I slept in late as the sun warmed my tent. It was glorious. With no deadline, it felt great to just lie there and doze. I’m ashamed to say, I only left the campground at 10am. As you’d expect, there were some climbs and downhills to get to Mt. Barker for coffee. Then I found …
What a day. I left Henley Beach along the Esplanade on a cool, cloudless and serene morning – late as usual. One wrong turn landed me on a golf course and I was responsible for one guy duffing his approach shot, as I exited an underpass and skidded to a halt. He wasn’t happy. I …
I’m done with the Mallee. As Mick W suggested, it would have been easy to doze off today. Interesting how the intelligence on the road today was about 90% down on the usual but I guess that’s Easter. There was also lots of encouragement and nice people stopping to chat along the way. I made …
It’s been very dry through the countryside here. I spent a night in Ouyen after a day on some very quiet roads and then went to the Pink Lakes in the Murray Sunset NP. These are pink salt lakes that are well worth checking out. Then it was on to Pinnaroo and trying to work …
I fell off last Friday when I hit some loose gravel beside the road, so I had 2 nights in a motel in Swan Hill to recover. Rest assured, the bike is fine 😁 and my pride will recover. Didn’t see any hills in Swan Hill. Yesterday, I rode to Sea Lake. It’s not near …
I’m getting used to lake side camping grounds. Cohuna and Lake Boga are great. I’m also getting used to the dry countryside and eucalypt forests beside the Murray. Today was a day of two halves – dust, corrugations and rocks for 30kms, then a tailwind after lunch in Koondrook. I didn’t want to waste it, …
I’m currently in Echuca after a few days out of Albury. That included two days of blissful camping beside the Murray, some dirt roads, rail and bike trails, and some quiet roads. This arvo, I had another visit from my old friend Brendan van Maanen who made the trip from Melbourne for the day.
I was more tired than I expected in the morning, but really happy that the rain didn’t eventuate. Coffee in town and off. Like a lot of country towns, Corowa had a bike path to the outskirts, then a few kms later, I noticed a new bike path beside the road. Brilliant. I spent the …
The bus to Albury was the usual as far as bus journeys go. Fairly comfortable, but full of irritating people and happenings. What was I expecting ? All was forgotten though, for my 1.5km ride from the bus stop to the hotel at 1:30am. What a buzz ! Early Friday morning in Albury was very …
Contrast the last two days – Forster to Port Stephens was full of challenging hills, great fire trails, beautiful weather and a ferry ride. Today consisted of riding as much as I could between crazy heavy showers and getting very wet. Tomorrow I’m off to Sydney to catch up with my grown-up kids and friends …
