We hope to shake you up and remind you to live a lot! Life is short! Go Adventure! Tired of mundane routine, of traffic jams, and of shoes; I gave up my regular routines, adopted a backpack and an anything goes philosophy, and began life as a Part Time Professional Read more…
When you kick off your shoes and put on some pedals, you will find that anything is in fact possible! You may have an old rickety bike. You may camp alone in soggy fields. You may spend far too much time hanging out with sheep. But eventually you will arrive. Read more…
“Let’s take a short trip to Europe” I said. “I need a little adventure” I said. So I did. And after catching up with the British for a pint and a cuppa, I thrust out my thumb and was off… I had one week to make it to the Czech Read more…
I sat in the sky thinking how it was possibly time to get some vengence on the pigeons… I mean, from way up here, I could probably shit on their heads for a change…. But really I was probably just trying to find distraction from the flight… Things weren’t looking Read more…
gypsy ˈdʒɪpsi/ noun 1. a member of a travelling people with dark skin and hair, traditionally living by itinerant trade and fortune telling. Gypsies speak a language (Romany) that is related to Hindi and are believed to have originated in South Asia. synonyms: Romany, Rom, chal, chai, gitano, gitana, tzigane, Zingaro, Zigeuner,zingana, didicoi; More 2. informal a nomadic or free-spirited 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…
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…
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…
Yes, it’ the sequel… It’s time to finish what was started…My old friend, Unemployment, has returned to me and it’s now or never (so obviously it’s now). Back in 2010, when my Soccer World Cup contract had me forced to watch all 64 games (and I don’t like soccer all Read more…