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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: From Tjuntjuntjara the aim was to reach Laverton and Leonora in the northern goldfields (Western Australia). The route taken isn’t a usual one…
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…
Breaking the Cycle Across Australia #11: Anne Beadell Highway – part 2
Days 55-60Dates: 4th – 9th AugustVokes Hill Corner to TjuntjuntjaraDistance – 573kmTotal Distance 2023: 3830kmTotal Distance 2021, 2023 – 5358km DAY 55 | TO VOKES HILL CORNER | 91.5 KM I seemed to recover pretty well from the overheating incident…
Breaking the Cycle Across Australia #10: William Creek to Dalhousie Springs and the Painted Desert
Dates: 23rd – 28th JulyDistance – 401 kmTotal Distance 2023: 2896 kmTotal distance (2021/23) – 4424 km On hearing the news that the delay was going to be extended for most likely another six days, while the correct vehicle part…
Breaking the Cycle Across Australia #9: Coober Pedy
Dates: 12th July – 22nd JulyThe Breakaways – 10km (cycling)Total distance: 2496km On my original plan, Coober Pedy was meant to be a pit stop with a maximum of three days off to rest and prepare for the next stage.…
Breaking the Cycle Across Australia #8: The opal fields and the country in between – Part 2
Dates: 5th July – 12th JulyWoomera to Coober Pedy: 575 kmTotal distance: 2486 km I divided this blog into two parts because it is bookended by visits to two renowned opal mining towns – but there was too much information…
Breaking the Cycle Across Australia #7: Opal fields and the country in between – Part 1
Dates: 5th July – 11th JulyWoomera to Coober Pedy: 575kmTotal distance: 2486km In Woomera we had to make a decision about which route I should ride to Coober Pedy – continue straight up the busy Stuart Highway for another 365km…
Breaking the Cycle Across Australia #6: Following the Ghan Railways (Old and New)
Dates: 28th June – 3rd JulyMarree – Port Augusta – Woomera: 575kmTotal distance: 1961km DAY 18 – Marree to Lyndhurst – 83km It rained solidly the whole time we were in Marree and with no chance of the Oodnadatta Track…