A collection of long distance ride reports by Melvyn Yap
March 22nd, 2011 Canberra Distance: 0km Total distance: 416km Today’s weather report says sunny with chances of shower. Initially I wanted to visit the city again and also the parliament but decided to rest at home to manage my photos and update my blog. I continued monitoring the flood conditions, found out that few places […]
Continue ReadingMarch 23rd, 2011 Canberra to Yass Distance: 96km Total distance: 512km Woke up early this morning only to find that there are now more areas of Victoria and Gippsland in particular, that are affected by the flood. After a lot of thinking, with the aid of Google Map and Camps 6, I made a last […]
Continue ReadingMarch 24th, 2011 Yass to Wee Jasper Distance: 63km Total distance: 575km Woke up at about 7.30am but it was raining, so I sat in the tent for a good 30 mins deciding whether I should stay for another night at Yass or leave for Wee Jasper. There isn’t much to do in Yass if […]
Continue ReadingMarch 25th, 2011 Wee Jasper to Tumut Distance: 72km Total distance: 647km Had a good sleep last night but was rudely awoken by the 100-decibel sound of cockatoos squawking. Saw the park ranger in charge of the campsite and made the camp fee payment. We spoke a bit about the road conditions to Tumut. The […]
Continue ReadingMarch 26th, 2011 Tumut to Batlow Distance: 35km Total distance: 682km Okay, so today was meant to be a semi-rest day. My sore muscles had gone from bad to worse since Wee Jasper. I was tempted to take a full rest-day but I thought I should do shorter distance for a day instead that would […]
Continue ReadingMarch 27th, 2011 Batlow Distance: 6km Total distance: 688km Woke up at 6am by a crowing rooster but went back to bed shortly after and slept through until 10am. The rooster was still crowing, what the heck? Last night was the coldest night so far, makes me feel nervous about my early winter ride across […]
Continue ReadingMarch 28th, 2011 Batlow to Jingellic Distance: 88km Total distance: 776km Today is a Monday and this means most of the campers leave for work on the apple farms. I waited for the campers to drive out their cars before leaving. Going out of the city was a sluggish ride, the first 4km was all […]
Continue ReadingMarch 29th, 2011 Jingellic to Albury Distance: 114km Total distance: 890km Woke up to a morning fog all over the campsite. I have been wanting to start my day early, preferably before sunrise, but the past few mornings including today were freezing cold. As usual, I ended up having a bit of sleep in. While […]
Continue ReadingMarch 30th, 2011 Albury to Glenrowan Distance: 119km Total distance: 1009km Last night I didn’t have a good sleep at all. Woke up several times due to noise coming from people chatting and laughing outside the building. Worse, my dodgy roommate murmurs every now and then, not sure if he’s sleep talking or talking to […]
Continue ReadingMarch 31st, 2011 Glenrowan to Seymour Distance: 136km Total distance: 1145km I had one of the best sleep last night. Felt so energetic and refreshed! It was very cold outside so I took my time getting ready in the motel and left only at 8am. I entered the Hume Freeway within the first 2km of […]
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