"A retired psychiatric nurse, grandfather of three, a bushwalker 65 years young, out to fulfil a lifelong ambition to cycle around Australia..."

Archive for March, 2009

Two Punctures in a Day

Nothing lasts forever, tyres are no exception.
Not a good thing to happen at all! Well at least John is back in the game and riding again.
45km out of Marlborough yesterday he had to effect field repairs on Cooeee’s tyre. He had another in proximity of Marlborough, where he camped last night.
John says the [...]

Yaamba

John communicated that he realised there were crocodiles in the Fitzroy River and was relieved when he informed me that none were hungry that night(!).
Last night he stayed at Yaamba, which is about 60km North of Rockhampton. He is still 70km from Marlborough and 300km from Mackay. The distance is just melting away. He has [...]

Fitzroy River Campsite

Nothing like a tranquil campsite.
John spent last night camping in Rockhampton alongside the Fitzroy River. A nice spot no doubt. Not sure whether he was aware of the crocodile risk in this area or not, but if he was he is braver than I… Like I said, nice spot.
He is now closer to [...]

Rockhampton

John is to reach Rockhampton today at some point.
The night of the 25th he stayed in Gladstone as Cooeee (his bike) needed adjusting and a service. Around mid-day he set off for Rockhampton, a 72km stretch. He said he was meeting a lot of nice people along the way, which made the trip quite [...]