Happy new year, to one and all, for 2019! For 2018, I didn’t fit in as much cycling as I’d hoped for – didn’t even breach the 1000 km mark! This was partly due to my coming off my bike, ...
Cycle Against the Beast – 2017 Day 20 – 8th June, 2017 📍Seymour 🚴100.4 km 🚄19.9 km/h 📈🚴916.74 km 🏁MCG ⏱6 hr 48 min ⛰628 metres 🌤Mostly cloudy Today, like most mornings over the last couple of weeks, was quite ...
Cycle Against the Beast – 2017 Day 16 – 4th June, 2017 📍Benalla 🚴63.25 km 🚄17.5 km/h 📈🚴736.19 km 🏁Shepparton ⏱3 hr 37 min ⛰236 metres 🌤Scattered clouds I left this morning, just before 10:00, after being glued to the ...
Cycle Against the Beast – 2017 Day 15 – 3rd June, 2017 📍Corowa, NSW 🚴86.27 km 🚄18.1 km/h 📈🚴672.94 km 🏁Benalla, Victoria ⏱4 hr 46 min ⛰368 metres 🌤Scattered clouds Back on the bike again! If I wanted warm weather, ...
Cycle Against the Beast – 2017 Day 12 – 31st May, 2017 📍Albury 🚴56.93 km 🚄17.7 km/h 📈🚴586.67 km 🏁Corowa ⏱3 hr 13 min ⛰178 metres 🌤Sunny Today’s ride was to be a relatively short one – only about 56 ...
Today I decided to take a walk along the Yarra. The sun was out, and the weather was fantastic. It certainly didn’t feel the barely double figures it really was. The Yarra River runs just off to the side of ...
Today, with my one of my sisters and brother-in-law (my wonderful hosts for this week), I went out to Lorne, which is situated on the Great Ocean Road. First, we had breakfast at The Farmer’s Place. They’re a newly established ...
A visit to Melbourne, in winter, is not complete without going to an Australian Rules football game. Melbourne literally lives and breaths football. For Melburnians, it’s a way of life. Colloquially, the game is known as either Aussie rules, or ...
The St. Kilda Pier is a Melbourne icon. Built over one hundred years ago, it formed part of the St. Kilda resort, which the area was known for at the time. Over the years, St. Kilda has changed much. However, ...
Back on 16th December, 2009, I decided to go on a mini-roadtrip along the Great Ocean Road, in Victoria, all on the spur of the moment. The Tuesday was spent driving all day from Sydney to Melbourne, where I spent the ...