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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?
Australia Calling!
My first bicycle belonged to someone else. The old man had picked it up from a mate at the pub. A pressed […]
Keeping it Local
Not all cycling rides are undertaken with a convoluted route in mind, or plans to arrive at some remote location […]
Bicycle Names, Lucky Charms, Mascots & Silly Superstitions
Cyclists are creatures of habit, as such it’s become usual for me to keep my ‘inside bikes’ located in different […]
Lost in Space
The toughest thing about bicycle touring is making the decision to GO. After that, everything else falls into place as […]
Kerala, Southern India
On first blush, the coconut palm fringed beach at Puthenthoppu north of Trivandrum between the backwaters and the sea looked […]
South India: Goa to Kerala
Evidently, there are over 1.2 million people employed by The Indian Railways, however, it still proves difficult to find anyone […]
India – Jaipur, Udaipur and Mumbai
The Times of India is my touchstone, reporting on national and international affairs from an Indian perspective. Currently, the Supreme […]
India: Colour and Chaos
As the full moon draws closer, it’s wedding season in India. We see colorful processions everywhere. The brides and grooms […]
All All Aboard the Taj Expres
Even at 5.30 am, Delhi’s Nizamuddin Station is a kaleidoscope of color. A maddening cacophony of sounds seething with waves […]
