A gloved fist waved above my head in a helicopter fashion was sufficient to ward off today’s early morning magpie […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Streaky Bay to Port Kenny
Fingers and Nose -Todger and Toes: It’s the extremities that suffer most in the cold. Minus 1 on the beach at […]
Ceduna to Streaky Bay
112 kilometers today. Sub zero, icy, freezing, chilly, take your pick, whatever adjective you want to use, it was very […]
Penong to Ceduna
A sheep grazier weather report warned of frosts, thankfully I was camped under an awing behind a shed. Still, I […]
Fear in the night then along comes Hero!
I had been warned about the road between Nullarbor Roadhouse and Nundroo Roadhouse. In particular the area around Yalata, where […]
A whale of a time!
Sucking on a fag, the gap-toothed trucker said, “You need an engine in that thing.” As I wheeled up to […]
Bunda Cliffs
Bunda Cliffs to Nullarbor Roadhouse 105 kilometers Clear cold and crisp start to the day, packed up camp. Then began […]
Cycle Touring Australia and Beyond 