Day 7 Plan B

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Our plan B was to ride to Dungog & catch the evening XPT to Brisbane. One condition was to reach the station by 2.30 to pick up bike boxes which they insist were necessary before we could book our tickets. We remarkably made the 66 km journey with a hour to spare. Fortunately the roads were very quiet but the hills were endless with 858 mtrs of ascent mostly into strong winds & some roads in very poor repair.

We held up our end of the bargain & it seemed our plan was on track but soon after we were advised the evening train was initially delayed & later cancelled due to a new fire threat. We are now booked into a Dungog hotel & will re-assess tomorrow. Regardless we are safe & well away from any fires.

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