Saturday morning, up around 5 am: not much for brekkie (a few dry biscuits and a tea), but it does the job to get going. Meet-up in the village for a 6 am start (not easy finding the exact spot in the middle of the night!). There are five of us: Pete (the organiser) heading […]

Easter in Australia means a four-day long weekend — so you’ve got to find something to keep yourself busy! Perfect timing, because there’s a whole series of BRMs (300, 400, 600, 1000 and 1200) starting out of Holbrook (about a three-hour drive from Canberra). Ibi’s keen for the 600, and that settles it — I’m […]

Day 1 I was only lightly asleep when my alarm sounded at 2.15am. I’d given myself 45minutes to pack my room and be ready for the 3am start, I was still on Australia time (3hrs in front) so this felt easy. The first checkpoint lurked a polite 45 kilometers down the road, and a small […]

𝚂𝚑𝚊𝚢𝚗𝚎’𝚜 200𝚔𝚖 𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒏 𝑹𝒂𝒎𝒃𝒍𝒆 (2898𝚖) 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚗 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚘𝚕 12℃ 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚞𝚙 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙵𝚕𝚊𝚐𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚏𝚏 𝚋𝚒𝚔𝚎𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚌𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚋. 𝙼𝚊𝚝𝚝 𝙱𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚂𝚌𝚘𝚝𝚝 𝙼𝚌𝙲𝚊𝚗𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 100 𝚔𝚖 𝚌𝚒𝚛𝚌𝚞𝚒𝚝. 𝙼𝚊𝚝𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚏 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚂𝚌𝚘𝚝𝚝 𝚊𝚝 𝑀𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑠. 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚂𝚑𝚊𝚢𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚢𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚒𝚗 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜, 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕 𝚖𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚐𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚢 𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚞𝚍𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚢, 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝐶𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑛 𝑅𝑜𝑎𝑑 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎. 𝐻𝑎𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑦 𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑑 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚕 𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚞𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚋𝚒𝚐 𝚜𝚔𝚢 𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠𝚜 𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚞𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝑆𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐺𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑘. 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚕 𝚠𝚊𝚜 1.20𝚔𝚖 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚔, 𝚞𝚗𝚜𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚍 𝚋𝚒𝚔𝚎𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚞𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚗 𝙻𝚘𝚏𝚝𝚢 𝚁𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎, 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚗𝚒𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚜 𝑆𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑏𝑦𝑛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝐶𝑜𝑜𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝚋𝚎𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚍. 𝙰𝚜 𝚠𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚏𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚌𝚔𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝑽𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝑯𝒂𝒓𝒃𝒐𝒓, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚗 𝚏𝚕𝚊𝚝 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚖𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚐𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚢. 𝙸𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚘𝚘𝚗 30℃ 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚝, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚛𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚝𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜, 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚠 𝚏𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚍𝚜, 𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚍𝚜, 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚕 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝 𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 65𝚔𝚖. 𝚂𝚑𝚊𝚢𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚢𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚙𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚂𝚑𝚊𝚢𝚗𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚞𝚜 𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚜. 𝙼𝚢 𝚖𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚗𝚘 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚜 & 𝙸 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚟𝚎𝚕 𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚐𝚕𝚒𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚗𝚢 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚜! 𝐽𝑎𝑚𝑒’𝑠 𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 ‘𝚋𝚕𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚍’ 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚍. 𝙸𝚝 𝚗𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚜, 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚙 𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚞𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚝’𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚢 𝚑𝚒𝚐𝚑 𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝 𝚊𝚝 410𝚖 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚍𝚊𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝙸𝚝’𝚜 𝚐𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚠 𝚞𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍. 𝙼𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙵𝚕𝚎𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚞 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚕 𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚍𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚍. 𝙴𝚡𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝑆𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐺𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝚌𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚍𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝚊 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚕 𝚋𝚒𝚔𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚌𝚔𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝 𝚊𝚝 𝑀𝑦𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑎 𝚜𝚙𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚞𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍. 𝚆𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑃𝑖𝑐𝑛𝑖𝑐 𝐵𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 5′ 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚕 𝚒𝚝𝚜 4𝚙𝚖 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝙵𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝙱𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚛’𝚜 𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚍, 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚞𝚖𝚙𝚢 𝚌𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚋 𝚘𝚏 𝑊𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑘. 𝚆𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚏𝚒𝚎𝚕𝚍 𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚜 6% 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 1.4𝚔𝚖, 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 15%. 𝙰𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚝’𝚜 𝚎𝚍𝚐𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚋𝚘𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚜, 𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚜. 𝙸𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 ‘𝚌𝚘𝚜𝚢’ 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝 𝚊𝚝 385𝚖 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠𝚜 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚊 𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚙𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝. 𝙱𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚋 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑. 𝙵𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚛 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝐶𝑜𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑇𝑜 𝑉𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠 𝚋𝚒𝚔𝚎𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚘𝚘𝚕. 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚐𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚞𝚙𝚘𝚗 𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚊𝚍𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎. 𝚆𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚌𝚔𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝 𝚎𝚡𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚞𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚝, 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙰𝚞𝚍𝚊𝚡 𝙲𝚞𝚝𝚘𝚏𝚏 𝚃𝚒𝚖𝚎. O͟V͟E͟R͟V͟I͟E͟W͟: • 200𝚔𝚖 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 2898𝚖 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒𝚗𝚐. • 16 𝚌𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 16.90% 𝚖𝚊𝚡𝚒𝚖𝚞𝚖 𝚙𝚒𝚝𝚌𝚑. 𝙰𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚙𝚒𝚝𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚏 7.4% 𝚊𝚝 𝙱𝚞𝚕𝚕 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚔 𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚍. • 11:29ʰʳˢ 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚝 19.10 𝚔𝚖𝚑. 𝙲𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 6:56𝚑𝚛𝚜 • 𝙰𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚒𝚝 𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚊𝚝 40. 𝙴𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚕.

