A collection of long distance ride reports by Melvyn Yap
May 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 […]
Continue ReadingMay 2nd, 2011 Strathalbyn to Adelaide Distance: 72km Total distance: 2470km Only 70km to ride today but I have a feeling it’ll take a long time. Adelaide Hills will be the reason why. But on the bright side, the weather this morning looks promising. Looked like the rain has stopped for good. The road out […]
Continue ReadingMay 1st, 2011 Meningie to Strathalbyn Distance: 104km Total distance: 2398km It was still raining when I woke up. Spent my morning checking on few sources of forecast on TV and online, all predicted its going to be raining all day. I had an internal debate on whether I should stay for another night at […]
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