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Bendemeer to Hunter Valley.
Days 149 to 152. Day 149. Rest Day. After five days on the bike I felt the need for a day off. My legs need to recover, and an overall ‘re-charge’ wouldn’t go amiss. Bendemeer seemed like a good place to do this; the campsite is cheap and clean; the pub serves breakfast; the countryside…
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Casino to Bendemeer.
Days 145 to 148. Day 145. After publishing my blog post last night, the bats came. In their thousands. So much so that I had to Google it. Apparently there is a colony of fruit bats / flying foxes resident in two public parks in Casino, which has caused the parks to close due to…
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Caloundra to Casino.
Days 141 to 144. Day 141. No bike day. Last night I was convinced into not riding today. We’ve planned a couple of nights in Brisbane, staying at a campsite on the south side of the city. Local knowledge (thanks Gary & Suzanne) informed me that the traffic volumes and road conditions would not be…
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Carnarvon Gorge to Caloundra.
Days 137, 138, 139 & 140. Day 137. I managed an early start again today, after a quick cup of tea with no interruptions from the kangaroos, although a few did come to visit before I left. I opted to ride the 40 kilometres of minor road back to the highway, then decide what to…
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St Helens Beach to Carnarvon Gorge.
Days 133, 134, 135 & 136. Day 133. Today was mostly a transition day. A couple of nights ago we sat down and looked in more detail at distances and routes. I knew that the overall distance between Cairns and Sydney would be in excess of 3000km if we visited the places we want to…
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Ayr to St Helens Beach.
Days 129, 130, 131 & 132 Day 129. I wasn’t feeling the love again this morning. Some days the psychological effort is harder than the physical. I had woken several times during the night due to claps of thunder and occasional rain showers, therefore having to shut or open the van windows, so I was…
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The Fourth Leg – Australia.
Cairns to Ayr. Days 125, 126, 127 & 128. Day 125. We overslept slightly. I woke up just before 0700hrs which was still early enough, but I knew that with a hotel breakfast and having to load the van with all of our kit there would be delays. Breakfast was great (thanks Bec), and soon…
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Cairns, Australia.
Days 122, 123 & 124. Day 122. The holiday off the bike continues. The flight with Air Asia was about as comfortable as I thought it was going to be. No legroom, full plane, small baby on the row in front of us. I didn’t sleep much. Time dragged a bit to start with, but…
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Bali, Indonesia.
Days 119, 120, 121. Day 119. Exploring Kuta. A comfy bed and being tired from last night pointed to another great lie-in. It was also raining when we woke up, so there was no urgent motivation to get moving other than a lack of breakfast in the homestay. So after a coffee in the room,…
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Singapore
Days 115, 116, 117 & 118. Day 115. Today was another one of those mixed emotion days. Great that I will have finished the third leg of my voyage; even more great that I will be re-united with Jane; sad that I will no longer be cycling in Malaysia; even sadder that I lose my…
