Hughenden to Charters Towers to Townsville
The next post is a couple of days late. We actually arrived home in Townsville two days ago on Thursday afternoon after a looong day…but you will read about that […]
Category Archives: Cargo bike
New beginnings for The Bicycle Pedlar
Today apparently marks the day Karl Drais took his first official ride on his great new invention, which was a version of what we now know as the bicycle. It […]
Car free – two years down the track – Part 1
The two years since we sold our only car in a deliberate movement towards living a car-free lifestyle have gone by quickly! We figured that it was time to start reflecting […]
The Slow Shift – changing gears to a cheaper (and healthier, more environmentally friendly) life
We were chatting with a couple of young men the other day when the topic of car ownership and motor vehicle use came up. One man was from France, and the […]
Surly Bill Trailer and practical transport
It’s the answer to the motorised, fuel-guzzling utility vehicle! It’s the Surly Bill Trailer! This trailer is capable of carrying loads up to 136 kilograms and, with a length of […]
Bella’s Bike-ification
What do you do when your glamorous, Italian, non-cycling friend from interstate arrives at the airport? You pack the folding bike into the cargo bike and head to the airport to […]
The Great Car-Free Experiment
Is it possible to live without a car and rely on bicycles for transport around a sprawling regional city with barely a hill in sight? ‘Yes!’, we hear all those […]
