The headwinds of day 10 increased on on day 11 west to Bourke and the 98kms took almost nine hours to complete. There were some minor rises in the landscape but they were no obstacle compared to the constant 15-20kms per hour or more westerly that slowed my riding speed to probably less than 15kms per hour. 
The 11kms to go from here still took almost one hour.
The feature of Mt Oxley to the south, about 20kms from Bourke looked familiar and once in Bourke I had no problem finding the Darling River Motel or the local IGA etc. However, just on the outskirts of Bourke near the electricity substation on my approach on the Kamilaroi Highway from Bree, there were a number of vehicles with various flashing light colours that I caught up to as they were travelling very slowly towards the centre of town. They were moving so slow that I and a couple of vehicles decided to pass a couple of unmarked vehicles, an ambulance and fire truck and one lonely walker and police vehicle at the head of the convoy. 
Riding past the convoy...
I tried to take some pictures with my iPhone but almost missed the lot and thought no more of the convoy until I noticed a high ranking policeman at the IGA Supermarket and asked him what the event was coming in convoy into town. He said: “It was for a guy walking around Australia”.
Of course until that moment I had been feeling pretty chuffed with my own ride of at least 1000kms by the time I got to Bourke. Get it in perspective Hank.
This trike was going to be parked the right way at the Darling River Motel.
Anyway, for my purposes at Bourke I was just about at the start of the Kidman Way and about to head south on this very familiar stretch of road that I had helped to promote for several years. This promotion was supported by Bourke, Cobar, Carrathool, Griffith, Murrumbidgee and Jerilderie Councils and not a skerrick of promotional funding support had come from the state or Federal Governments in more than 12 years since the road was first promoted as the Kidman Way.
Was very interested to read your account of your expedition. I had been meaning to check your website for a while and finally did so at lunch time. Thank you for your kind words about me. Regardless of whether I deserve them, they were just the tonic I need today.