Day 27 – Termites, and a lot of these!Day 27 – Obvious signDay 27 – the Stocklick capital of Australia, according to them!Day 23 – looking at the Bowling Green Bay National parkDay 23 – Burdekin has a bridgeDay 22 – the Big Mango in BowenDay 22 – wee stopDay 22 – More of those horizons past Euri CreekDay 22 – backroads in StrathdickieDay 22 – rain in ProserpineDay 22 – Bogan apparelDay 22 – Whitsundays!Day 22 – O’Connell RiverDay 22 – O’Connell River from the other sideDay 25 – quick wee stop past BluewaterDay 25 – Cardwell, the Barrier ReefDay 25 – Paluma Range National ParkDay 25 – Hills! I am coming!Day 26 – on the way past CardwellDay 26 – backroadingDay 26 – Cassowaries crossing in Djarawong (nice!)Day 26 – Ondulations on the back roadsDay 26 – Banana plantation close to MaadiDay 26 – The left turn! Past MoresbyDay 26 – there it is!Day 26 – bananas on South Johnstone RoadDay 26 – quick wee stop before the crazy climbing startsDay 27 – Morning in Millaa MillaaDay 27 – Gravel routing!Day 27 – Outback towards EvelynDay 27 – Wind farming close to RavenshoeDay 27 – dirt!Day 27 – washingDay 27 – the campDay 28 – SunriseDay 28 – Cow on road!Day 28 – Mt SurpriseDy 28 – Car-eating cowsDay 28 – Dirt! After Mt SurpriseDay 28 – Wandering cowsDay 28 – Single lane and dirtDay 28 – Einasleigh RiverDay 28 – Einasleigh RiverDay 28 – Best descent!Day 28 – Mars landscapeDay 28 – The Gulf Developmental RoadDay 28 – HappyDay 28 – Red roadDay 28 – More Mars, with scattered trees
Third week
Day 21 – parked in a cane fieldDay 21 – gravel!Day 21 – Closing into BloomsburyDay 21 – fields outside MackayDay 21 – Doyles Road near Mackay (nice!)Day 21 – Pioneer RiverDay 21 – Rainbow on the Bruce HwyDay 21 – Rainbows and fieldsDay 20 – Sarina, the cane toad statue (Baffy)Day 19 – Past Mount Christian. I love these horizonsDay 19 – Scorched earth before West HillDay 19 – Past Carmila horizonDay 19 – Quick bush stopDay 18 – reading the signsDay 18 – Turn here for MarlboroughDay 18 – the road is open (close to the Kunwarra Mine)Day 18 – getting readyDay 18 – waterDay 18 – crocs!Day 18 – our campDay 17 – Gavial Creek, close to the Capricorn (old) markersDay 17 – Black velvet section next to BajoolDay 17 – Close to My Larcom, dry countryDay 17 – On the other side of the Calliope RiverDay 17 – the Calliope riverDay 17 – Horizon over South TreesDay 17 – the morning skyDay 16 – Quick stop as I am feeling cooked already, before Miriam ValeDay 16 – Doing it right!Day 16 – Road going up!Day 16 – Dry country around LowmeadDay 15 – rest stopDay 15 – the dirt road towards the campDay 15 – the Kolan RiverDay 15 – bridge over the Kolan RiverDay 15 – the ISIS Golf Club
Second week
Day 14 – new socks with crayfish!Day 14 – the trees, which will be chopped downDay 14 – a mini break in the Tuan ForestDay 14 – me looking like I have just landedDay 14 – the Toolara forestDay 14 – a nice track in the Toolara ForestDay 12 – Cows! On the Old Bruce HwyDay 12 – Some lookout near NambourDay 12 – LandsboroughDay 12 – The ondulations of Beerburrum RoadDay 11 – of course I get lost when the roads look like this!Day 11 – A quick snap over the Brisbane River from the Goodwill BridgeDay 11 – Veloway into Brisbane. Like a bike hwy!Day 11 – part of the VelowayDay 10 – close to KingcliffDay 10 – Single track for about 5kmDay 10 – bike path FTW!Day 10 – the Gold Coast approachingDay 10 – the Gold Coast from 50km awayDay 10 – oceanDay 9 – Tuckean Broadwater and Richmond River meetupDay 9 – same church, prettyDay 9 – a church past BroawaterDay 9 – the sugare cane mill from a distanceDay 9 – the sugar cane mill in the Broadwater national park (!)Day 9 – sugarcanes past WoodburnDay 9 – the Lighthouse Beach lookoutDay 9 – the beach in BallinaDay 9 – Shaws BayDay 9 – the Big PrawnDay 9 – on the ferry in Burns Point, across the Richmond RiverDay 9 – Waiting for the ferryDay 8 – Country around GraftonDay 8 – No cars!Day 8 – Up the hills looking into Coffs HarbourDay 8 – the Clarence. Rowable!Day 8 – Straya!Day 7 – RowableDay 7 – Magpies!Day 7 – A gravel section. Very nice.Day 7 – Cycleway going into Coffs. Very civilised.Day 7 – More of what I had in mind
First week
Day 1 – the bikeDay 6 – maintenanceDay 5 – dirt!Day 5 – More dirtDay 5 – the Big Axe in KewDay 5 – cold pizza stopDay 5 – Kew, so I remember where I wasDay 5 – the Manning river from the old bridgeDay 4 – The long shadowsDay 4 – On ze beachDay 4 – Riding on the dirt with ChristineDay 4 – screwed upDay 3 – A quick stop, nice trailDay 3 – the Fernleigh Track, nice!Day 3 – that distant look….Riding tired? Take a break!Me on ze bridgeThe Hawkesbury River BridgeDay 1 – trying to stay on the bike pathDay 1 – Getting out of the beaten pathDay 1 – some stretch of road
