DAY 17 4 JULY NORMANTON AND THE GULFLANDER
Bruce was very keen that we got back to Normanton to ride The Gulflander 30km out to Critters Camp today. Duly on board we rattled and shook going out and 10 mins …
DAY 17 4 JULY NORMANTON AND THE GULFLANDER
Bruce was very keen that we got back to Normanton to ride The Gulflander 30km out to Critters Camp today. Duly on board we rattled and shook going out and 10 mins …
DAY 14 1 JULY NORMANTON TO KARUMBA
Slept well on a bed of leaves then off to Karumba. Occasionally a carload of charity riders would toot us as they headed back to Cairns after the festivities ending the charity run. …
DAY 12 LITTLE RIVER TO BLACK BULL
Virtually flat to Croydon, yeay! But warm. Quite warm.
A NP worker drove down the track while we were having breakfast, probably checking out who had fires in the NP. He explained that …
DAY 11 GEORGETOWN TO LITTLE RIVER
Up at 6 am to scavenge a free cooked breakfast with the charity riders. I took the opportunity to invite interested people to join us on the CTAWA ON YOUR BIKE ‘LOAVES AND FISHES …
DAY 10 EINSLEIGH TO GEORGETOWN
Out of bed hoping for flat but got increasingly hilly in second half. Got overtaken by the Cairns – Karumba charity bike ride on the last big hill. Ride organiser ‘Steve’ invited us to …
DAY 9 UNDARA TO EINSLEIGH RIVER
Up and at ‘em. 15 km upwind and seemingly uphill to the main road. Bruce lost his tail lights so turned back to find them at the last grid we’d crossed. Rest rode …
DAY 8 UNDARRA RESORT AND LAVA TUBES TOUR
Bruce led the others through a ‘closed to cycles’ track to the Kondarri Crater after breakfast while I did laundry and recovered a bit.
Mid-morning they were back and after lunch …
DAY 7 JUNE 24 SUGARBAG YARDS TO UNDARA LAVA TUBES RESORT
On the way about 8:45 am. Long rolling hills to the Forty Mile scrub. Stopped there for lunch, rest and see if there was water at information bay …
DAY 6. 23 JUNE PINNACLE SPRINGS TO SUGARBAG TICK YARDS
Sore but able to keep Brian’s porridge down. Uneventful but rolling 59 km out to the Kennedy Highway 30 km west of Mt Garnet. Not many creeks had water …