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...
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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...
Purple and Pink Ride Day 2 – 18th September, 2016 Katoomba (06:28) 5.8 km 14.7 km/h Medlow Bath (07:24) 0:24 (6:13) 83.9 km 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...
Purple and Pink Ride Day 1 – 17th September, 2016 Spotless Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park (07:44) 77.9 km 13.4 km/h Lawson (17:55) 5:49 (5:49) 77.9 km 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...