Well what can I say about completing my first 1000km bikepacking event (furthest that I have ridden in a single event so far) but what an adventure. This inaugural ride had a good mix of elevation and flat, with hot days in the north and cool nights in the ranges. Read more…
Cold, raining and a bit of hail thrown in, made for a fun weekend of tackling some grade 2 and 3 rapids, along 12km of the Goodradigbee River, around 30mins drive from Tumut. I remember being in this area when I was young and in scouts, walking the Hume & Read more…
Hope you like “bikes leaning against things” photos. 29-30 March 2021: Bit of a tour around some of the mid central of Victoria. Day one was following the GDT Castlemaine to Ballarat, which was mainly on singletrack and sometimes difficult to find the correct track. 253km 3,900m elevation gain, averaged Read more…
22 May 2021: Great 10km paddle on the Cotter River, Casuarina Sands to Uriarra Crossing section, just south of Canberra, ACT, Australia. A couple of grade 2 rapids but mostly grade 1 or swift water.
24 April 2021: Rafted the 9km Warri Bridge to Larbert section of the Shoalhaven River, New South Wales, Australia. A few grade 2 rapids, had to portage a couple of times through thick vegetation, took 3.5 hours #dayforit
Is great to be finally traveling by plane to somewhere. I haven’t flown since July 2019. Made sure my cardboard bike box got on board though. For some reason or other my Garmin didn’t record the final 50km of the 2021 650km Brisdivide that started and finished at Mt Coot-tha Read more…
2021 Cloudride Prologue 500km bikepacking event done. Beat my time from last year (difficult to judge though as the route changes every year), hit my daily goals, had no mechanical or tyre problems and didn’t fall off the bike. Great event and am getting better and more knowledgeable every year. Read more…
Packrafted some of the upper Eucumbene River today, from Black Walters Creek bridge to Four Mile Creek track (just off the Snowy Mountain Highway). 8 km in total. The river was quite low and had to portage a few times. Was a slow hard slog and took 3.5 hours but Read more…
I met Dante in Queanbeyan to start the ride at 6:30am to Moruya. This ride was 85% dirt road and 15% bitumen. The ride was very pleasant and sunny along Captains Flat until we’ve reached Coxes Creek which was the highest point for this ride at 1,100m. It was cold Read more…
2020, 500km Monaro Cloudride Prologue The 500km Monaro Cloudride Prologue is an annual bikepacking event held in Canberra, Australia over the Canberra day long weekend, in early March. This event is designed to be a pre-curser to the 1000km version or for people just getting into self-supported long distance bikepacking. Read more…
The following are taken from my Jet setting Josh Facebook page and personal Facebook page, of all the other running and athletic events I have compled 23 Sep 2018 – Gallipoli Reach, Lake Burley Griffin And we’re done for another year. 10 km #CanberraTimesFunRun 🏃♂️ in 48 min 32 sec. Time to Read more…