I've had my differences with the wind before, but the amount of frustration this large-scale flow of gases has caused me since setting out on my mission to cross Australia via bicycle trumps all my past experience. I can now assure you with near-absolute certainty that the world offers few
Australia Bike Tour Day 31: The Party People
A long and lonely day in the Outback - basically what I have come to expect from this ride. One hundred fifty-five miles (250 km) of desolate Outback road sits between Glendambo and Coober Pedy, and I have guessed that this trip will take me three days (based on the distances I've been riding
Australia Bike Tour Day 30: Last Call For Water
After a homemade breakfast prepared by my new friends the Grey Nomads, I set out into what looks unmistakably like rain. And now it's raining. Luckily, the rain soon clears and is replaced by a headwind (but not before a torrential downpour). I think I prefer the rain. I will have to check
Australia Bike Tour Day 29: The Grey Nomads
Today is the first full day in the Outback, and the first full day of a constant and unchanging landscape filled with essentially nothing (still waiting on all those deadly snakes to come around). And essentially nothing here translates to "mostly dead animals" (but we'll talk about those
Australia Bike Tour Day 28: The Outback!
Today marked a big step in my trip across Australia: my official entrance into the Outback. Basically the moment I've been waiting for since this trip's inception. In Adelaide, I bought myself a ten-liter Sea to Summit Water Bag, and I've got five water bottles ranging in size from 600 ml to
Australia Bike Tour Day 27: Port Augusta
It's only been four days since Adelaide (and my ten-day break), but I have decided to take another day off in Port Augusta to ensure I'm fully prepared before making my entrance into the Outback (and because I am addicted to days spent lounging around living off pizza and beer). Home to under
Australia Bike Tour Day 26: Destination Darwin
A relatively short morning ride brings me to Port Augusta - the last true civilization I'll be seeing for quite some time. I ponder, as I often do, my journey through the Outback as I look at where I've come from and where I've still to go. The highway I will be traveling on northwards from
Australia Bike Tour Day 25: Merino Tires
The mention of a specific country usually conjures up images, stereotypes, or ideas commonly associated with said country. In the case of Australia, people tend to imagine things like kangaroos, deadly spiders or snakes, the Sydney Opera House, or putting shrimp on barbies. Of course, I too
Australia Bike Tour Day 24: Snowtown
Despite last night's plagues including train horn blasts, a barking dog, and the much too loud conversation of two German-speaking girls, I wake up refreshed and ready for my first full day of riding following my Adelaide intermission. Except my tent and fly are soaked in dew. And it looks