(June 13, 2020 - written by Dave) We’ve had a lovely rest day here in Newcastle, NSW. The hostel is nice and mostly quiet overnight. We found plenty of cafes for coffee and food, walked a good deal of the city, had some nice weather and got into the surfing vibe. Newcastle was founded in … Continue reading Hanging in Newcastle

(June 12, 2020 - written by Dave) What do you call it when you miss a major turn, ride a big unplanned extra loop after heaps of map checks, add 10k extra to the day but eventually get back on the route you planned on riding? Well, in my book, that’s called getting lost. But … Continue reading Lost but not really – The Entrance to Newcastle (73k/600m)

(June 11, 2020 - written by Dave) Wow, what a difference a day makes. We had some fog in the morning but it burnt off pretty early and from then on, it was mostly bright blue skies. We definitely made the right call delaying our start by a day. Today’s ride had a ferry in … Continue reading Blue ribbon day – St Leonards to The Entrance (88k/1,150m)

(June 10, 2020 - written by Dave) We have two lovely high pressure systems hanging out over eastern Australia right now. Perfect for riding had it not been for the pesky low pressure trough stuck between the two of them, right on top of us – argh! As you can see in the radar image … Continue reading Rain, rain, rain, blah, blah, blah…

(June 8, 2020 - written by Dave) I know, you’re thinking that I’ve got yet another typo in the title of this blog. Doesn’t the saying normally include a plural of the word banana? As in “I’m going bananas”?  Well keen readers always on the lookout for my typos, in this case, banana is correct. … Continue reading Going Banana – escaping Covid lockdown

(March 31, 2020 - written by Dave) As regular readers would know, we try to write blog posts for most days when we are out on a bike tour. So far, we’ve ridden our bikes in some 50 countries and met countless wonderful people. We are fortunate to have cycling friends all over the world. … Continue reading Something to read while in isolation – 8 years ago today

(March 23, 2020 - written by Dave) If you’re like us, you are probably running a little short of good news stories these days. Sure, you can search the internet for funny animal videos, but there are only so many of those that you can watch in a 24-hour period. Nancy’s tolerance is clearly higher … Continue reading A brief post with a positive story…

(March 4-5, 2020 - written by Dave) Back when I was a kid, I used to always eat a piece of cake by eating the cake part first, saving the frosting part for last. In my mind, the “best” part was the frosting, so I saved the frosting to savour at the end. Our bike … Continue reading Katoomba to St Leonards – No frosting for us!

(March 3, 2020 - written by Dave) Brekkie was delivered to the room right on time at 6:30. Surprisingly, the hotel seemed to really fill up overnight and the carpark was completely packed. As planned, we were on the road by 7AM and as forecast, it was quite a bit cooler – 35c yesterday, 15c … Continue reading Beating the rains, mostly – Kandos to Katoomba (141k/2,150m)

(March 2, 2020 - written by Dave) Our second night in the tent was a lot more restful. It could have been our tired state but the sleeping pads seemed to have made less noise last night than they did the first night - for sure. The jury is still out on the tent overall. … Continue reading Variable plans day –Bylong to Kandos (62k/800m)