Monthly Archive: January 2014
Viewpoint at 13th Beach – Victoria With the Great Ocean Road behind us we were on the next major leg of our cycling tour across Australia to the Pacific Coast. After taking the coastal road track from Torquay via the very beautiful 13th Beach, we arrived in a compact and very pretty Queenscliffe on the Western inlet of Port Phillip...
Views early morning on the Great Ocean Road After our big climb up Lavers Hill, a rest day in Apollo Bay was exactly what we needed, (the copious beverages were probably not) so the 6am wake-up call wasn’t all that welcome, but we wanted to miss the bulk of the tourist traffic on our ride through to Lorne, 47km away....
Ahhh yes…the wonderful post Xmas and New Years bulge. After almost 3 weeks off the bikes getting stuck right into all the goodies of the festive season we were feeling decidedly heavier and cycling across Australia seemed like another world away. We finally made it out of Melbourne on New Year’s day. Crowded public transport options meant we couldn’t be...
While we’ve been peddling across Australia we’ve been setting up some great new partnerships with companies we use and would be happy to recommend to our friends, family and all our other regular readers. So far we’ve been focussed on cycling and travel partners but there are other things we rely on during our travels and impact on our lives....