Cycling The Globe

A Cycle Touring Expedition Around The World

Archive for November, 2011

Day 285: Bonny Well – Barrow Creek

Posted by Thomas Andersen Posted on Nov - 16 - 2011

Distance: 133.90 km Ridetime: 06:15:22 Average: 21.5 km/h Total distance: 14099 km Last night over the fire at the camp site I was stating, people asked if I was going to visit Devils Marbles. As usually I hadn’t looked in my guide book, and if my new friends hadn’t told me I might as well  [ Read More ]

Categories: Australia

Day 284: Three Ways – Bonny Well

Posted by Thomas Andersen Posted on Nov - 15 - 2011

Distance: 113.21 km Ridetime: 06:07:54 Average: 18.5 km/h Total distance: 13966 km The super market in Tennant Creek is known among cyclists to be the only reasonable priced place to buy food for 1200 km between Katherine and Alice Springs. As soon as I arrived in town, I went there to fill up the bags.  [ Read More ]

Categories: Australia

Day 283: Renner Springs – Three Ways

Posted by Thomas Andersen Posted on Nov - 15 - 2011

Distance: 116.35 km Ridetime: 06:37:03 Average: 17.5 km/h Total distance: 13853 km It is interesting what difference a day can make. While yesterday’s ride might have felt like meditation, there was not much left of that feeling today. The constant head wind and the long stretches of nothingness is starting to get to me. In  [ Read More ]

Categories: Australia

Day 282: Newcastle Waters – Renner Springs

Posted by Thomas Andersen Posted on Nov - 05 - 2011

Distance: 135.82 km Ridetime: 07:31:25 Average: 18.1 km/h Total distance: 13737 km Already during the night in my tent I could hear the winds picking up. At least I was mentally prepared for another day of fighting it. After I said goodbye to Vytautas and Wan at the camp site I was once again left  [ Read More ]

Categories: Australia