Welcome to the first blog for what’s going to be an epic journey through the heart of Central Asia. I’m writing from my room in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, soon to travel 300km north across the Fann Mountains and down to the ancient city of Khujand, a 2500 year old city founded by Alexander the Great, where I […]
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Turning the tide (& thank you)
Blog 20 Days: 101-102 Dates: 20th-21st September Denham Total Distance (2021 + 2023) : 8617km Between spending a couple of weeks in Western Australia with family and friends post-expedition and returning to life in Melbourne, it has taken a while to write the final blog – so here it is. I was introduced to Tidal […]
Mount Augustus to Steep Point
Blog 19 Days: 94-100 Dates: 13th – 19th September Distance: 732km Total Distance 2023: 7089km Total Distance (2021 + 2023) : 8617km Tracking map by ZeroSixZero: https://z6z.co/breaking-the-cycle-australia/ My apologies for taking so long to publish the final two blogs – here’s the first one. Having just completed an intense week of cycling to cover the […]
Off the Map
Blog 18 Days: 86-93 Dates: 5th – 12th September Newman to Mount Augustus Distance: 731km Total Distance 2023: 6357km Total Distance (2021 + 2023) : 7885km Originally I had planned two days off in Newman but because we lost three weeks with the vehicle breakdown earlier in the expedition, I’d had to trim the extra […]
Jigalong and the Rabbit Proof Fence (Part II)
Blog 17 Days: 80-84 Dates: 30th August – 3rd September Kumarina to Jigalong Distance: 388km Total Distance 2023: 5626km Total Distance (2021 + 2023) : 7154km Days 80, 81 220km (113km, 107km) From Kumarina Roadhouse it was 220km to Jigalong. I first took the Great Northern Highway heading north for 50km before turning off on […]
The Rabbit Proof Fence – Part I
Blog 16 Days: 77-79 Dates: 27th – 29th August Cunyu Station to Kumarina Distance: 222km Total Distance 2023: 5238km Day 77 (Day 1 on the Rabbit Proof Fence) 88km It was great to have a bed for the night at Cunyu Station, a pastoral lease of around one million acres with a carrying capacity of […]
On the trail of “A Glassy Goanna” – Part II
Blog 15 Days: 74-76 Dates: 23rd-26th August Wiluna to Cunyu Station Distance: 193km Total Distance 2023: 5017km Total Distance (2021 + 2023) : 6544km During my Great Australian Cycle Expedition in 2004, I stopped for a couple of day’s rest in Wiluna in between finishing riding the Gunbarrel Highway and starting the Canning Stock Route. […]
On the trail of “A Glassy Goanna” – Part 1
Blog 14 Days: 70-72 Dates: 19th-21st August Leonora to Wiluna Distance: 310km Total Distance 2023: 4824km Total Distance (2021 + 2023): 6352km In Leonora I was ready for a rest day. It signified the end of the one section and the start of another. With a present-day population of around 1800, Leonora is one of […]
Tjuntjuntjara to Leonora via Plumridge Lakes Nature Resrve
Blog 13 Days: 63-69 Dates: 12th – 18th August Distance: 684km Total Distance 2023: 4514km Total Distance (2021 + 2023): 6042km Tracking map: https://z6z.co/breaking-the-cycle-australia/ From Tjuntjuntjara the aim was to reach Laverton and Leonora in the northern goldfields (Western Australia). The route taken isn’t a usual one for drivers and there were a lot of unknowns […]
Tjuntjuntjara and the Spinifex People
Blog 12 Days 61-62 Dates: 10th – 11th August Tjuntjuntjara Total Distance 2023: 3830km Total Distance 2021, 2023 – 5358km Tracking map: https://z6z.co/breaking-the-cycle-australia/ (access the tracking map for the 2021/23 journey) While organising this expedition I learned about the Spinifex people, or Anangu, whose homeland is in the Great Victoria Desert. These people were displaced […]
