Luck’s a fortune, a volcanic eruption in Bali Indonesia saw us stranded on the tarmac in Melbourne our flight was […]
Risk and Return
Back from a few months away touring on my bicycle, I was invited to a friend’s party where I was […]
Midweek Meander 3 The Federation and Foreshore Trails
It’s a cyclist’s sky; with light rain clearing I peddle off into a strong westerly wind full of hope. Melbourne […]
Midweek Meander 2 – Cycling the Ballarat Skipton Rail Trail
The ultra-bright 1000-lumen lamp attached to my old Ironhorse Mountain Bike illuminated the bleak opaque darkness as I cycled off […]
Midweek meander: Cycling the Bellarine Rail Trail
The weather forecast said our unseasonal run of warm dry weather is about to come to a chilling end, time […]
Easter Cycle – Biking and birding
We based ourselves in the Victorian high country at the suitably named Mount Beauty. Friends had kindly offered the use […]
Looking Forward, Looking Back: 8 months cycling in a tent.
I’m sitting in my back garden drinking tea while listening to the chickens cluck and scratch about. This first week […]
Greece on My Wheels
We cycled out of Patras as the fading rays of a lost summer sloshed up against the northern shores of […]
Greece is the Word
Under a piercingly bright sun, the Minoan Lines Ferry, from Bari Italy, takes us across the calm translucent deep blue […]
Price of Beauty
Tuscany is beautiful. In early autumn, the stark azure sky kisses a quilt of green terraced grape vines that blush […]
Cycle Touring Australia and Beyond 