A collection of long distance ride reports by Melvyn Yap
On my first morning in Ceduna, I had a swollen lower lip! This lasted for the entire 3 days I stayed in Ceduna. Don’t know what caused it, but it just went away by itself so it’s all good. I also had moderately sore legs, I guess this was the effect of pushing myself too […]
Continue ReadingMay 16th, 2011 Poochera to Ceduna Distance: 146km Total distance: 3378km Today is another big day, though not as big as yesterday! I must ride 140km if I wish to get to Ceduna, and hence to finish riding Leg 3. I had a feeling that my body would not be able to match the speed […]
Continue ReadingMay 15th, 2011 Kimba to Poochera Distance: 183km Total distance: 3232km What’s with these small towns and their dogs, the dogs here seems to be barking so frequently all day and all night. I don’t blame the dogs but the irresponsible owners who god knows what they did to their dogs. Anyway, before I doze […]
Continue ReadingMay 14th, 2011 Iron Knob to Kimba Distance: 98km Total distance: 3049km Last night I slept well, except once I woke up and checked my tent for mice because I thought I felt it running on my sleeping bag. Turns out it was just outside the tent. Phew! I’m starting to get used to spending […]
Continue ReadingMay 13th, 2011 Port Augusta to Iron Knob Distance: 72km Total distance: 2951km The morning saw me riding into the Eyre Highway when I left Port Augusta, and I shall be riding on this highway for the next 1700km until the end of Leg 4, finishing at Norseman. Moments before entering the highway, I saw […]
Continue ReadingMay 12th, 2011 Melrose to Port Augusta Distance: 69km Total distance: 2879km Last night was pretty rough, if it’s not because I put all my bags in my tent, my tent would be blown away. As you can imagine, I had a hard time sleeping, the wind somehow manage to find its way into my […]
Continue ReadingMay 11th, 2011 Clare to Melrose Distance: 140km Total distance: 2810km Not going to have a rest day afterall and I’m glad I didn’t, as I had a couple of interesting encounters on the road. Woke up to a sky full of rain clouds. After a brief chat with Scott, a neighbour camper who invited […]
Continue ReadingMay 10th, 2011 Riverton to Clare Distance: 55km Total distance: 2670km A mouse spent the entire night resting between the floor of my tent and the lawn. What the heck? I only discovered this in the morning when I try to locate the source of the scratching sound. Saw something moving underneath the my tent […]
Continue ReadingMay 9th, 2011 Adelaide to Riverton Distance: 112km Total distance: 2615km Didn’t get much sleep last night, but at least manage to sleep for about 4 hours. Better than my other pre-tour nights! Started pedaling at about 6.40am after saying goodbye to MK. Riding out of Adelaide wasn’t as bad as I thought. For most […]
Continue ReadingMay 8th, 2011 Adelaide Distance: 33km Total distance: 2503km My supposedly 5 rest days becomes 6 when I found out yesterday that there’s gonna be showers later today. Although the sky was cloudy, there was no shower at all today. Sigh. Well, I miss my weekend to exit Adelaide, this means tomorrow I must ride […]
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