Archive | March, 2012

A Bumper Bike Adventure Challenge

I’m a bit impulsive. I suffer with a runaway gob and sometimes I agree to challenges or just dive in without thinking them through. Metaphorically speaking, I like to push myself to the edge. Occasionally I throw caution to the wind and jump off it. Paul is the pragmatic planner who thinks about the soft landing [...]

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Why Darwin’s got the X-Factor

Top End tourist enjoying the bloke factor – Image by neilspicys While the Sydney and Melbourne continue a self-proclaimed  tug-of-war for Australia’s best city award, Darwin freewheels into Lonely Planet’s world top ten for “X-Factor”. We arrived in Darwin after spending a couple of months exploring Australia’s remote northwest and the Northern Territory in a cramped camper [...]

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Cycling for Slackers in Tasmania

We couldn’t understand why our bikes were stopping on a steep decline. Had the brakes developed a mind of their own?  Was the earth’s gravitational force shifting?  Maybe we were being sucked into another time through an invisible wormhole? Time to put our imaginations away. We were being introduced to the ‘calmer’ East Coast wind with a [...]

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My Buff Moment: Let the Adventure Begin

I often wonder what made me long to wander, and more specifically, the moment I decided to stop dreaming, face my fears and just do it. I remember, even way before I set a foot or a wheel on a trail, I would glaze over at the mere mention of handbags. But backpacks? They intrigued [...]

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