Wednesday 6th September, 2023 64.9km +885mMoving 3:44/ Total 7:28 I had sussed out several different route options for this next section (heatmap, streetview, elevation, roadsurface, etc) and eventually settled on this one, mainly because it took us via Federal where we could get food/coffee. And I wasn't that keen on the traffic on the coast …
Day 2 – Maclean to Ballina
Tuesday 5th September 105km +411mMoving 4:54 Total 8:12 We headed east out of Maclean along the river. Only 6km to the bridge - a right turn and then loop to go over the old Harwood bridge (jumping onto the shared path on the left as you take the immediate left out of the roundabout.) Breakfast …
Day 1 – Sandy Beach to Maclean
Monday 4th September, 2023 109km +703mMoving 4:58 Total 7:55 We were a bit disorganised, but got away just after 7.30. We actually even had a farewell party (of one), with IPWR Adelaidean dot-watcher, Kay, having stayed with us the night before! Kay is an Indipac dotwatcher legend, having hosted or guided many Indipac-ers in Adelaide. …
2023 Sandy-Brisbane return
Better late than never. For our own records, but also as a potential resource for other bicycle tourers/travellers, the following posts are (will be) a write-up of our two-week return tour to Brisbane in September 2023. It had been over a year since we finished Indipac, so it was well and truly time to dust …
Safety gear
[I've had this sitting in draft for months, so I'll publish as is, and maybe come back to edit later with anything else that comes to mind. It was drafted with Indipac top of mind, but most of it (bar the UHF radio) applies to all touring, and for that matter, pretty much any road …
Indipac gear list
Quite often in the IPWR Dotwatcher FB group, as people consider giving Indipac a crack themselves, there are questions about the gear choices of riders. While we were clearly not travelling as lightweight as many Indipac participants do, and packing for two on a tandem is a whole different scenario, here's our contribution to the …
IPWR 2022 – Postscript
Coogee Beach NSW, overlooking the Pacific Ocean, and in that neat bit of symmetry after having lunched at Coogee Beach, WA, on the Indian Ocean two days before we set off. We did consider doing the wheel dip here, but we really couldn't be stuffed unpacking the car, untying the bike, and getting it down …
IP Day 51 – Sylvania to the Opera House
Sunday 15th May, 2022 65.4km +616mMoving 3:23 Elapsed 6:01Max 51 kph Avg 19.3 kph We left the motel at 8.25; Malcolm and Roger met us only a few hundred metres down the road! They had each had a pretty early start from their respective homes to get all this way already! We pulled up at …
IP Day 50 – Moss Vale to Sylvania
Saturday 14th May, 2022 161km +1904mMoving 7:56 Elapsed 12:23Max 60.1 kph Avg 20.3 kph I guess the big day ahead was making me a bit anxious. While I had well and truly given up trying to eat before sunrise, I had been managing to at least drink a cup of coffee (and by then I …
Tandem Tours 