When we arrived in Balladonia we came across someone else on a major cycling excursion. This makes ours appear nothing. A German woman Dorothee Fleck is essentially travelling around the world with all her possessions on her bike. It was a hybrid bike with custom frames added to support the required paniers. Looked real heavy to us. She had started the Australian leg in Darwin and gone anticlockwise from there. Including the European and Asian legs she has done about 40,000km so far!!! This appears to be the second such trip she's done and when I asked if she was going to South America she said "Another time".
While the going was flat and the wind behind us we followed each other for a couple of days and she stopped in at our morning tea break a couple of times. We parted company after about Border Village. You can find her blog at http://d-tours2.blogspot.com
We've also sen a couple of solo riders using a mountgain bike and a one wheel trailer. Seen these blokes stops, but never actually saw them on the road.
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