The old town of Rovinj, in modern-day Croatia, is dominated by the towering baroque church of St Euphemia built in […]
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Cycle Touring Australia and Beyond
I love bicycle touring and have ridden from Melbourne to Darwin, Melbourne to Adelaide, Melbourne to Cooktown, Pert to Melbourne and toured around Victoria and Tasmania. In 2015 I rode around the world! In 2017 6000kms half way around Australia then another 4000kms Helsinki to Athens via Scandinavia. Where to next?
See Venice and Die
‘See Venice and Die’ they say; The meaning being that after such a peak experience, there is nothing left to […]
Wet Czech
Cycle touring is about living in the spaces in between places: Berlin to Prague points on a map. There is […]
Daydreams in Dresden
The Elbe flows quickly through the historic city of Muhlberg. We follow slowly hugging the cycle path, sheltered by the […]
G is for Germany: D is for Deutschland
Docking at Gedser Denmark, the MV Copenhagen ferry belches then tilts its articulated nose skyward like the jaws of a […]
A Slice of Danish
Warm smoked herrings in a dill and butter sauce with pickled fennel and sour lingonberries. It was by sheer coincidence […]
Sweden You Stole My Heart and My Bicycle
We put aside the unpleasantness of having our bicycles stolen in Stockholm, grateful to miraculously recover Therese’s bicycle out front […]
Finland: Feasting and Freewheeling
Environment shapes culture. Almost 80% of Finland is forested, and there is an outdoor culture here: cycling, hiking, swimming, skiing, […]
Cycling Australia and Beyond
“How do you go with the road trains?” It’s a common question I get asked. While most of the Big […]
What do we value? An alternative to the mantra of “Jobs & Growth”.’
Between Dampier and Karratha on the Pilbara Coast of Western Australia is the Burrup Peninsula, part of the newly created […]
Cycle Touring Australia and Beyond 