Blog 5 6th – 9th April Turkistan to Kyzylorda Distance: 323km Total Distance: 1199km Day 14 (6th April) – 119km In Turkistan, our guide Islam was afflicted with a health issue and after much discussion with his family and the team, sadly he decided to return to his home city of Shymkent to get some […]
Sustainability
A dam collapse and the accidental lake
27-29 March 2025 Total distance: 408km From Tashkent the plan was to drive back to Buka, the town that we stayed in on our first night in Uzbekistan, as I didn’t need to cycle the same road twice and rejoin the line of my journey there. Rather than heading straight for the Kazakhstan border, I […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
Anne Beadell Highway – Part II
Blog 11 Days 55-60 Dates: 4th – 9th August Vokes Hill Corner to Tjuntjuntjara Distance – 573km Total Distance 2023: 3830km Total Distance 2021, 2023 – 5358km Day 55 To Vokes Hill Corner 91.5km I seemed to recover pretty well from the overheating incident the day before. Stopping early, rehydrating and taking my usual salmon […]
