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¶ Strathalbyn to Melbourne

Friday, January 30th, 2004

Strathalbyn 81km
Meninge 96km
Kingston 148km
Beachport 96km
Dartmoor 134km
17km south of Hamilton 67km
Peterborough 85km
Port Cambell 16km
Lavers Hill 51km
Apollo Bay 51km
Lorne 46km
Geelong 65km
Melbourne 93km

After a few days in Adelaide we had to head off. Any thoughts of staying longer
were dispelled by the pressing need to get to Melbourne in time for our boat on
the 3rd of December. A lazy […]

¶ Alice Springs to Adelaide

Sunday, November 30th, 2003

Stuart Wells (90km)
Erldunda (107km)
Curtin Springs (160km)
Yularra/Uluru/Ayers Rock (92km)
Kulgera 74km
Marla 179km
Cadney Homestead 80km
Coober Pedy 154km
Bush Camp 127km
Bush Camp (20km past Glendambo) 152km
Pimba 89km
Port Augusta 172km
Crystal Brook 114km
Port Wakefield 107km
Adelaide 100km

After spending a few days in Alice Springs we finally headed out southwards through the gap in the hills towards our turn off for Uluru (Ayers Rock) […]

¶ Darwin to Alice Springs

Monday, October 20th, 2003

It always takes a bit of an effort to set off from somewhere that we have been
happy. After a year on the road luxury is a rarity. Our ‘landlord’ Andrew had
contacted us as we left Singapore to offer free accomodation, what he didn’t
explain was that it would come with a free pool and soppy German […]

¶ Singapore onwards

Monday, October 20th, 2003

As the only plane of our trip skimmed over the first northern suburbs of
Darwin, which were only just visible in the pre-dawn gloom, the realization
struck us that we had actually managed it - we’d actually cycled to Australia.
16,000km (almost exactly 10,000 miles) and 14 months later we had crossed the Equator
sometime last night.
The last […]

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