Well the achilles was fine, maybe because of all the icing, rest and anti-inflammatory cream and pills, but more likely due to you all crossing your fingers! (you did, didn't you?)
We had a pleasant sunny day, albeit with a 25kph cross/head wind. We stopped as often as we could, at the roadside parks, to stretch and rest the achilles, knees and nethers (yep that's sore too!).
We are now out of the forests and into the farm land. Most of the land looks like it's been sown and some of the crops are up.
We've got ourselves an onsite van at the Merredin caravan park for $35/night extravagant compared to the $11/night in our tent at Kellerberrin, but it makes icing my bits a lot easier to have a fridge. There's a Shell roadhouse next door which will no doubt have excellent meals (dream on)!