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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 […]
28 December 2019
Though we haven’t actually finished in Australia yet our time on the road is at an end and so it seems appropriate for us to talk about our observations. Between landing in Perth on 17 October and arriving in Melbourne on 22 December we spent 63 days on the road. (I’m not including our 2-week holiday […]
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 […]
20 December 2019
So, the weather is up to its old tricks again and things were forecast to be pretty hot at times over the next few days. As it happens our ‘late’ arrival into Adelaide and our extra day off in Robe helped and the hottest days were forecast to fall on our easier riding days… Wednesday […]
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 […]
13 December 2019
Monday 9 December 19 – Policeman’s Point to Kingston SE – 96km We briefly saw our German neighbours as we were packing our bikes at 5.30am, but we didn’t really get a chance to properly chat, which was a shame. It was so hot yesterday afternoon that it was just too uncomfortable to be outside […]