These tagged posts refer to anything to do with Cycle Against the Beast 2021 – planning posts, posts during the ride, and follow up posts.
With the ongoing lockdown in Sydney, due to Covid-19 issues, and no idea as to when it’s going to end, my ride will now be postponed to early 2022. Hopefully, by then, with enough of the population vaccinated, life will be back to normal. I’ve already been working on a route...
When I last posted, I stated that I was having to delay my bicycle ride from Cronulla to Fremantle (originally Fremantle to Bondi), due to Sydney being sent into lockdown because of a Covid-19 outbreak. I also stated that I’d be doing that ride, one way or another. However, since...
Just a quick update! My planned start, which was set for the 3rd of July, has now been delayed. Today, the Greater Sydney area (including the Blue Mountains, Central Coast, Wollongong and Shellharbour) was plunged into a two week lockdown. As a result, I’m not able to start my...
On the 17th of May, I offically posted that I was going to be cycling from Fremantle (near Perth) to Bondi Beach (in Sydney’s eastern suburbs). I have now decided that I’m going to do it the other way around. Why am I doing this? Recent Covid-19 cases in Sydney have made me...
Update 17/06/2021: Route direction change – Bondi to Freo! New post coming shortly! I hereby announce the launch of Cycle Against the Beast 2021 – from Fremantle to Bondi Beach, between 4/07/2021 and 26/09/2021! This will be a 5,300 kilometre bicycle ride, from coast to cast...
On Wedensday morning, at 11:50, I received a telephone call from the producer of 2GB’s Drive programme, asking whether I’d like to do a radio interview with host Jim Wilson, to talk about my plans to cycle from Fremantle to Bondi Beach, between March and May next year. Of...
Planning an 11 week ride, for my long service leave next year, in the age of Covid-19, requires a bit of guesswork – not to mention trying to look into the future. However, as I’m not a Time Lord, I don’t have the means of time travel. Nearly two months ago, when I wrote...
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote that I’d made a decision to cycle from Fremantle to Bondi Beach, during my long service leave next year. Earlier this week, I’d heard that the Western Australia border is not likely to open until at least the 1st of April, 2021 (after that...
Several months ago, when I first decided to make use of my long service leave next year, I had my heart set on cycling around 3,500 km through New South Wales and Victoria. A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about three route options I planned. I knew that, one day (probably the last leg of...
Amended: 10/11/2020 At the end of this year, I will have been working for my current employer for 10 years. Adding in about another four weeks without pay, my long service leave becomes available in mid-January 2021. I had originally planned to have my long service leave paid out when I...