Some statistics:
- Total km: 3562.5
- Average km/day: 509km
- Furthest day: 746km
- Longest day: 10h 15min
Some statistics:
I made it home. Today I rode a lot of my favourite roads. New to me was the highway from Mudgee to Lithgow, but from there I took the Jenolan Caves Rd, Duckmaloi Rd, Shooters Hill, and Abercrombie. Stopped in Goulburn for a cup of tea with mum, then slabbed straight up the highway. I took some photos of the stunning views on the way, but I just can’t get any depth of field on my phone, and they all look like I’ve taken photos of grass next to the road. Read on “The Big North: Day 7 (home!)”
Tamworth woke up beautiful this morning! Read on “The Big North: Day 6”
Planning the trip home is hard. I have to avoid my natural inclination just to head home, and instead keep exploring. It’s also hard as I want to go inland and the distances between towns are huge – it’s harder to make adjustments than on the coast where things are close together. I’m also a bit sore & don’t want to over-commit & have to ride long distances while tired. Read on “The Big North: Day 5”
Today, instead of heading a lot further North, I did a loop ride, coming back to Caboolture. My motorcycle atlas listed 3 good rides, so I programmed the GPS to do them all 🙂 Read on “The Big Wet: Day 4”
Today was all about north. The weather was windy and unpredictably stormy everywhere so I decided just to hit the highway & get north of Brisbane to get it over & done with. 450km or so of highway got me to Caboolture just before the hailstorm hit. Read on “The Big North: Day 3”
Singleton started the day warm and humid. I started the day with a run (yes, really) along a really great path. Read on “The Big North: Day 2”
Ooh, what a big, wet day. I knew today was going to rain but that didn’t mean I had to like it.
I woke up early and was out of the driveway by 7. Read on “The Big North: Day 1”
Today I pack, which means tomorrow I can go and buy anything I still need. (I wrote this post as I packed, so it is a bit of a running commentary…) Read on “The Big North: Day -2”
I made a map of many big things in NSW & Qld. It took me 2 nights. I’m sure I don’t have them all. I am also sure I won’t see all of them 🙂
I’m going on a motorbike ride. And I’m going to write about it. I haven’t done this for ages (the writing about it part, that is – I’ve done plenty of riding).
The back story is that I’m not working at the moment, don’t want to ride in January as it’s crazy-busy (and crazy-expensive), hopefully will have work in February/March and am likely to move in April. So now is the very best time for a ride. And the week before Christmas is actually fairly inexpensive as everyone starts their travel the week after.
But I needed a goal – Read on “The Big North: Day -4”