Tomorrow (the 20th of May), I start my bicycle ride, from Sydney to Melbourne, in support of the Cure for MND Foundation. Roughly 1250km of fantastic cycling, for a charity that means a lot to me. The aim is to ...
As I (start to) write this, I’m sitting back watching the Anzac Day AFL match, on TV, between Essendon and Collingwood, which is being played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), and thinking that it’s less than 7 weeks until ...
It was a very early start. I wanted to get on the road as early as possible. I left the hostel at 06:30. By now, my cold had taken full hold of me. I kept pedalling on, nonetheless. Not long ...
Well, this is it! The start of my Purple and Pink Ride, from Sydney to Melbourne. This is a day I’ve been planning for just over a year. And now the day has finally arrived. It was an early start, ...
This morning, I took a quick trip, out to Sydney Olympic Park, to pay a visit to Spotless Stadium. The home of the Sydney Thunder and the GWS Giants. It is also the starting point of my Purple and Pink ...
Today, I decided to go for a short ride. I had no real destination in mind, apart from first riding to Birchgrove ferry wharf. Cycling along the southern shore of Iron Cove was pretty easy (including a few wrong turns). ...
Yesterday, I had planned on getting up fairly early. I had intended to get to the polling booth early (just after they open at 08:00), to vote on the federal election. However, instead, I didn’t get up until some time ...
This past Easter Saturday, I decided to take the train up to Newcastle, and then ride back to Woy Woy – a distance of just over 100km. I’d actually planned to do this route about five or six weeks ago. ...
Today was the first time, back on my bike, since my car crash in July. Suffice to say, it felt fantastic moving along under my own power again (other than walking, of course!). Suffice to say, I feel I have ...
UPDATE: With the newly released AFL fixture for 2016, the Grand Final will be on the 1st of October. This will mean setting off on the 17th of September, arriving by the 30th of September. For the last two years, ...