This is a place I never expected to be creating an image of something I never expected to see.

The Heysen Tunnels are normally off limits for bicycles and pedestrians, in fact anything that can’t power through at typical traffic speeds of around 90Km/h. This morning the Boileau VeloAdelaide Mt Lofty Challenge Ride saw that all change for a few hours as hundreds of riders powered up the steep freeway unencumbered by anything other than gravity and perhaps fitness.

As for me, this was yet another example of chance. I was coming back down the freeway from the other side so I pulled over to witness the tail end of the riders emerging into the light at the end of the tunnel.

Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Day 442, Light at the End of the Tunnel’ 1/13s f/8 ISO800 22mm