They say that 10 years of doing something makes you an expert… But after 31 years of practice I’m so bad at making descisions that I can’t even spell the word. I descided that my thirties would be a progressive decade where I leaped forward and lived a lot; grabbing Read more…
Well, it’s about time Adeena finally let me say something! Jeepers!! – I get lugged around the freaking planet for four and a half years and dragged through all sorts of shit being tied to bicycles and motorbikes and yachts and then she goes and shares her side of the Read more…
I was sat in Cairns umming and ahhhing about what to do with my post-cycle life. Five months remained on my Australian visa and it’s a massive country with endless possibilities… But deep inside I knew there was no place like [make-shift] home… It might not look like much, but Read more…
Fully loaded with bananas, well rested, and psyched for what lay ahead; I left Townsville and set off on the final leg. As always, the road was paved with awesome people and heaps of encouragers. I was so enjoying the ride that by the time I reached Innesfail (a mere Read more…
It was hard work dragging myself out of the serenity of Agnes Water and 1770, but new adventures lay ahead! In Rockhampton I finally returned to the tropics which made me so happy that I even closed my eyes for the celebratory picture. Sadly the tropics also came with a Read more…
Miracles do happen!!! – The sun finally decided to make an appearance!!! It had been so long without it that I struggled at first to recognise what it was… The sunshine carried me through to Hervey Bay And on to the middle of absolutely nowhere, camping on the side of Read more…
I was washed, I was clean, I was well fed; and I was all set for another adventure! (Look how white that t-shirt looks) DAY 10: Sat 20 June I couldn’t believe how sunshiny and happy life was when I finally set off from Coffs…. Any day on the bicycle Read more…
And I was off… DAY 5 began in Tea Gardens… I simply cycled out of work and kept going …until my first flat of the leg happened (Number 4 since Sydney) …only 30 km down the road. But there are worse places than the Myall Lakes National Park to break down And Read more…
You know how sometimes everything just aligns… You need exercise… You need warmer weather… You need purpose… You need less shoes in your life… You need a new challenge… …And then BAMM!!!!! Just like that you’re barefoot cycling 2700+ km with your ginormous teddy up the East Coast of Australia Read more…
Ever wonder what kind of people pick up hitch hikers???? Yes, they gave me a ride…. Well, 500+ hitch hikes later, on 6 continents, I’m still trying to work that out!! But I can tell you this – most of them are good! Most of them won’t rape you, Read more…