Friday 29th April, 2022 121.4 km +1558mMoving 5:46, Elapsed 9:21Max 59.6 kph , Avg 21 kph We tippy-toed around in the dark preparing to leave. James got up to see us off, and we at least remembered to get a photo with him before we left - we forgot last night!We said our farewells and …
Category: 2022 – Indipac
IP Day 35 – Melbourne to Yarra Junction
Thursday 28th April, 2022 103 km , +1405mMoving 5:34, Elapsed 10:41 *Max 58.7 kph, Avg 18.5 kph* including 1.5 hours just hanging in Yarra Junction before riding the 1.2km to our DW hosts at 5pm. We got going in the dark - 6.10am. Sunrise wasn't until about 7am. It was a good time to get …
Rest days in Melbourne
Tuesday 26th April, 2022 Sleep in time. We figured we'd chill until 10am checkout, then head out for a late breakfast, and to a bike store just a bit north, before heading into the CBD. I wasn't going to last that long without coffee and some kind of breakfast entree, so, as you do in …
IP Day 34 – Aireys Inlet to Melbourne
Monday 25th April, 2022 146 km, +950mElapsed 10:23 Moving 7:11Max 60 kph, Avg 20 We got away at 6:15 - in the dark. A big hop (for us) into Melbourne today, and it would be good to get the last bit of the GOR done before the traffic got going. We got through Anglesea before …
IP Day 33 – Lavers Hill to Aireys Inlet
Sunday 24th April, 2022 110 km, +1215mMoving 5:17 Elapsed 8:33Max 58.6 kph Avg 21 kph A little bit slower to get away this morning - a 7am start. 15km to the coast again, and mostly downhill albeit with one or two little uphill pinches. The ocean glimpse was a tease though... we were promptly heading …
IP Day 32 – Warrnambool to Lavers Hill
Saturday 23rd April, 2022 119km +1211mMoving 6:19, Elapsed 9:27Max 58 kph, Avg 18.8 kph We got away at 6.15. It might have been a reasonable temperature of around 15 degrees when we left the motel, but it dropped to about 3 degrees ('feels like 2.3'!) within about 10km as we made our way over the …
IP Day 31 – Portland to Warrnambool
Friday 22nd April, 2022 102km +375mMoving 4:50 Elapsed 7:24Max 49.7 kph Avg 21 kph 6.30am start again, but with the time zone change (yet still being very west), sunrise wasn't until just after 7am. So we packed up and rolled out, as quietly as we could, in the dark.We found our way through town and …
IP Day 30 – Mount Gambier to Portland
Thursday 21st April, 2022 123k +646mMoving 5:34 Elapsed 7:41Max 51 kph, Avg 22 kph We got away at 6.30 again. Seems to be our go-to compromise time. From my point of view, while I can't eat, I'm at least not too nauseous and can keep down a slowly sipped cup of tea or coffee. When …
IP Day 29 – Beachport to Mount Gambier
Wednesday 20th April, 2022 85km +305m6:47 elapsed (but actually 4:43 arriving in Mount G) 3:29 movingMax 48.8 kph, Avg 24.5 kph 6:30 departure. Don from Rendelsham (aka the cycling dotwatcher who gave us too much of a headstart yesterday!) picked us up somewhere along the stretch to Rendelsham. We stopped briefly in Rendelsham itself for …
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