The BikeHike is about making the most of the opportunities that life gives us
28 May 2017 ENGLISH Rolleston township is situated at the intersection of the Dawson and Carnarvon Highways and is the town where we would head north away from ‘The Great Dividing Range’. It’s a town that has a lot of history but like so many we have been through (in both NZ and Australia), it…
25 May 2017 ENGLISH One of the great things about Bicycle Touring is the variety and the changes that occur when cycling. When we left Sydney, we left behind the warm sub-tropical seaside weather and we immediately started going up in altitude; with that came cooler temperatures. We had crossed the main range of hills…
20 May 2017 ENGLISH When we rolled into Roma we were notified of a Queensland Flood Alert Warning that could result in the road Floodways seeing action over the weekend. In Australia, especially northern NSW and Queensland, the roads are designed to be submerged under water (following rain or flood events, sometimes many hundreds of…
17 May 2017 ENGLISH Just a quick update to say we have arrived in Roma and will be spending 5 days here. Rain is forecasted over the next few days and its no fun on the roads with the big trucks in the rain; we get a real good shower 🙂 The cycling is going…
15 May 2017 ENGLISH We had camped at the Coonamble Showgrounds; a free campsite for travellers. Our only neighbours were a couple of ‘Grey Nomads’ in their caravan who very kindly gave us a bucket of hot water which was put into the solar shower and much appreciated. Even better, the following morning we awoke…
9 May 2017 ENGLISH NOTE: We are having some issues with the photos, they are very large when you click on them but we hope to have this sorted over the next few days. We were really to happy to arrive at Lightning Ridge yesterday after a 362 km trip from our last rest spot…
5 May 2017 ENGLISH When packing up our bush camp north of Gilgandra, we discovered a nasty surprise in the form of dozens of thorns in our bicycle tyres. Australia has some real nasty animals and insects but these thorns should be included. They grow amongst the grass and when the grass dies off, these…
3 May 2017 ENGLISH We had a good 2-day rest in Dubbo after the 5 days cycling and travelling from Sydney. Dubbo is a large town of about 45,000 people that marks the start of the New South Wales Outback. We would be cycling up the Castlereagh Highway and passing through Lightening Ridge, an area…
1 May 2017 ENGLISH We are very happy to say we have arrived in Dubbo, this is a key town for us as after we leave Dubbo we head into the ‘Darling Basin’ which is the area between the ‘Great Dividing Range’ (mountains of the east coast we crossed) and the desert out to the…
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