Ride across Australia 2009

From the Capricorn Coast to the Top End

3,139 km (1,950 miles) over 32 days from July 27, 2009 to August 27, 2009

Topic: Bicycle Touring
Categories: Tour diaries, Folding bicycles, 1-3 months
Year: 2009

Permalink: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/mcoztour2009

Status: Completed Aug 2009
Last updated: Saturday August 29, 2009 20:51 UTC -08:00 (edited Wed 14 Jul 2010 22:34 UTC -08:00)
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Introduction: Across Australia for the 4th time

The Route: From Capricorn Coast to Arafura Sea

Preparations: A story about blazé

Week 1 ride profiles: Up and over the Great Dividing range

Week 2 ride profiles: Some big days in a short week

Week 3 ride profiles: Across the Barkly Tablelands

Week 4 ride profiles: Heading North

Counting down: Panic beginning to set in

Rockhampton: Ready to go

Rockhampton to Dingo: Onto the Capricorn Highway

Dingo to Emerald: Into Coal Country

Emerald to Alpha: Into the gemfields and over the Drummond range

Alpha to Barcaldine: Across the Divide and into Australian Labour party history

Barcaldine to Longreach: A screaming downwind run across Mitchell Grass Downs

Longreach rest day

Longreach to Winton: Onto the Lake Eyre catchment

Winton to Kynuna: Into the Outback

Kynuna to Cloncurry: Back to the hills out of the grasslands

Cloncurry to Mt Isa: Up and over the Selwyn Ranges

Mt Isa rest days: Lake Moondarrah and the rodeo

Mt Isa to Wooroona Creek: Crossing the range and back to the Outback

Woorona Creek to Bush Camp II: Onto the Barkly tablelands

Bush Camp II to Barkly Homestead: More grasslands

Barkly Homestead to Three Ways: Big hop along the Tablelands

Three Ways to Banka Banka Station: Heading north into the wind

Banka Banka Station to Elliott: Cuttings and creeks for a while - then boredom

Elliott to Daly Waters: Into Savannah Woodland of the tropics

Daly Waters rest day: Rest, rest and some whip cracking

Daly Waters to Mataranka: Last of the big days - downwind and downhill is a bonus

Mataranka to Katherine: To the country of the Jawoyn people

Katherine rest days: Springs, gorges, falls and rivers

Katherine to Pine Creek: 3 big rivers today

Pine Creek to Adelaide River: Off the plateau and onto the coastal plain

Adelaide River to Darwin: Reaching the Arafura Sea

The journey home: 3 great days touring and then a ride home

Thanks and acknowledgements

Next: Broome to Perth April 2011

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