A collection of long distance ride reports by Melvyn Yap
March 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 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 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 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 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 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 21st, 2011 Canberra Distance: 6km Total distance: 416km After 5 days and 400km of riding, the most sensible thing to do is to take a day off from riding. I did however ride a little to the Flying Furniture recumbent shop to get my brake repaired. Met up with the shop owner Ian and […]
Continue ReadingMarch 20th, 2011 Goulburn to Canberra Distance: 113km Total distance: 410km Today will be my longest ride so far for this tour so I started my journey early at 7am. The morning sees me packing my tent in the rain. Took me a whole 2 hours to get ready, from waking up to my first […]
Continue ReadingMarch 19th, 2011 Robertson to Goulburn Distance: 107km Total distance: 297km I had a very good sleep last night. Certainly made a difference sleeping on a proper bed, and with a constant temperature of 26 degrees. Since I didn’t have to pack up my camping gears, I get to leave early at about 6.15am. I […]
Continue ReadingMarch 18th, 2011 Shellharbour to Robertson Distance: 40km Total distance: 190km My day started at 9am due to my unsuccessful attempt of waking up earlier because of the rain. I tend to get unmotivated to start my ride when it’s raining. Consequently I started my journey at 10.15am, very late indeed. As I was checking […]
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