"A retired psychiatric nurse, grandfather of three, a bushwalker 65 years young, out to fulfil a lifelong ambition to cycle around Australia..."
Charters Towers
John spent yesterday resting and enjoying the fascinating history of Charters Towers. You can find some photos in the Gallery.
On the road again…
He left Charters Towers early this morning, heading towards Hughenden – a stretch of about 250 km (above). It is likely that he will be camping tonight, but he hopes to be [...]
John hoped to get to Sarina yesterday (not actually sure where he did get to last night).
But he did make it to Mackay around the middle of the day today and decided to rest up for the remainder of the day.
Mackay has apparently not had rain for many days, unlike Sydney or more [...]
Brisbane, the first of the capital cities to fall to John’s advance.
John left Brisbane this morning and unfortunately got a bit lost trying to find his way out of town. Apparently the Brisbane streets are very narrow and difficult for cyclists which didn’t help!
Nevertheless he made it out and rode to Redcliffe today. He arrived [...]
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