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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

Copyright © 2009-2012 By Mark Carrington - (contact)

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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Table of Contents

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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