by timshazz | Dec 5, 2013 | Cycling Across Australia
It was a short but extremely busy ride from Riverton to Tarlee where we’d left the Clare Valley and entered the Barossa. The traffic kept us on our toes and we were extremely happy to turn off onto the Kapunda Road and some peace and quiet. Our ride into...
by timshazz | Nov 29, 2013 | Cycling Across Australia
While we were super excited to cycle up to Broken Hill to see our mums, there was no way we would cycle the same road back if we could help it. Luckily for us, Tim’s brother has a ute (utility for those of you, not Aussies) and was kind enough to drive us back to...
by timshazz | Nov 28, 2013 | Cycling Across Australia
Just a quick note to tell you all that the distances and details of the ride can be found at the end of this post. This ride was definitely one of the heart and not the head. Who in their right mind would cycle 420km off their path in desolate countryside with...
by timshazz | Nov 26, 2013 | Cycling Across Australia
You think when you get to Ceduna that you’ve nailed the big distances in the journey so it’s a bit hard to get your head around cycling another almost 500 km just to reach Port Augusta. There are a number of ways you can go but we had chosen the shortest route...
by timshazz | Nov 14, 2013 | Cycling Across Australia
With the first part of the Nullarbor cycle under our belts, the second part was about to begin. The day off in Eucla certainly did the trick but it didn’t improve the weather forecast…depending on which one you looked at!!!! The official BOM site was predicting 39...
by timshazz | Nov 13, 2013 | Cycling Across Australia
Of course hour 1, Day 1 of the Big Nullarbor Challenge, Murphy was alive and well. Just as we went to hand in the key, we discovered we couldn’t find it. That meant checking all the obvious places and then pulling apart Tim’s rear rack to find them in his...
