Blog 9 Days 32-42 Dates:12th July – 22nd July The Breakaways – 10km (cycling) Total distance: 2496km On my original plan, Coober Pedy was meant to be a pit stop with a maximum of three days off to rest and prepare for the next stage. With the key support vehicle broken down and on its […]
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The opal fields and the country in between – Part 2
Blog 8 Days 24-32 Dates: 5th June – 12th July Woomera to Coober Pedy: 575km Total distance: 2486km I divided this blog into two parts because it is bookended by visits to two renowned opal mining towns – but there was too much information for one blog entry. Day 28 68km The ride from Beresford […]
Opal fields and the country in between – Part 1
Blog 7 Days 24-31 Dates: 5th June – 11th July Woomera to Coober Pedy: 575km Total distance: 2486km In Woomera we had to make a decision about which route I should ride to Coober Pedy – continue straight up the busy Stuart Highway for another 365km or take my preferred, longer and more interesting route […]
The long way to Birdsville
Blog 3 Dates – 14th-19th June Distance – 519km Total distance – 859km — Day 4 Innamincka to the Dig Tree 58km On reaching Innamincka, the first thing we needed to find out was whether I could cycle to Birdsville from there. The planned route along the Cordillo Road was closed due to flooding and […]
Adapting from the start
Blog 2 Start (Toona Gate Road, 90km from Tibooburra) – Innamincka Dates – 11th – 13th June Distance – 340.1km Our drive up to Tibooburra ended up being quite eventful. We collected Gelareh from the airport and headed north but the main road was totally blocked due to flash flooding. After Martin winched a couple […]
Breaking the Cycle Across Australia 2023
Blog 1 Back out there Welcome to the first blog for Breaking the Cycle Across Australia 2023. Many of you will remember that in 2021 I began this 7500km journey from Cape Byron, Australia’s most easterly point with the aim of finishing at Steep Point, the continent’s most westerly tip. I started on 1st May […]
The Lights Up Ahead
Its almost four months since my crash on the edge of the Strzelecki Desert, but unfortunately I am still stuck in Melbourne. I was cleared by the surgeon to restart the journey six weeks ago, but the state borders have remained closed ever since, and most of that time we have been confined to stay […]
A Corner Country crash
Blog 5 16th-17th May Total Distance: 1528km Apologies for taking a while to publish this blog, but by the end of it you will understand why! Tibooburra Day 16 Rest day I found my day off in Tibooburra in the extreme northwest corner of New South Wales to be a very interesting, even relaxing break! […]
Breaking the Cycle Across Australia
Blog 1 Welcome to the first blog for my new expedition, Breaking the Cycle Across Australia. This is going to be a 6000km+ journey from Cape Byron, Australia’s most easterly point to Steep Point, the continent’s most westerly tip. Starting from the Cape Byron Lighthouse, the route is going to track across the Great Dividing […]
