| Day: | 012 |
| Date: | Friday, 7 August 2009 |
| Start: | Normanton + 50km |
| Finish: | Cloncurry |
| Daily Kilometres: | 332 |
| Total Kilometres: | |
| Podcasts: | Here |
| Journal: | At about 8pm last night, Dave passed through Normanton...and was just going to keep going to B&W Roadhouse. He was looking at just taking naps along the way, and had bought supplies to stay self sufficient and it was going to be a total of about 500km without a decent sleep. Tired, but on schedule. |
| Day: | 011 |
| Date: | Thursday, 6 August 2009 |
| Start: | Georgetown |
| Finish: | Normanton + 50km |
| Daily Kilometres: | 353 |
| Total Kilometres: | |
| Podcasts: | Here |
| Journal: | No Report. |
| Day: | 008 |
| Date: | Monday, 3 August 2009 |
| Start: | Bowen |
| Finish: | Cardwell |
| Daily Kilometres: | 362 |
| Total Kilometres: | |
| Podcasts: | n.a. |
| Journal: | Just a quick note to say I arrived in Cardwell (2402km) at 8:15pm tonight after a 362km day. Tired but OK. Tomorrow I pass through Cairns and then turn left to begin my journey across the top. Hoping to begin more regular diary updates, but have had to choose sleep over the diary in the past week as time was chewed up by mechanical problems. I’m getting four hours sleep a night so feeling a little jaded but otherwise OK. I’ve modified my route slightly tomorrow to follow Highway 1 through Cairns and Kuranda up onto the Atherton Tableland. This is slightly shorter (about 80km) than my originally intended route, but is the more obvious road to follow and still takes me on a longer route than that used by Erik when he set the current record. Time for bed! |
| Day: | 007 |
| Date: | Sunday, 2 August 2009 |
| Start: | Mackay |
| Finish: | Bowen |
| Daily Kilometres: | 188 |
| Total Kilometres: | |
| Podcasts: | n.a. |
| Journal: | Dave arrived in Bowen, about 2040km completed. More dramas with the bike (the first being a snapped gear cable, then a bearing went in the rear wheel, requiring a wheel replacement), and now the latest being a ruptured tyre wall requiring changing in Sarina last night. No motel rooms free either, so after changing the tyre and tube, he had to continue on to Mackay, where he didn't end up getting to bed until about 11pm. It was a fast 35km from Sarina to Mackay, but a few party revellers on the road yelling out to him along the way during the night. So a later start today, at 5am, and reduced mileage will see him about half a day behind schedule. Voice recorder has also failed, so a few podcasts were thought to have been made...but were sadly not recorded. Dave will possibly stop in Cairns for a new one. |
| Day: | 006 |
| Date: | Saturday, 1 August 2009 |
| Start: | Rockhampton |
| Finish: | Mackay |
| Daily Kilometres: | 335 |
| Total Kilometres: | |
| Podcasts: | n.a. |
| Journal: | No report |
