The first leg (4 days) of the Summit to Sea 2021 adventure. Hiking off the top of Mt. Kosciuszko (Australia’s highest peak) to Dead Horse Gap. Then bike-packing along some extremely mountainous trails surrounding the Murray River to Khancoban.
Well we are in Thredbo and I am ready to begin the journey tomorrow (I think). Today, Kath, her sister Carolyn and I drove to Thredbo from Mum and Dad’s place in Binalong. We drove via Towong, which is the town near where I will be finishing the bike leg of the trip and where …
It is only 3 days until we head down to the Snowy Mountains to start the adventure. I plan to hike off the top of Mt. Kosciouszko on Monday and then will be riding along the top of river for about 4 days. I should be starting the paddle around Saturday next week. Just keeping …
I just did a 2 day 100km ride from Lithgow to Newnes (and back again) via the Glow Worm Tunnel. I was treated to a 3 hour thunderstorm last night at Newnes, which caused all sorts of flooding and I had to change my day 2 route because of swollen rivers and washed out tracks. …
Over the years I have had many attempts to get into riding. I am very good at getting excited about the idea of riding bikes (especially mountain bikes) and buying shiny new bicycles, only to have them sit ideally in the garage. I think the initial shock of using my legs for the first time …
It has nearly been 6 months since I started my career break. It was slightly unfortunate timing that this break pretty much started at the same time as the COVID-19 restrictions. This has not really had a massive impact on what I was planning to do this year, but it looks like it is going …