Bicycle touring posts in Australia. Entries will also include rest days.
Cycle Against the Beast – 2017 Day 20 – 8th June, 2017 Seymoud (08:09) 100.4 km 19.9 km/h Melbourne Cricket Ground (15:57) 6:48 916.74 km Today, like most mornings over the last couple of weeks, was quite cold. It was also foggy. Not too much above 0 celsius. Still, I had a...
Cycle Against the Beast – 2017 Day 17 – 5th June, 2017 Shepparton (09:41) 80.15 km 16.4 km/h Seymour (16:32) 4:54 816.34 km Leaving Shepparton, on the A39, bound for Seymour. Today’s ride was pretty simple – remain on the one road, all the way from Shepparton to...
Cycle Against the Beast – 2017 Day 16 – 4th June, 2017 Benalla (09:55) 63.25 km 17.5 km/h Shepparton (14:17) 3:37 736.19 km I left this morning, just before 10:00, after being glued to the TV news – another terrorist attack in the UK (this time, London). Having spent...
Cycle Against the Beast – 2017 Day 15 – 3rd June, 2017 Corowa, NSW (09:06) 86.27 km 18.1 km/h Benalla, Victoria (15:50) 4:46 672.94 km Back on the bike again! If I wanted warm weather, I certainly chose the wrong time of year to do this! However, in keeping with the Fight MND...
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...
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...