DAY 12 LITTLE RIVER TO BLACK BULL
Virtually flat to Croydon, yeay! But warm. Quite warm.
A NP worker drove down the track while we were having breakfast, probably checking out who had fires in the NP. He explained that …
DAY 12 LITTLE RIVER TO BLACK BULL
Virtually flat to Croydon, yeay! But warm. Quite warm.
A NP worker drove down the track while we were having breakfast, probably checking out who had fires in the NP. He explained that …
DAY 11 GEORGETOWN TO LITTLE RIVER
Up at 6 am to scavenge a free cooked breakfast with the charity riders. I took the opportunity to invite interested people to join us on the CTAWA ON YOUR BIKE ‘LOAVES AND FISHES …
DAY 10 EINSLEIGH TO GEORGETOWN
Out of bed hoping for flat but got increasingly hilly in second half. Got overtaken by the Cairns – Karumba charity bike ride on the last big hill. Ride organiser ‘Steve’ invited us to …
DAY 9 UNDARA TO EINSLEIGH RIVER
Up and at ‘em. 15 km upwind and seemingly uphill to the main road. Bruce lost his tail lights so turned back to find them at the last grid we’d crossed. Rest rode …
DAY 8 UNDARRA RESORT AND LAVA TUBES TOUR
Bruce led the others through a ‘closed to cycles’ track to the Kondarri Crater after breakfast while I did laundry and recovered a bit.
Mid-morning they were back and after lunch …
DAY 7 JUNE 24 SUGARBAG YARDS TO UNDARA LAVA TUBES RESORT
On the way about 8:45 am. Long rolling hills to the Forty Mile scrub. Stopped there for lunch, rest and see if there was water at information bay …
DAY 6. 23 JUNE PINNACLE SPRINGS TO SUGARBAG TICK YARDS
Sore but able to keep Brian’s porridge down. Uneventful but rolling 59 km out to the Kennedy Highway 30 km west of Mt Garnet. Not many creeks had water …
Out of Chillagoe after throwing up breakfast. Real fast exhaustion related regurgitation!
30 km back to turn off south and start of dirt. Got slower and hillier as road started corrugations and drifting dust. All of us either fell off …
DAY 4 CHILLAGOE CAVES
I was very dehydrated yesterday and exhausted.
The effect was that I couldn’t hold my breakfast porridge down. Such a quick and powerful gag reflex!
Still on to the caves for a couple of …
DAY 3 DIMBULAH TO CHILLAGOE
Sore but otherwise ok.
Brian cooked breakfast before heading out over lower Hills to Petford.
Disappointed not to see the famous Petford Crossing where one of highest performing seed collection of Eucalyptus camaldulensis …