Part of the point of this journey was the challenge myself in terms of my thinking - the ‘all or nothing’, do or die thinking which has been my default for decades. As I lay in my tent yesterday morning dreading the day ahead - sore arse and knees, as well as 134k to...

Day 4…..alien territory! Made an early start from Barrow to get to Wycliffe Wells, apparently the Roswell of Australia. The camp site is certainly cashing in on the ‘UFO capital of Australia! It’s hotting up here and the first half of the ride was into a howling...

Day two and three. Oh for a traffic light, a pedestrian crossing, an intersection….anything! The last two days have really tested me mentally and physically. Day two was a short 60k ride but gee it was punishing, and today was 90 with some climbing and a mother of a...

With a ‘feels like’ temp of 2.4 I left Alice with 150k ahead on a truck of a bike that handled like a brick!! The roads are endless and it feels like you’re climbing on a ‘false flat’ hour after hour. A humbling experience just cruising through the ‘red country’....

Today saw the start of a journey in the making for many months. Before the sun rose in Adelaide (as it happens it couldn’t be seen with all the rain) I was north bound to Alice. And as I sit here at sun down on a calm warm evening I’m grateful that today, for once,...