5-7 Jan 2024. Bombala to Jindabyne via Nimmitabel. Cycling Days: 3 Rest Days: 0 Distance: 160kmsAscent: 2,630m Time: 14.75hrs We stretched the final 2 days into 3 by adding in another Monaro plains country town and more gravel roads. We weren’t ready to get off the bikes yet. The high plains are a mix of…
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Snowy River Valley Cycle Tour. Days 11-15.
31 Dec – 4 Jan 2024. Orbost to Bombala via back roads. Cycling Days: 4 Rest Days: 1Distance: 187kms (total so far: 585km)Ascent: 3,666m (total so far: 8,600m) Time: 22.5hrs (total so far: 68hrs) Not much distance over 4 days but plenty of hill climbing! From the Vic coast we headed north through National Parks…
Snowy River Valley Cycle Tour. Days 6-10.
26-30 Dec 2023. Bairnsdale to Orbost via Lakes Entrance. Cycling Days: 2 Rest Days: 3Distance: 147kms (total to date: 398km)Ascent: 1,222m (total to date: 4,934m) Time: 14.5hrs. (total to date: 45.5hrs) Two days rest in the Bairnsdale town holiday caravan park was good. Rowan’s stomach recovered, the heavy rains passed & we got to meet…
Snowy River Valley Cycle Tour. Days 1-5.
21-25 Dec 2023. Jindabyne to Bairnsdale via Barry Way. Cycling Days: 5 Rest Days: 0 Total Distance: 251kmAscent: 3712m Time: 31hrs Started from friends house near Jindabyne – thank you Holly, Geoff & Janine for a wonderful send off! Then a coast along the scenic Barry Way down to the Snowy River. Helped along by…
2023 January Asgard Swamp Overnight
A Fairy Tale
I wrote this short story as part of my year long writing workshop taught by local author Joyce Kornblatt…… There was once a woman who had four children. They were all beautiful children, golden hair, fair skin. She would hear them laughing and playing in the forests covering the hills above the house. They loved…
A birthday solo campout – May 2022.
Less than an hour’s drive away is the scenic Wild Dog Mountains. Like it’s name the terrain is pretty “wild” with only a few trails. Driving cautiously through the mist along a badly rutted dirt road I was relieved to arrive at the pretty campsite. Kangaroos and wallabies were casually grazing amongst the picnic tables. The sun…