An Unexpected Day of Rest and an Unexpected Day of Climbing
Elizabeth (Days 4 & 5 – Wednesday 22 April & Thursday 23 April: Nundle to Tamworth) I woke in Nundle to the sound of car tyres on wet pavement. I was…
Holy Feck – That was hard (Day 3 – Tuesday 21 April)
The number of kilometres I’m meant to be covering keeps going up and yet I’m not completing them. That said I feel like the kilometres I’ve been doing are so…
Riding in the rain 100 metres at a time – Day 2 (Monday 20 April)
Last night I feared I maybe really couldn’t do this. Well, couldn’t do the wild camping – that particularly worried me. But here I am. Not wild camping as in…
Riding Alone (Day 1: Scone to Gundy, Australia)
Here I am – sitting cross-legged in my tent, the darkness filled with the glow of the computer screen. I am camped in an open-sided shed at the Gundy Showground…
Weeping for What Will Come and What Will Stay Behind
The tick-tock of time passing is getting very loud. Today is my Going Away Party. As I write I await the first of my guests. I feel anxious, nervous, excited…
I Am Woman
Need this as an mp3 to help me over mountains, into headwinds, and on days that are just tough.
Naked Liberation at No 42 Lady Bay Beach – 22 February 2015
Until recently I was dreading Lady Bay. It is the second of, I think, three ‘clothing optional’ beaches in Sydney (this one granted that status in 1976). The first in…
You May Have Your Mansion But the Beach is There for All – No 41, Kutti (1 February 2015)
Kutti Beach is in Vaucluse, long the most affluent of Sydney suburbs and still in the top five. Prior to European colonisation the area was home to the Birrabirragal clan…
Europe. It’s Just Next Door.
Europe. It’s Just Next Door.. via Europe. It’s Just Next Door... open the door to another city. Fun idea.
Understanding the Schengen Zone
I messaged the Italian and German consulates with questions about the Schengen Zone and I had a reply from Italy. My understanding had been incorrect. I had thought that you…