This is my story of a solo unsupported bicycle ride across Australia.
The Great Central Road and through the Diamantina Way to Cairns
- 2025 Tanami Tootle
- 2024 LEJOG: Lands End to John O'Groats
- 2020 Gibb River Road
- 2020 TransAmerica
- 2018 Karijini and the western Pilbara
- 2017 Cairns Darwin
- 2016 Great Central Road Perth to Cairns
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Why Not? From the Cycle Touring Association of WA (who thought I might not be seen again) A Desert Odyssey …
2016 Perth to Cairns This is my story of a solo unsupported bicycle ride across Australia. The ride was mostly …
Nearly over. Grabbed a couple of baggage trolleys from the airport and took ’em the 900m back to the hostel …
Just lazing around waiting for our plane tomorrow. I bought a small canvas painting from an aboriginal lady in the …
A day in Broome. Don got up at 5am to get the 6am bus for the Dinosaur Footprints boat trip …
Early start and usual Porridge got us to Roebuck Plains Road House for bacon and eggs second breakfast. 32 seemingly …
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Why Not? From the Cycle Touring Association of WA (who thought I might not be seen again) A Desert Odyssey …
2016 Perth to Cairns This is my story of a solo unsupported bicycle ride across Australia. The ride was mostly …
Nearly over. Grabbed a couple of baggage trolleys from the airport and took ’em the 900m back to the hostel …
Just lazing around waiting for our plane tomorrow. I bought a small canvas painting from an aboriginal lady in the …
A day in Broome. Don got up at 5am to get the 6am bus for the Dinosaur Footprints boat trip …
Early start and usual Porridge got us to Roebuck Plains Road House for bacon and eggs second breakfast. 32 seemingly …
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Day -1 GCR
Why Not? From the Cycle Touring Association of WA (who thought I might not be seen again) A Desert Odyssey …
Day -2 Perth to Cairns
2016 Perth to Cairns This is my story of a solo unsupported bicycle ride across Australia. The ride was mostly …
Day 50 Tanami Tootle departure lounge Broome
Nearly over. Grabbed a couple of baggage trolleys from the airport and took ’em the 900m back to the hostel …
Day 49 Tanami Tootle Broome Time!
Just lazing around waiting for our plane tomorrow. I bought a small canvas painting from an aboriginal lady in the …
Day 48 Tanami Tootle Broome recovery 0km
A day in Broome. Don got up at 5am to get the 6am bus for the Dinosaur Footprints boat trip …
Day 47 Tanami Tootle Broome!!!!! 62km
Early start and usual Porridge got us to Roebuck Plains Road House for bacon and eggs second breakfast. 32 seemingly …
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Day -1 GCR
Why Not? From the Cycle Touring Association of WA (who thought I might not be seen again) A Desert Odyssey …
Day -2 Perth to Cairns
2016 Perth to Cairns This is my story of a solo unsupported bicycle ride across Australia. The ride was mostly …
Day 50 Tanami Tootle departure lounge Broome
Nearly over. Grabbed a couple of baggage trolleys from the airport and took ’em the 900m back to the hostel …
Day 49 Tanami Tootle Broome Time!
Just lazing around waiting for our plane tomorrow. I bought a small canvas painting from an aboriginal lady in the …
Day 48 Tanami Tootle Broome recovery 0km
A day in Broome. Don got up at 5am to get the 6am bus for the Dinosaur Footprints boat trip …
Day 47 Tanami Tootle Broome!!!!! 62km
Early start and usual Porridge got us to Roebuck Plains Road House for bacon and eggs second breakfast. 32 seemingly …
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Day -1 GCR
Why Not? From the Cycle Touring Association of WA (who thought I might not be seen again) A Desert Odyssey …
Day -2 Perth to Cairns
2016 Perth to Cairns This is my story of a solo unsupported bicycle ride across Australia. The ride was mostly …
Day 50 Tanami Tootle departure lounge Broome
Nearly over. Grabbed a couple of baggage trolleys from the airport and took ’em the 900m back to the hostel …
Day 49 Tanami Tootle Broome Time!
