June 2016 – Ride for Water

Day 7 – Rest Day – Mt Gambier

There was a fine mist falling last evening as we walked from the Nelson Pub restaurant to our room. I awoke briefly sometime this morning to what sounded like torrential rain hitting the roof and walls outside. I turned over and went back to sleep....

Day 6 – Wednesday June 29, Narrawong to Nelson – 82 Km/ 50 Miles

What did we just do? It seems we were all feeling a bit harried from the ride today. I hope it does not come across as complaining. I realize that any ride of such ambitious proportions, will have bad days, they are to be expected. In...

Day 5 – Tuesday June 28, Warnambool to Narrawong – 98 Km – 60 – Miles

It took only a few turns of the peddles before I realized that the last two days of tortuous climbing and a long hard push into the wind had taken its toll on my right knee. I hadn’t anticipated that Joe was in equal pain....

Day 4 – Monday June 27, Lavers Hill to Warnambool – 119 Km / 74 – Miles

I usually check e-mail first thing in the morning. After yesterday, we were all feeling a bit low. My spirits were lifted however with e-mails confirming donations to Ride for Water. Definitely an inspiring way to start the day! We used every bit of daylight...

Day 3 – Sunday, June 26, Apollo Bay to Lavers Hill 50 KM – 31 Miles

This ride seems to be kicking our tails. Our daily mileages are nowhere near what we had expected. The Great Ocean Road has been an unexpected challenge. We had hoped to make it as far as Port Campbell today; we are significantly short of that...

Day 2 – Saturday, June 25, Lorne to Apollo Bay 47.2 KM – 29.32 Miles

There are a variety of smells in the air as I write this, and the sound of dishes and kitchen-ware intermingle with a variety of languages, Chinese, German, English and of course Kiwi. It’s dinnertime and everyone is gathered in the kitchen and dining area...

Day 1 – Torquay to Lorne 40 Km – 25 Miles

We got our start out of Torquay around 11:00 AM. The morning was spent returning the rental van to Geelong, organizing the packing of our bikes and taking any excess items we didn’t want to carry to the Post Office for shipping to Darwin. The...

Time in Melbourne

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In the Land Down Under, June 22

As I excused myself and took my seat on one of the middle seats of the A330 in Sidney, the gentleman next to me asked, “Was that an American accent I detected?” Our flight had gotten out of Indy on-time with black clouds forming to...

Shakedowns and Airports

The title really is not as bad as it sounds...