Australia by Bicycle - page 8
Forty days' bike tour across Australia, by Jan Boonstra.
A "bore" (windmill driven water well) along the road
Water is the most precious element in the outback. Especially in the old days, when travelling between towns took many days. Then water was as important for any traveler as it is for cyclists nowadays. People built wells along the road, pumping the water from deep down with the use of windmills. Such places, with a tank for the storage of the pumped water are called "bores". Bores are indicated on good maps, but I could not take the risk of relying on bores for my water supply. What if one appeared dry? I used the "roadhouses" for getting water and food. Most roadhouses have a shop, restaurant and accommodations for the night. They are at distances from 30 to 120 kilometers between each other on the Stuart Highway. Considering it was winter, I needed three or four liters of water between roadhouses. One exception should be noted, however: there is no roadhouse between Coober Pedy and Glendambo - a distance of 252 kilometers.
Interesting links referring to the region:
There is also a complete daily log of this tour, but only in Dutch.
