Today’s ride on Komoot Today was a rail trail day. I thought all of my traffic days were over and this would be plain sailing. However, there were a few things at play. Firstly, last night there was 30-40mm of rain and then early this morning there was another 20mm. The trail was also meant …
Today’s ride on Komoot I’m sorry there aren’t many photos. I’m still not in touring / blogging mode (and really, the scenery has been pretty monotonous). I slept in until 8:30am. Must have needed it. It was ok too because I’d read that the traffic on the road to Widgee decreased around 9am. Breakfasted and …
It was a short but steep and picturesque day today. It needed to be short after last night. Yesterday, I cleaned up, washed my gear and hung them out to dry while I walked into town for dinner. When I came back, I sat outside my tent, updated this blog and checked today’s ride, then …
After a month at home, following three years of my big trip, I had an opportunity to get a ride in before the summer really got into full swing and made it too hot to enjoy. So I’m spending a week or two riding up through Gympie then along the rail trails down to Ipswich. …
Forster to Taree Today’s ride on Komoot I got up early to beat the predicted showers that were arriving around 7am. Last night, I’d moved my tent to a more sheltered area and had a great night’s sleep. I was packed and moving by 7:10 which is a record for me when camping. As you’d …
I’m in no rush to get home and on this final part of the trip I’m winding down and taking it easy. Freshwater to Little Beach Freshy to Palmy Wagstaff to Little Beach I had company for two and a half days and that was a nice way to leave Sydney. Then it was onwards …
I’m in Heathcote tonight after a pretty brisk but dry 50kms from Bendigo. Tomorrow, I’ll head to Seymour and train it to Melbourne, stay with an old friend, and spend 4 days with Timo, Kath and Minou. No more cycling for this trip, it’s getting to cold down here. Next will be Asia or Europe …
Todays highlight was the ride along the coast to Bell’s Beach. There’s a bike path heading south from Torquay most of the way. It’s not flat, but it’s stunning coastline. I went to the iconic Bells Beach where there was a small surfing contest in progress. I grabbed some lunch at a food caravan there, …
Today was another of those quiet rides through the countryside without many highlights, but a really nice day nonetheless. Torquay looks fantastic and I’m happy to spend a few days here and relax. Again, the predicted rain didn’t materialise, but it was certainly cool at night.
I was still concerned in the morning and I woke to rain and cold. However, by the time I left, the rain had stopped but Beech Forest was literally in the clouds and very cold. Visibility was about 30m so it was fun navigating early on. After I had descended about 300m on the steep …
