New South Wales is a state of Australia. The capital city of New South Wales is Sydney – a city well known around the world. This category contains posts about New South Wales.
Cycle Against the Beast – 2019 Days 5 & 6 – 9th & 10th October, 2019 Day 5 Eglinton (09:18) 28.96 km 13.8 km/h Fitzgerald Mount (14:42) 2:06 209.15 km Last night, I had to make some very difficult decisions. The original plan was to head out west to a little town...
Cycle Against the Beast – 2019 Day 4 – 8th October, 2019 Eglinton 0 km 180.19 km Last night, I had a chat with my Couchsurfing host, John, as to whether I could stay an additional night, and he was more than happy to agree. I definitely needed today’s rest day. After the...
Cycle Against the Beast – 2019 Day 3 – 7th October, 2019 Lithgow (08:55) 65 km 15.1 km/h Eglinton (17:50) 4:19 180.19 km After an unscheduled night’s stay, at the Lithgow Valley Motel, I got going again just before 09:00. The location of the motel was quite convenient...
Cycle Against the Beast – 2019 Day 2 – 6th October, 2019 Katoomba (08:46) 39.37 km 16.2 km/h Lithgow (13:59) 2:26 115.9 km 96 kilometres to Bathurst! Day 2 started, as planned, from Katoomba. After a later than planned departure (due to the moving forward of clocks, with the...
Cycle Against the Beast – 2019 Day 1 – 5th October, 2019 Sydney Cricket Ground (07:31) 75.82 km 14.6 km/h Blaxland (15:48) 5:13 75.82 km The day has arrived – with lots of heavy rain! My second Cycle Against the Beast bicycle ride for FightMND. To donate, please go to: A...
Cycle Against the Beast – 2017 Days 13 & 14 – 1st & 2nd June, 2017 Corowa 0 km 586.67 km After reaching Corowa, on the 31st of May, I decided to take a couple of rest days. I stayed with a friend, who is a minister at one of the local churches. On the 1st of June, Day...
Cycle Against the Beast – 2017 Day 12 – 31st May, 2017 Albury (09:44) 56.93 km 17.7 km/h Corowa (14:14) 3:13 586.67 km Today’s ride was to be a relatively short one – only about 56 km. After a breakfast of bacon and eggs, I set off at 09:45 with a temperature of...
Cycle Against the Beast – 2017 Day 11 – 30th May, 2017 Albury 0 km 529.74 km I decided that today would be a rest day. Which was probably a good idea, as it’s been raining all day. I decided to go walkabout, for a couple of hours, and take a few photos. Just down from...
Cycle Against the Beast – 2017 Day 10 – 29th May, 2017 Culcairn (09:50) 51.84 km 17.8 km/h Albury (14:00) 2:55 529.74 km I woke up to a very cold 3 degrees. Suffice to say, I wasn’t about to get going, just yet. I decided on a check-out near 10:00. Even then, it was...
Cycle Against the Beast – 2017 Day 9 – 28th May, 2017 Wagga Wagga (08:14) 73.74 km 16.5 km/h Culcairn (14:27) 4:28 477.9 km It was a dark and stormy night… Ok, it wasn’t a stormy night. But there was a bit of rain this morning, which, after looking at the weather...