Testing a Kickbiking Touring Set Up
Almost since the day I purchased my Kickbike Sport G4, I’ve wanted to try doing multi-day rides with it. For a few years I tried various setups to allow me to achieve that, based on the cycling touring equipment I…
Golden Triangle Virtual Challenge
On 1st December 2023, I started a new virtual Kickbiking challenge – the Golden Triangle in India. India’s Golden Triangle is a tourist circuit that connects New Delhi, India’s national capital city, with Agra and Jaipur. It is called “The…
Rundownunder into Western Australia
In the Rundownunder challenge, the start of 2023 saw me walking / running / hiking, virtually, across the top of the Northern Territory. The travelling north along the eastern seaboard of Australia in the first year or so of the…
Hiking in a Mother City
A “mother city”, you ask? The English word “metropolitan” is derived from two Greek words, “meter” meaning “mother” and “polis” meaning “city”, a “metropolis”. It also indicates a city from which others have been colonized, a parent state of a…
Rainy Seaside Retreat
Between 2nd and 6th of October 2023, Rebecca and I had an opportunity to do what has become our yearly tradition: a holiday to a seaside town. This time we chose Lakes Entrance, and rather than drive the car we…
Rebecca’s Graduation in Adelaide
Sunday 24th September We boarded the Albury – Adelaide, South Australia bus at Wangaratta at about 5:30am. This was the longest scheduled bus journey I’ve every been on up to this point. We have driven most of the route the…
Romantic Road Virtual Challenge
Germany’s Romantic Road ( https://www.romanticroadgermany.com/ ) is based very loosely on an old Roman route that linked the participating towns, with some stunning medieval locations to the north added. The Romantic Road concept is a modern marketing idea which appears…
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Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time
The title of this post is a quote from someone called Steven Wright. I can’t remember where I first saw it, or even who Steven Wright is, but the idea of everywhere being within walking distance if you have the…
Breaking a 20+ Year Drought
Over the Victorian Labour Day long weekend, I did my 1st overnight hiking camp in more than 20 years. A week or so before that I purchased a 65 litre hiking backpack, and some new hiking boots. What follows describes…
Nakasendo Trail Virtual Challenge
On 1st January 2023, I started the Conquerors Nakasendo Trail virtual challenge. I did it as a Kickbiking challenge, and have set myself 10 weeks to complete it, which means a finishing date of 12th March. I need to average…