I cheated but I made it. I arrived in Darwin yesterday at 10.30am. The sun was boiling, I was drenched in sweat, I was tired, I had just cycled 115km from Adelaide River, where I had left 4.30am that morning. I had completed the first country traversing tour of my trip, having pedalled some 2 [...]
Entries from September 30th, 2008
Day 52: 30 Sept 2008: Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
September 30th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Australia
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Day 41: 19 Sept 08: Normanton, Qld, Aust
September 19th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Australia
Well, it’s been a hell of a few days. I got out of hospital yesterday after being nearly debilitated by heat exhaustion and dehydration. I’m feeling fine now, after the wonderful hospital staff pumped me up full of liquid loaded with complicated sounding things like electroltyes and potassium. But it’s made me re-think my plan to cycle across [...]
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Day 36: 14 Sept 2008: Georgetown, Qld, Aust
September 14th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Australia
It’s really starting to heat up. I rode just under 100km to get here yesterday, and I rode through the middle of the day and it felt like the sun was hanging just over my shoulder for most of the way. Really draining. On the up side I stopped at what was suppose to be [...]
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Day 29: 7 September 2008: Cairns, Qld, Australia
September 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Australia
This is my last day in Cairns. I’ve been here longer than I intended, 5 days so far. I arrived on the 2nd of September, after a few days of hard cycling out from Townsville. I pushed 115 km on the first 2 days North from there to make it to Mission Beach, apparently a beautiful spot, [...]
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