Stephen currently works in Sydney, doing a regular Monday - Friday job. He loves travel (preferably by train), and looks forward to the day when he knocks off from his job to start his round the world round bicycle trip.
His favourite sports are cricket and Aussie Rules (AFL) football. One of his dreams is to toss the coin before the start of the Boxing Day Test Match in Melbourne, or just before an AFL Grand Final.
Cycle Against the Beast – 2022 9th March, 2022 Albury (06:46) 56.73 km 19.3 km/h Morven (10:10) 2:56:00 310.17 km This morning was a very early start. We had to reach Wagga Wagga by a certain time, as we were all going to be escorted by the NSW Police for the last several kilometres. So...
Cycle Against the Beast – 2022 8th March, 2022 Albury 0 km 253.44 km Today was going to be an easy day for me. Not necessarily by choice, either. I didn’t really want to ride my bike until I knew what the source was for these constant punctures. But at least the day started well...
Cycle Against the Beast – 2022 7th March, 2022 Lockhart (07:08) 33.39 km 18.7 km/h Urana (09:10) 1:47:19 253.44 km I was up before dawn. Before breakfast, I checked the tyre and it was not flat. Good to go! I had been reunited with Hannah, my cycling buddy from the last Pedal Cure ride...
Cycle Against the Beast – 2022 6th March, 2022 Temora (07:10) 22.01 km 18 km/h Mimosa (08:46) 1:13:34 209.45 km Coolamon (12:23) 10.6 km 17.4 km/h The Gap (13:01) 0:36:33 220.05 km It was an early start to the day and spirits were high. The tyre felt fine, with no loss of pressure...
Cycle Against the Beast – 2022 5th March, 2022 Temora 0 km 187.44 km Today was the day to check out of my hotel room, as I would be staying at the local footy club with the rest of the Pedal Cure 4 MND guys. Like the day before, I went in search for a bacon and egg roll. It wasn’t...
Cycle Against the Beast – 2022 4th March, 2022 Temora 0 km 187.44 km Today, I’m moving from my room in the motel at the rear, to one of the rooms in the hotel itself. They said that would take about an hour to prepare, which gave me enough time to find a bacon and egg roll. I...
Cycle Against the Beast – 2022 3rd March, 2022 Cootamundra (07:46) 57.91 km 20 km/h Temora (12:14) 2:53:47 187.44 km I checked out of the motel at 07:45. The weather was clear skies. A nice change from the last several days. It was going to be nice to get back on the bike again. I stopped...
Cycle Against the Beast – 2022 2nd March, 2022 Cootamundra 0 km 129.53 km Waking refreshed, I decided to take the bike out for a little spin. I rode down to the railway station to take a photograph of the preserved semaphore signal gantry. Preserved semaphore signal gantry at Cootamundra...
Cycle Against the Beast – 2022 1st March, 2022 Cootamundra 0 km 129.53 km My train arrived in Cootamundra in the early hours of the morning (around 01:45). As nothing was open at this time of morning, I opted to remain at the station. I’ve slept at stations before. How hard can it...
Cycle Against the Beast – 2022 28th February, 2022 Picton NSW Trainlink N/A Cootamundra Various Cootamundra Another look at the weather forecast this morning. Suffice to say, it was grim. Not just for today, but for the rest of the week. There was absolutely no way that I was going to...