride, but there had been a lot of rain making the surface, which appeared to have been recently resurfaced, soft and occasionally rutted. Being a spare 20in tube down we went in search of a spare when we got to Auburn, which is at the northern end of the Rattler Trail. Yes there is a bike shop in Auburn the primary purpose of which is to supply hire bikes to tourists. No luck finding a tube, but the advice in the bike shop was not to use the Riesling Trail as it was infested with 3 corner jacks. The advice was taken. The last 20-25kms was completed using the main road. We reached the Clare Caravan park just after 5:00. It had been a long day. The caravan park is about 3kms out of Clare and it was decided that we wouldn't go into town for a meal. We bought some bits and pieces from the caravan park reception office - a loaf of bread, a can of baked beans, some pasta, milk and assorted small boxes of cereal - and set off to put up the tents. After shower and meal made from what we were able to glean from the office it was off to bed.

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