by timshazz | Sep 23, 2013 | Cycling Across Australia
Two nights in a cabin in Pemberton gave us the opportunity to dry everything off and recharge our batteries (cameras/phones/computers and legs!!). As a warm and dry as it was in the cabin, outside sporadic sunshine was chased away quickly by wind and rain. We stripped...
by timshazz | Sep 18, 2013 | Cycling Across Australia
Some curious Margaret River Tourist park residents idled past as we packed up the tent and loaded the bikes. This ritual was more than enough entertainment for some of them for a while. Out on the Bussel Highway is was quiet. Sunday services, for those who had them,...
by timshazz | Sep 17, 2013 | Cycling Across Australia
Finally some sunshine, Busselton, Western Australia Well, after a disastrous result in the footy finals we’d watched in Bunbury (from my perspective at least), we were ready to ship out. There was no hurry to leave early as Bussleton was only about 50kms away...
by timshazz | Sep 14, 2013 | Cycling Across Australia, Gear specifications
Some of you might be interested in what kind of camping gear we are carrying as well as our bike specifications. The stuff we got wasn’t always our first choice. For example we were keen to buy the new MSR Whisperlite Universal that takes gas cannister and...
by Sharyn Nilsen | Sep 11, 2013 | Cycling Across Australia
Well there wasn’t much sleep going around the night before our first day on the road. I definitely didn’t think either of us had done enough prep. I had exactly 178km on my new bike and Tim 113!!! Still our very experienced cycling friends kept telling us to chill....
by timshazz | Sep 3, 2013 | Cycling Across Australia
As much as we hope it doesn’t happen, things WILL need fixing on the bikes. Whereas in the past I just toddled down to the bike shop, flashed some cash and all would be hunky dory a few hours later (at the most), that’s just not going to happen while on a...
