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Category Archives: Vivente Bikes – World Randonneur

Townsville – Ravenswood – Giru – Townsville – Part 2 & 3

April 1, 2018by The Bicycle Pedlar 2 Comments

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 […]

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Townsville – Ravenswood – Giru – Townsville – Part 1

March 30, 2018by The Bicycle Pedlar Leave a comment

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 […]

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Fountain Springs Rest Area to Mount Isa

March 18, 2018by The Bicycle Pedlar Leave a comment

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 […]

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Cloncurry to rest area

March 17, 2018by The Bicycle Pedlar Leave a comment

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 […]

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Rest Area to Cloncurry

March 16, 2018by The Bicycle Pedlar Leave a comment

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. […]

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Julia Creek to Cloncurry…well nearly…

March 15, 2018by The Bicycle Pedlar 1 Comment

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 […]

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Richmond to Julia Creek

March 14, 2018by The Bicycle Pedlar Leave a comment

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 […]

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Hughenden to Richmond

March 13, 2018by The Bicycle Pedlar 1 Comment

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 […]

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Pentland to Hughenden

March 12, 2018by The Bicycle Pedlar Leave a comment

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 […]

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Mingela to Pentland

March 11, 2018by The Bicycle Pedlar 1 Comment

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 […]

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