Today is the last day of my trip if all goes well. At least the last day until the end of the Bicentennial National Trail. I still have to find a lift back to Cairns and I know I won’t be fully relaxed until I do so. I’m pretty sure by now that I don’t…
Tonight I don’t want to write the “notes”. That is what we, Michelle and I, call my diary entries. Most of the time, I don’t want to write them because I don’t know where to start. I’m just too tired and confused to find the first sentence. After the first sentence, even the first word,…
This morning I’m paying extra attention to my packing as I expect a tortuous track ahead. The Creb track is not an easy one. It has some steep hills, and it’s very remote. The first challenge is to cross the Daintree River, which is worrying me more than I would like it to. I chat…
Today I want to go to Daintree village, and knowing that it’s only 33km away via the bitumen road makes it sound very doable. Before I can leave, I need to repair my bike as much as I can. I’m not feeling that motivated to take the front wheel apart and replace the broken spokes,…
Interview by Cycle Travellers Australia Great questions in this interview, I’m sure you’ll like the answers. Biking the Big Nasty: how to survive the National Trail East Gippsland “Advertiser” Article. Michelle, my girlfriend, was interviewed:
When I wake up this morning, the nightmare is not over. My clothes are soaked and I’m feeling quite dirty and sore. I go check my back wheel and find many spokes are loose. I adjust their tension until I notice the rim is severely damaged in two places. The head of the spokes almost…