Townsville – Ravenswood – Giru – Townsville – Part 2 & 3
There was no need to leave early on Saturday, but we woke with the sun and slowly started preparing for the day with tea and coffee and breakfast. It seems […]
Category Archives: Vivente Bikes – World Randonneur
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 […]
Fountain Springs Rest Area to Mount Isa
There was no need to rush this morning with only 60kms to go until Mount Isa and the end of the cycle touring part of this trip. I woke at […]
Cloncurry to rest area
There is joy in knowing you only have a short distance to ride! After waking up at 6am, I packed up and was at the Cloncurry Bakery around 7.30am, where […]
Rest Area to Cloncurry
After a restless night, I was packed and on the road in only half an hour, leaving around 6.30am, while the offending love birds and the others were still asleep. […]
Julia Creek to Cloncurry…well nearly…
I woke up early again in the morning, sometime after 5am, but the desire to stay in bed was strong and I went back to sleep. At 6.20am I forced […]
Richmond to Julia Creek
It was cold overnight again and I got to enjoy the cosiness of my new fleece throw. Waking at 5.45am I made a hurried start, keen to complete the 140km […]
Hughenden to Richmond
I was awake at 4.20am the next morning with a very full bladder and freezing cold. All night I had woken in fits and starts trying to get warm and […]
Pentland to Hughenden
It was a slow morning due to yesterday’s long ride (those beers may have also had something to do with that), plus the tent was quite wet with condensation (made […]
Mingela to Pentland
This post had to be edited when I realised I had got my days mixed up. Prairie is 40kms before Hughenden, which I rode to the following day. The Prairie […]
