Travel
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…
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…
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…
- Camping, Exploring, Family, Hiking, Holidays, Interesting Places, NAtional Parks, Nature, Travel, Walking
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…
North Coast 500 Virtual Challenge
The North Coast 500 is a touring route 516 miles (approximately 825km) long around the northern coasts of Scotland. The official length is the 516 miles. The Conqueror Virtual Challenges also has a challenge called the North Coast 500, which…
Apollo Bay Holiday
Between 5th and 16th September Rebecca had her study break, and I had annual leave booked. In the weeks, even months, leading up to those dates we didn’t know where we would go for our twice yearly holiday, but Rebecca…
Rundownunder Virtual Challenge Update
Since the last Rundownunder challenge update, I’ve traversed outback Queensland and finally made it into the Northern Territory. 1st February 2022 – Kynuna “Kynuna was established as a teamsters’ camp at a supply point for the nearby Kynuna pastoral station,…
- Beauty, Camping, Cycling, Exercise, Exploring, Footbiking, Hiking, Holidays, Interesting Places, NAtional Parks, Nature, Travel, Walking
A Very Outdoor Month
Late March 2022 was the time of a “wife and me” holiday – the first such holiday after the last of our progeny departed the nest. The destination was Mitta Mitta, a place I had stayed at twice before. Mitta…
Merimbula Marital Moments
As parents, Rebecca and I haven’t had more than a few days at a time away together from our children that were still young enough to be living at home with us. Now that Eliana is 16 years old, and…
- Cycling, Footbiking, Interesting Places, LANDS END TO JOHN O'GROATS VIRTUAL CONQUEROR CHALLENGE, Travel
Completion of the Lands End to John O’Groats Challenge
On 24th May 2021, I completed the Lands End to John O’Groats Virtual Challenge. While virtual kickbiking through the realm of the Scots, I received the following postcards and reached other points of interest. 23rd April 2021: Edinburgh Castle “Edinburgh…