Darren the sheep farmer I met in Cressy gave me directions to Ross via the Hummocky Hills: “It’s gravel some […]
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Bikes and Boats: Freewheeling by Ferry
I’m back in Melbourne for a couple of weeks for my daughter Grace’s 21st birthday party, to visit my mother and […]
Mission Beach to Cairns, Kuranda to Daintree Village.
For pure enjoyment and diversity, today was perhaps the best day cycling I have ever had. Sweeping vistas on the […]
Townsville to Ingham 115 kilometres
Carlos the professional African drummer from Sierra Leone was on a circuit of primary schools and child care centres across […]
Ayr to Townsville 85 kilometres
A gloved fist waved above my head in a helicopter fashion was sufficient to ward off today’s early morning magpie […]
Bowen to Ayr 115 kilometres
Camping in the Bowen Caravan Park last night, the tropical green stinging ants took a particular liking to Therese. The […]
Mackay to Proserpine 125 kilometres.
As the author Somerset Maugham said, “It was that time of the day when the fishermen who know the fish […]
Port Wakefield to Adelaide 100 kms
Port Wakefield to Adelaide 100 km Perth to Adelaide via the South West Coast 2,800 km Melbourne to MacKay 2,400 […]
Wallaroo to Port Wakefield
Wallaroo is an unreconstructed seaside port. It’s certainly not gentrified. Some roadwork is being done but the roads around town […]
Cowell to Wallaroo
Lately, I have been feeling the cold more than I might normally. Perhaps it’s a consequence of getting older. As […]
Cycle Touring Australia and Beyond 