Warburton Rail Trail
January in Aus means it is time for the annual pilgramige to Meblourne to watch the Australian Open. This time there was a little more on the agenda, I knew…
The 2024 Audax Oppy, it was wet!
Yesterday, another year had rolled around so it was time for the Audax Flèche Opperman., an annual ride celebrating Sir Hubert Ferdinand Opperman. The 'Oppys' are unusual for Audax rides…
The Tour Aotearoa, 2024 Edition
I recently took part in my biggest, and most enjoyable, ride yet - riding the length of New Zealand with around five or six hundred others. the Tour Aoteroa, 2024…
Mount Barney from the bike.
I had been down Barney View Road a few years ago as part of an Audax ride, I've been wanting to go back; now that it's winter and not just…
The original Murwillumbah Station
Northern Rivers Rail Trail – Part 1. Murwillumbah to Crabbes Creek
Old railways make great places to ride bikes, they are flat, have lots of small towns and often have interesting histories. The Northern Rivers Rail Trail is a new trail…
Harrisville Bakehouse
First Audax of the Year
Finally, the weather has cooled down a bit, so it was time for some riding - very long riding. I rarely write about Audax rides, the last post was the…
Oh no!
Caboolture to Wamuran Rail Trail – Where did the road go?
A couple of weeks ago M and I decided to pack our bikes for a short ride just North of Brisbane. I had heard of another Rail Trail from Caboolture…
Beautiful Beaches at Hastings Point
Mullumbimby back to the Gold Coast
This section was a beautiful ride along small coastal towns in Northern NSW, I could easily have taken a few days just to do this. The variety in this ride…
Does this town have something we don't ?
Billnudgel to Mullimbimbi
I woke to the beautiful sound of bell birds and rain on the tent, relaxing but not fun to pack up. The combination of condensation and seams in need of…
Just off the train.
To the beach on my bike!
After four years I had finally finished the project I have been working on, a year or so late, 2021 is not a good time to be working on Infectious…
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Cruising down the hill to Noosa
This was a great ride - it was a loop, it had gravel, it had beautiful scenery, it had delicious coffee to start, it had delicious coffee mid way, it…
Audax Deliverance
I have been doing a lot more long distance riding lately, often Audax endurance rides. I had planned to do the 200,300,400 and 600km series this year but Covid-19 came along and killed everyone’s plans. Rides more than 150km from home have recently become allowed, so after a quick coffee at 5AM I was off to Fernvale to do the 223km Deliverance