Tuesday 19th April, 2022 98km, +128mMoving 4:06 Elapsed 6:13Max 35.8kph, Avg 23.9kph I have no idea how he talked me into starting THIS early, but it was 5:10am when we left. For reference, this is a full one-and-a-half hours before sunrise! And that whole thing about how it actually gets colder around dawn. Yeah, that. …
Category: 2022 – Indipac
Rest day – Kingston SE
Monday 18th April, 2022 A leisurely, do-nothing-much day. We rode downtown for a late breakfast at a cafe, taking a bit of a 'scenic' route via some cycle paths on the reserve around the creek. After breakfast/brunch we checked out the relocated Cape Jaffa Lighthouse, which is a decommissioned lighthouse that has been relocated to …
IP Day 27 – Policeman Point to Kingston
Sunday 17th April, 2022 92.6km, +194mMoving 3:15, Elapsed 3:58Max 43.8, Avg 28.4 Message to my sister yesterday: So so tired, just got to do one more day and I can have a day off We got away at about 6.45. I have no memory of what we had with us for breakfast-y food. [Edit: I …
IP Day 26 – Tailem Bend to Policeman Point
Saturday 16th April, 2022 104km, +336mMoving 4:04 Elapsed 7:22Max 51.7 Avg 25.6 Now that was a better average pace! 25.6 km/h! We had time today to have a civilised 'daylight breakfast' (ie. one I had a chance of eating and keeping down), so we rolled out of the motel around 7am and around the block …
IP Day 25 – Adelaide to Tailem Bend
Friday 15th April, 2022 130km, +1500m6:45 moving, 10:54 elapsedMax 64.6kph, avg 19.3 Another 6:30am start. There was a toaster and some bread provided in the room, so I thought I'd try eating something before we left for a change. The body/brain said 'ha ha, are you kidding?' and brought it all back up again. I …
IP Day 24 – Tanunda to Adelaide
Thursday 14th April, 2022 80km +60m Moving 3:44, Elapsed 7:03Avg: 21.5kph, Max 58.9kph 6.30am departure. Although it was going to be a short day, we wanted to get to Adelaide by lunch time. Williamstown, an hour in, for breakfast at a bakery. Back up the hill a bit to the public toilet. Stopped to take …
IP Day 23 – Clare to Tanunda
Wednesday 13th April, 2022 101.7km, +755mMoving 4:46, Elapsed 8:57Avg 21.3kph, Max 55 kph 6.45am start, and breakfast only 5k down the road at a bakery. Whatever I got, my only memory now is that it was underwhelming. Being in 'wine country' doesn't necessarily mean the food is any better than roadhouse fare! We were starting …
IP Day 22 – Melrose to Clare
Tuesday, April 12th, 2022 134.5km, +770mMoving 6:35 Elapsed 9:58Avg 20kph, Max 53kph We got going at 6:40 am. Only about 100k today - or so we thought. Before Indipac I had done up a comprehensive spreadsheet breaking down the distances between cities/towns etc. The whole route. It had served us well so far. We experimented …
IP Day 21 – Nuttbush Retreat to Melrose
Monday 11th April, 2022 107km +775m 5:29 moving, 8:56 elapsedAvg 19.5kph Max 51kph Our pre-dawn strategy for our west side approach to Port Augusta paid off. We rolled out of Nuttbush at about 5.25am, and it was pretty much a 13k warm-up to the junction with the Lincoln Highway. We were passed only by one …
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