Travel

It’s been a long time since I last posted. All my free time was sucked up by a huge interstate project over late Oct – early Dec; gotta love those 18-hour days (see my post “Being Shafted by the Man” to read my whinge on working stupid hours)! So, now that I’ve had a chance [...]

I’ve just got back (early) from another great bike trip; the annual “Trek” held over the Melbourne Cup weekend. This years trek involved 18 folks on 16 bikes, some great weather and the usual brilliant roads.

Day 1 – Melb to Tallangatta
We met at Skips workshop for the usual pre-trek gathering, ginning and some minor repairs. [...]

A few weeks ago my mate Skip said there was a weekend bike trip on to sort out the last night of the upcoming trek. I was undecided about going, especially with the huge work load due to this stupid tender I’m responding to. Then I realised I really needed to get away on the [...]

I’ve been a bit slack of late with my Trailwalker training updates and associated. To remedy this I’m combining three posts; the last two training walks and a walk around Wellington (NZ).

Training Walk #3 – Jells Park to CP1 (1 Feb 09)
We assembled at Jells Park, the starting point for the actual Trailwalk, at about [...]

I’ve just come back from two weeks working in India, the first in Chennai and the second in Pune. It’s been two years since my last trip to India and I’d forgotten how bad the traffic can be. This entry is an attempt, with some video’s captured on my phone, to describe how interesting driving [...]