Just lazing around waiting for our plane tomorrow. I bought a small canvas painting from an aboriginal lady in the …
Day 48 Tanami Tootle Broome recovery 0km
A day in Broome. Don got up at 5am to get the 6am bus for the Dinosaur Footprints boat trip …
Day 47 Tanami Tootle Broome!!!!! 62km
Early start and usual Porridge got us to Roebuck Plains Road House for bacon and eggs second breakfast. 32 seemingly …
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Day -1 GCR
Why Not? From the Cycle Touring Association of WA (who thought I might not be seen again) A Desert Odyssey …
Day -2 Perth to Cairns
2016 Perth to Cairns This is my story of a solo unsupported bicycle ride across Australia. The ride was mostly …
Day 50 Tanami Tootle departure lounge Broome
Nearly over. Grabbed a couple of baggage trolleys from the airport and took ’em the 900m back to the hostel …
Day 49 Tanami Tootle Broome Time!
Just lazing around waiting for our plane tomorrow. I bought a small canvas painting from an aboriginal lady in the …
Day 48 Tanami Tootle Broome recovery 0km
A day in Broome. Don got up at 5am to get the 6am bus for the Dinosaur Footprints boat trip …
Day 47 Tanami Tootle Broome!!!!! 62km
Early start and usual Porridge got us to Roebuck Plains Road House for bacon and eggs second breakfast. 32 seemingly …
Day 46 Tanami Tootle 105km from Willare Roadhouse
60 to go to Broome. We had Willare Big Breakfasts which made us late to start. Then on was slow …
Day 45 Tanami Tootle Willare Roadhouse 50km
An easy day. Blasted 38km to the Derby turnoff with a minor easterly to help. More of a drag uphill …
Day 44 Tanami Tootle Camballin Turn Off 129km
Don up before sunrise, soon after the tea was on one Trangia and the Porridge on the other. Sandwiches made …
Day 43 Tanami Tootle 54km
A shopping trip to the big supermarket in Fitzroy Crossing township on the opposite side of the river to the …
Day 42 Tanami Tootle Fitzroy Crossing 80km
Don got up early and set both his and myTrangias going for tea and for Porridge. Quick packup and I …
Day 41 TANAMI TOOTLE Ngumban Cliffs 100km
Got past the Ngumban Cliffs that we camped at all alone in 2002. The English man i was riding with …
Day 40 Tanami Tootle 114km
Day 40 Tanami Tootle Mary River Bridge 114km includes run to shop in Halls Creek for Salted Peanuts for scroggin …
Day 38 & 39 Tanami Tootle Resting Halls Creek
Halls Creek is looking a bit tired – the caravan park has closed since the owner died and no-one wants …
Day 37 Tanami Tootle Halls Creek!!!!! End of the Tanami Road but the Tootle continues 56km
Made it to Halls Creek about 14:30. Last 18km into headwind but on the shoulder of Highway 1. Good road …
Day 36 Tanami Tootle to start of Tanami bitumen work zone at Ruby Plains homestead 67km
55 to Halls Creek . Last camp on Tanami Rd, mostly corrugations and loose rock for 50km today. Very cold …
Day 35 Tanami Tootle from Wolffe Creek Crater back on to Tanami Road 38km
Seems a short day but the effort getting into the Crater yesterday really knocked both of us down. Feeling better …
DAY 34 Tanami Tootle Wolffe Creek Crater 50km
Sh*# Started well for 5km, then road deteriorated to corrugations but no big deal. Two twenty something year old guys …
DAY 33 Tanami Tootle 69km including 18 past Bililuna
I know, we lost a day somewhere. I am not changing the numbering so as to keep the rest of …
Day 32 and 33 Tanami Tootle Bililuna 57km
We must have camped somewhere between in the 106km between the WA/NT border and the road worker’s camp at the …