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: Tandem Bicycle
Roadside to Clermont – Day 6
Roadside camping doesn’t lend itself to slow mornings, so we were up early and on the road by 6.45am wearing beanies and winter gloves. Our cup of tea could wait […]
Mount Coolon to Belyando Crossing and beyond – Day 5
Wearing puffer jackets, beanies and gloves, we enjoyed a leisurely start the next morning, with sultana damper and cups of tea for breakfast. It was close to 9am when we […]
Mount Coolon at last! – Day 4
Waking at our new customary time of 6.30am after a mostly solid twelve hours sleep, we made our way out of the tent to be greeted by a FREEZING cold […]
Burdekin dam to Mount Coolon…well, we tried… – Day 3
The Burdekin Dam wall is not open all the time. During the rainy season, it is closed to all traffic, so we felt lucky to be able to cross at […]
Packing for cycle touring –
We normally pack the night or two before we leave on a cycle tour, but this trip was decided on so far in advance that we are feeling the pressure. We […]
Dotswood Dash 2018
Five of us geared up on Sunday to do the ‘Dotswood Dash’ again. We were the same five who were misled into thinking the 230km ride was only 210km last […]
Salsa Powderkeg prepares for more adventure
It has been over a year since we began riding the Salsa Powderkeg tandem and began talking about doing a big trip to make use of it’s wide tyre capacity, […]
Townsville – Ravenswood – Giru – Townsville – Part 1
Google maps showed a dirt road that crosses from the Flinder’s Highway over to Ravenswood through the farmland and scrub. Internet searching showed other maps that also indicated a through […]
Out the back of Hervey’s…
It poured all day Saturday, then cleared beautifully for a clear (and humid) ride out of town, up Hervey Range and beyond. We only had the day, but wanted to […]
