Breaking the Cycle Across Australia #19: Mount Augustus to Steep Point
Days: 94-100Dates: 13th – 19th SeptemberDistance: 732 kmTotal Distance 2023: 7089 kmTotal Distance (2021 + 2023): 8617 kmTracking map by ZeroSixZero: https://z6z.co/breaking-the-cycle-australia/ My apologies for taking so long to publish the final two blogs – here’s the first one. Having just completed an intense week of cycling to cover the 731km from Newman to Mount […]
Breaking the Cycle Across Australia #18: Off the map
Days: 86-93Dates: 5th – 12th SeptemberNewman to Mount AugustusDistance: 731 kmTotal Distance 2023: 6357 kmTotal Distance (2021 + 2023): 7885 km Originally I had planned two days off in Newman but because we lost three weeks with the vehicle breakdown earlier in the expedition, I’d had to trim the extra contingency days from my schedule […]
Breaking the Cycle Across Australia #17: Jigalong and the Rabbit-Proof Fence (Part II)
Days: 81-85Dates: 30th August – 3rd SeptemberKumarina to JigalongDistance: 388kmTotal Distance 2023: 5626kmTotal Distance (2021 + 2023): 7154km DAYS 81, 82 | 220 KM (113 KM, 107 KM) From Kumarina Roadhouse it was 220km to Jigalong. I first took the Great Northern Highway heading north for 50km before turning off on to the Jigalong Mission […]
Breaking the Cycle Across Australia #16: The Rabbit-Proof Fence – Part I
Days: 78-80Dates: 27th – 29th AugustCunyu Station to KumarinaDistance: 222 kmTotal Distance 2023: 5238 km DAY 77 (DAY 1 ON THE RABBIT-PROOF FENCE) | 88 KM It was great to have a bed for the night at Cunyu Station, a pastoral lease of around one million acres with a carrying capacity of 2800 cattle. That […]
Breaking the Cycle Across Australia #15: On the Trail of “The Glassy Goanna” – Part II
Days: 74-77Dates: 23rd – 26th AugustWiluna to Cunyu StationDistance: 193kmTotal Distance 2023: 5017kmTotal Distance (2021 + 2023): 6544km During my Great Australian Cycle Expedition in 2004, I stopped for a couple of day’s rest in Wiluna in between finishing riding the Gunbarrel Highway and starting the Canning Stock Route. The owner of Wiluna’s Club Hotel […]
Breaking the Cycle Across Australia #14: On the trail of “The Glassy Goanna” – Part I
Days: 70-72 Dates: 19th – 21st AugustLeonora to WilunaDistance: 310 kmTotal Distance 2023: 4824 kmTotal Distance (2021 + 2023): 6352 km In Leonora I was ready for a rest day. It signified the end of the one section and the start of another. With a present-day population of around 1800, Leonora is one of the larger towns […]
Breaking the Cycle Across Australia #13: Tjuntjuntjara to Leonora via Plumridge Lakes Nature Reserve
Days 63-69Dates: 12th – 18th AugustDistance: 684 kmTotal Distance 2023: 4514 kmTotal Distance (2021 + 2023): 6042 km Tracking map: https://z6z.co/breaking-the-cycle-australia/ From Tjuntjuntjara the aim was to reach Laverton and Leonora in the northern goldfields (Western Australia). The route taken isn’t a usual one for drivers and there were a lot of unknowns regarding the terrain and state of […]
Breaking the Cycle Across Australia #12: Tjuntjuntjara and the Spinifex People
Days 61-62Dates: 10th – 11th AugustTjuntjuntjaraTotal Distance 2023: 3830kmTotal Distance (2021 + 2023): 5358km Tracking map: https://z6z.co/breaking-the-cycle-australia/ (access the tracking map for the 2021/23 journey) While organising this expedition I learned about the Spinifex people, or Anangu, whose homeland is in the Great Victoria Desert. These people were displaced following nuclear weapons testing (Emu and Maralinga) and […]
