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4 January 2020
Sunday 22 Dec 2019 – 5 Jan 2020 So a whole 2 weeks in Melbourne, which is the longest we have put down roots in one place since we set off in April 2018. We had originally planned to go to Tasmania for a few days and had kindly been offered a place to stay […]
23 December 2019
Saturday 21 December. Anglesea to Tootgarook. 70km. After yesterday’s extreme temperatures we had some rain and thunder overnight and woke to grey skies and cool temperatures. I don’t think we could ever get used to the volatile weather changes here! Although we didn’t have a lot of kilometres to cover we had a ferry ride […]
18 December 2019
Saturday 14 December. Nelson to Portland. 71 km. It was cold and damp when we left Nelson so we were glad to be leaving a cabin and not having to pack up a wet tent. As we have the difficult cycling part of Australia almost behind us now we are starting to feel in a […]
8 December 2019
Tuesday 2 – Saturday 7 December 2019. Adelaide. 0km. Our original plan for Adelaide was to stay four nights with three full days off. But it took us slightly longer to get there, so we decided to only take two days off – and from what we had read about the city that seemed likely […]
28 November 2019
Saturday 23 November. Ceduna to Perlubie Beach. 99km. It was COLD when we left Ceduna in the early hours of Saturday morning – feeling suitably refreshed after our day off. To give ourselves a change of scenery from the Eyre Highway we were heading towards the coast to a beach campsite that we had read […]
18 November 2019
Thursday 14 November 2019. Mundrabilla to Eucla. 65km. Mornings are really cold at the moment, especially when it’s windy. Then it heats up a bit mid-morning, and by lunchtime it’s generally boiling – so we have to dress in layers and peel them off as the day goes on. It then gets cold in the […]