I arrived in Winton, the official start of the Outback Way, Australia's longest shortcut from Northern Queensland to Southern WA around mid-afternoon after a blazing tailwind on flat land all the way.
The information centre in Winton is very, very helpful. The manager and the service desk showed me where the free showers were in town and tried to think of other ways to help me and chatted quite a lot. At first sight Winton is a dusty, windy place with delapidated houses but most things are available here and the people seem nice.
The town water comes from the ground hot, so the tip is to have a shower in the late afternoon when everybody has their sprinklers on and the water has not cooled as much in the town pipes. There is a sulphuric smell in the water and you can imagine a mix of ancient inland sea animals, including the dinosaurs, and the ash from diabolical volcanos going into the ancient sand filter for the water.
Camped last night at a free camping area called Long Waterhole, 2km south of Winton. The winds were quite bad, however, and the place is quite dusty. Staying tonight in a pub room. Tomorrow I ride out to Boulia about 360km West of here.
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