Quilpie, rest day and onto Windorah – days 19-22
Unwashed, slightly grimy and covered with zinc, we arrived in the small town of Quilpie just after 9am the morning after our peaceful roadside stop. We had eked out a […]
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Bosch training – just a ride away!
If you’re going to have a business trip, may as well make it a bike riding one! Bosch are holding a training day in Cairns tomorrow for shops like us that […]
Deloraine to Longford via Bracknell
We had coffee at the bakery in Deloraine in the morning. The Bromptons created a fair bit of interest parked outside the shop, and we fielded a few questions asking […]
Day 3 – Charters Towers to Bluewater Springs Roadhouse
Now the day is over, I can admit to feeling a little apprehensive about today’s ride. A few people had told me about the single lane of sealed road, the […]
Townsville – Reid River – Charters Towers
There were eight of us who actually left The Bicycle Pedlar in Townsville at the same time. One got the time wrong and chased us all the way to Woodstock, […]
Want to go bicycle touring?
Are your bicycle touring feet itching to get pedalling? There is a long weekend coming up in June and we are taking advantage of the extra day off by heading […]
Ian’s Townsville to Cairns trip via the Tablelands
First stop on the second day and the sign in front of the bowser says, No Fuel Till Lunch. I had a couple of poached eggs on toast, a cup […]
Bicycles are the best
Our two weeks of car free fun ended almost two weeks ago, and to be honest, we were not totally sad about it. I was sad I had to go […]
Townsville – Hervey Range – Fanning River – Mingela – Townsville
Knowing that the opportunities to cycle tour are few and far between when one owns a bike shop, we decided we needed to take any opportunity we could to get […]
Now we’re talking
The first two days of our car-free adventure have been fantastic fun, and if a car-free life meant endless weekends and non-stop fun we would sell the car right now! We had […]
