Last night I treated myself to an evening of knee icing in the Ararat Central Motel. After a day of doing nothing, tonight is more of the same. However, this does not mean my nights have been without their excitement. On my way back from picking up ice from the gas station across the street
Australia Bike Tour Day 4: This Knee
After three days of riding, I wake up 137 mi / 220 km from my origin - Melbourne, Victoria (Victoria, by the way, is a state in Australia since I am certain that some of you do not know this). I'm not sure whether this would be considered a "good pace", but I'm happy with it. Something I'm not
Australia Bike Tour Day 3: Anzac Day
Today is Anzac Day in Australia which means a couple of things according to my understanding: It's a national holiday. A gambling game called two-up is temporarily legalized (sadly, I did not play this). Restaurants and the like increase their prices to cover the cost of having to pay
Australia Bike Tour Day 2: Why Google Maps!?
My first morning waking up on the road and I am blessed with not only sore legs but a throbbing knee as well. Ten seconds on the bike confirms it - my knee is going to be a huge problem on this trip. Probably should have done some training before attempting this. Oh well, too late
Australia Bike Tour Day 1: Getting Shit On
I have successfully completed day one of my Australian bicycle touring extravaganza, and I've already learned a lot. For example: Cyclists wear those silly little hats under their helmets to protect from bird shit (yes, a bird shit on me through my helmet today). Google Maps bicycle
Outback Bike Touring Questions
Once again, I've decided to do something based solely on the premise of "this sounds cool," and I have been unable to find answers to a lot of the questions I have about my upcoming adventure (although I am sure that if I devoted more time to searching and less time to writing about how I can't find
Finding The Ultimate Outback Touring Bike
Step one in turning my plan to bike across the Outback into reality (before the new idea excitement wears off and I change my mind), I need to invest in a bicycle (and everything that comes with owning a bicycle). Thankfully I am in Melbourne (Australia) and people here love their bicycles (there
Biking Across The Australian Outback
I've recently arrived in Australia, and have until now managed to evade the slew of horrible things that can kill me. In fact, I have yet to come face to face with any of the deadly arachnids, reptiles, or sea creatures capable of hurriedly bringing any one of us to the stoop of Death's door. In