Posts about Australia
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...
Cycle Against the Beast – 2017 Day 8 – 27th May, 2017 South Gundagai (07:52) 83.87 km 18.9 km/h Wagga Wagga (13:43) 4:26 404.16 km Today, it was back on the bike! Today’s intended destination was Wagga Wagga, just over 80 km away. After grabbing a bacon and egg muffin...
Cycle Against the Beast – 2017 Days 6 & 7 – 25th & 26th May, 2017 South Gundagai 0 km 320.29 km For the last couple of days, I’ve been giving myself a bit of a break in South Gundagai. There really isn’t much here. It’s more of a truck stop than...
Cycle Against the Beast – 2017 Day 5 – 24th May, 2017 Yass (07:33) 20.6 km 12.8 km/h Bowning (09:51) 1:36 320.29 km Heavy, heavy rain woke me up in the early hours of the morning. Thankfully, it had stopped by the time I was scheduled to leave. Yesterday, I had decided to take...
Cycle Against the Beast – 2017 Day 4 – 23rd May, 2017 Goulburn (09:06) 85.92 km 16 km/h Yass (16:34) 5:22 299.69 km This morning, when I woke up, it was a chilly 2 degrees celsius. Suffice to say, I decided not to leave at 07:30, as I intended to. So, I treated myself to a cup...
Cycle Against the Beast – 2017 Day 3 – 22nd May, 2017 Bowral (07:41) 92.3 km 17.2 km/h Goulburn (16:05) 5:22 213.77 km It was a very cold start to the day. I left Bowral at 07:30, this morning, and, suffice to say, it was freezing. A foggy morning, passing through Burradoo I...
Cycle Against the Beast – 2017 Day 2 – 21st May, 2017 Picton (07:39) 30.71 km 13.8 km/h Colo Vale (11:53) 2:14 121.47 km I left Picton at around 07:45, this morning. Rolling back down into Picton, I was greeted with the image I added to the post header above. An absolutely...
Cycle Against the Beast – 2017 Day 1 – 20th May, 2017 Spotless Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park (08:22) 90.76 km 15.4 km/h Picton (17:10) 5:54 90.76 km [Click here to donate at the fundraising page] Spotless Stadium, just before departure. The day has finally come! My Cycle...