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28 December 2025
Tuesday 16th Dec 2025 – Although our time here is coming to an end we are determined to still continue exploring and make the most of it. So today we decided to explore nearer home with the Wodi Wodi hike in the Illawarra region. The weather was a bit hazy so we didn’t want to […]
29 November 2025
Friday 7th November 2025 – Huskisson – 62km We’d been told that Huskisson (aka Husky) was a nice place to visit and as it was only 25-30km away it seemed like an easy day out on our bikes. The bike route, unfortunately, took us along the Prince’s Highway, which is the main road that goes […]
10 November 2025
Tues 28th Oct – Adelaide to Sydney After a great week in Adelaide licking our wounds from what felt like a failed expedition to the Mawson Trail we decided to return early to Sydney and do some more cycling around there. After all we still had 2 weeks before we had to return to work! […]
27 October 2025
Friday 17 Oct, Hawker, South Australia – 15km to Jarvis Hill Lookout and back Woke up feeling tired and a bit sorry for ourselves as we realised that to continue with our trip would be reckless. Yesterday ended well, but it definitely could have gotten a lot more serious – and Nigel really wasn’t in […]
17 October 2025
Thursday 16th October 2025 – Blinman to Yanyanna Hut, 40km The overall plan was to cycle the Mawson Trail over a 3 week period, 900km of off-road trails through the Flinders Mountsin Range. All seemed very doable from the research, and there had been a lot! We had a plan, but never expected to keep […]
17 October 2025
We arrived in Sydney on Fri 3rd Oct for a 3-month adventure. Our base is Austinmer, South Sydney where we have a house swap for the 3 months – but a big part of our trip will be cycling the Mawson Trail – a 900km cycling trail in the Flinders mountain range – starting in […]