BRM1000 Murrumbidgee Meander Saturday 14 February, 5am – off I set for the 1000km BRM organised by Pete Heal, “Murrumbidgee Meander.” Heading towards Yass along a road I know well, with a coffee stop at Kaffeine around 8:30am (I really should get myself a loyalty card!). After that, the road was less familiar (I came […]

The 2026 Audax Alpine Classic  The Audax Alpine Classic isn’t just one of Australia’s toughest rides, it’s also one of the best! While the original 200km course and 4,200m of climbing takes you through the most spectacular Alpine climbs, what makes this ride truly special is the camaraderie and Audax spirit that comes with it. […]

Please, grab some peanuts, seeds, popcorn, and some bickies… brew yourself a coffee or a cuppa, and join me on an epic cycling marathon across Australia.  G’day everyone, warm greetings to you all from Croatia! To date, I have cycled across the Australian continent four times in different directions. The most recent time was on […]

First of all a massive thanks to Matt Powell and the team of volunteers at the check points. ❤️🙏. About 45-50 people I think signed on over the 4 distances with a big group for the 320 and the 150 starting at 6.00am from Toogoolowah, great starting point I think as you get the big […]

The Big Fish 100km gravel ride out of Caboolture on 21st September was my first ride with the club. An incredible gravel route which was well organsied by friendly folk. I couldnt have asked for a better introductio. I signed up for a years membership later that day. Thanks for putting on such interesting challenging […]

I took part in the Big Fish 100 organised by Audax Queensland, a 100 km mixed-terrain ride with over 60% gravel and 1,000 m of climbing. Starting and finishing at Big Fish Junction in Caboolture, the course featured everything from smooth champagne gravel to sandy stretches and a short hike-a-bike section, plus a fun bit of singletrack near Beerburrum. With great stops at Woodford, Glass House Mountains Lookout, and Beerburrum, it was a well-rounded ride on a scenic and varied course—big thanks to Joel K for organising.

This past weekend I took on the 200km Dirty Boonah ride with Audax Queensland, a challenging ride with over 4000 metres of climbing, quiet country roads, and spectacular scenery. From river crossings and mountain backdrops to the camaraderie at the Dugandan Hotel, it was a ride full of challenge and reward. Dirty Boonah is easily my favourite gravel event of the year.

Saturday 16th August was Castlemania Road Rides 100 & 150. There were 6 doing the 100 & 4 doing the 150, I rode the 150k. Sensible 8am start, the sun was shining thank goodness as it was a little cold & the roads were wet early on. Straight out of the blocks the 2 groups […]