Cycling The Globe

A Cycle Touring Expedition Around The World

Archive for October, 2011

Day 281: Daly Waters – Newcastle Waters

Posted by Thomas Andersen Posted on Oct - 16 - 2011

Distance: 126.48 km Ridetime: 06:20:17 Average: 20.0 km/h Total distance: 13602 km One of the joys of cycling is that you see the landscape change almost from day to day. So far there has been a thick bush vegetation on both sides of the road (which gets very boring to look at after a few  [ Read More ]

Categories: Australia

Day 280: Mataranka – Daly Waters

Posted by Thomas Andersen Posted on Oct - 16 - 2011

Distance: 151.82 km Ridetime: 07:24:42 Average: 20.3 km/h Total distance: 13476 km Along Stuart Highway you will find rest areas every 70-80 km. Sometimes just a bench and some shadow. In the outback even a proper place to sit down feels like luxury. After a night of wild camping I was instantly offered a cup  [ Read More ]

Categories: Australia