Rockhampton

Yesterday I took the bike to the bike shop. They were really good. The exhaust just needs a spacer to move it over a bit. I also asked him about improving the suspension and he suggested heavier springs, so I'm booked in to get it done next Wednesday.

After the bike shop I headed out to Capricorn Caves for a look. It cost $35 for a tour and was probably not worth it unless you'd never seen a cave before. While I was standing there listening to the guide drone on about stalagmites and stalactites it occurred to me that I have been to an excessive amount of caves for someone who isn't interested in caves.

The entrance

They did turn the lights off at one point to demonstrate cave darkness. That was really cool. Couldn't see a thing but I'd wave my arm around and it was like I could see it, if that makes sense. Like my brain was filling in where it knew my arm was.

Candles in the cave. It looked really good but the photo isn't great.

The other interesting thing was this vertical shaft in the ceiling of the cave. During the solstice a beam of light shines down into the cave and apparently if you stand in it with a coloured shirt the cave glows that colour. But it isn't the solstice so I will just have to take their word for it.

Because I need to be in Rockhampton next week, I'm probably going to go for a trip out to Carnarvon Gorge and come back. People I have mentioned this to have responded with "Do you like walking?"  I don't, but I think I'll go anyway.

I think the people camped next to me are speaking Czech so I might get up and throw a Dobry Den their way and see how it goes down.