The road north from Coen was good bitumen for the first 20km, until it reached a quarantine checkpoint where there was helpful information on the National Parks and the state of the road ahead.
In fact the next 30kms were challenging, due to deep sand on the road which made the going very slow. For much of the day I was averaging only 10km or so per hour. Quite I had to get off and push the bike through stretches of sand.
Conditions gradually improved later in the day and I arrived at the Archer River roadhouse around 3pm.
This was probably the best of all the roadhouses I've visited on this journey, the staff were all friendly and informative, and the burgers were excellent. Also the facilities were very clean.
Archer River
Distance today 66kms, total so far 748kms.
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