Day Fourty Of Grand Australian Ride From Rockhampton To Bundaberg East Start: Rockhampton, Queensland Finish: Bundaberg East, Queensland Date: 8th June 2022 Distance: 319 kms Weather: Warm, Dry Time Taken: 6 Hours 45 Minutes Terrain: Sugar Farms Road: Straight Road Started the ride around 6:45am. Less traffic and cool weather. Roadworks still on. Sugarcane plantation and mills. Stopped at Calliope [...]
Day Thirty Nine Of Grand Australian Ride From Mackay To Rockhampton Start: Mackay, Queensland Finish: Rockhampton, Queensland Date: 7th June 2022 Distance: 338 kms Weather: Warm, Dry Time Taken: 6 Hours 30 Minutes Terrain: Sugar Farms Road: Straight Farms Started at around 7am in the morning. Firstly stopped in town for fuelling up. All sugar plantations along the way on [...]
Day Thirty Eight Of Grand Australian Ride From Townsville To Mackay Start: Townsville, Queensland Finish: Mackay, Queensland Date: 6th June 2022 Distance: 400 kms Weather: Hot Time Taken: 8 Hours 30 Minutes Terrain: Sugar Farms Road: Straight Road As I started riding out of Townsville I started seeing a lot of sugarcane fields again. It drizzled as I just got [...]
Day Thirty Seven Of Grand Australian Ride From Cairns To Townsville Start: Cairns, Queensland Finish: Townsville, Queensland Date: 5th April 2022 Distance: 366 kms Weather: Hot Time Taken: 8 Hours 15 Minutes Terrain: Hilly Road: Twisties Started fresh after a day break and surprise of seeing my nephew Arjun. Just out of cairns there are miles of Sugarcane plantation all [...]
Day Thirty Five Of Grand Australian Ride From Mount Surprise To Cairns Start: Mount Surprise, Queensland Finish: Cairns, Queensland Date: 3rd June 2022 Distance: 328 kms Weather: Hot Time Taken: 5 Hours 30 Minutes Terrain: Hilly Road: Twisties Today I am excited to get to cairns. Will be out of the outback after a while. Passed by Undara National park [...]
Day Thirty Four Of Grand Australian Ride From Normanton To Mount Surprise Start: Normanton, Queensland Finish: Mount Surprise, Queensland Date: 2nd June 2022 Distance: 396 kms Weather: Hot Time Taken: 7 Hours 15 Minutes Terrain: Hilly Road: Mainly Straight Started the day with exploring the town as I hadn’t seen it the previous day. Saw the “Crocodile Krys”, can’t imagine [...]
Day Thirty Three Of Grand Australian Ride From Mount Isa To Normanton Start: Mount Isa, Queensland Finish: Normanton, Queensland Date: 1st June 2022 Distance: 494 kms Weather: Hot Time Taken: 8 Hours 30 Minutes Terrain: Green Vegetation Road: Straight Road Started a little late as was tired from yesterday’s long ride. The road between mount Isa and Cloncurry was fantastic. [...]
Day Thirty Two Of Grand Australian Ride From Warumungu To Mount Isa Start: Warumungu, Northern Territory Finish: Mount Isa, Queensland Date: 31st May 2022 Distance: 640 kms Weather: Windy Time Taken: 11 Hours 25 Minutes Terrain: Bushy Road: Straight Road Again started the day very early around 5:45 am. Managed to capture time lapse of sunrise while riding (ultimate) - [...]
Day Thirty One Of Grand Australian Ride From Mataranka To Warumungu Start: Mataranka, Northern Territory Finish: Warumungu, Northern Territory Date: 30th May 2022 Distance: 539 kms Weather: Hot Time Taken: 8 Hours 45 Minutes Terrain: Bushy Road: Straight Road Started the day early as the ride was long. One of the rear days when I ride in darkness. First stop [...]
Day Thirty Of Grand Australian Ride From Darwin To Mataranka Start: Darwin, Northern Territory Finish: Mataranka, Northern Territory Date: 29th May 2022 Distance: 417 kms Weather: Humidity Time Taken: 6 Hours 15 Minutes Terrain: Bushy Road: Straight Road After having the rest day (day 29) at Darwin and also masti being serviced with new tyres I was totally refreshed. Finished [...]
