Cycling Across Australia; Nullarbor – Part 1

We left Norseman revitalized, a week of riding had seasoned me enough to ignore the distance signage to Adelaide. Surprisingly, the road conditions here are way better than Perth-Kalgoolie. 1^st of all, there is a road shoulder. Secondly, the roads are smoother and well paved. Third, there were lesser road trains. We camp in between Balladonia (80kms before) and Norseman that night.

The following morning, we ran into fellow riders, Dave and Collin( New Zealanders) whom I have met while riding down from Kalgoorlie. They were doing a similar route as us, just 1000km shorter as they will be going inland after Nullarbur. But I applaud their effort as Dave and Collin are both 56 and 62 already! They are also doing this trip for fund-raising( Diabeties foundation in New Zealand) If you are interested, you can go visit their website @….(mm.. I forgotten their website) It has been fun riding with them..bypassing them and they by-passing us. It was a mini-tag race..haha.. I got a feeling they are ahead of us now

Here are some of the bits and pieces of my experience along the Nullarbor in short

1. Remember Jin? The Japanese Cyclist? His map was God-sent. Our planning has been smooth so far because of his pre marked map. We have managed to plan the distance between each roadhouse
2. Bought the most expensive and biggest bottle of water in my life. $16AUS for 10L @ Balladonia
3. Rode nearly til dusk, strong head wind
4. Rode through longest straight road
5. Washed my face in a Water reservoir in the middle of no where
6. Slept a couple of  nights in my cycling attire without washing up
7. Cycled until I went dizzy (150kms to Caiguna)
8. Fuji worn off his back tyres completely and burst the inner tube!
9. Met up with another Taiwanese in Mundura, sponsored us some food along the way
10. Had a get together with 6 cyclist and one motor-cyclist ( Munderbering)
11. Celebrated Dave’s birthday in Munderbering roadhouse with all the 6 cyclists
12. Celebrated Christmas eve with Nat and Eric (Fellow cyclists from Switzerland)
13. Did some night cycling on Christmas Day
14. Rode with headwind continuously for 7 days. Maximum @ 67kms/hr

…… I’ll update part 2 when I reach (Part 2 – Ecula to Peenong)

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