The Home Stretch: Cycling Across the Nullarbor Plain, Madura To Mundrabilla
My latest bicycle touring update from Australia: after cycling over 8,000 miles across the world to Australia from the UK, I’m now on the home stretch. Cycling across Australia and the Nullarbor Plain. Madura to Mundrabilla. 73 miles. Yay! I’ve seen some Kangaroos today. It was pretty cool to watch them bound across the road, then hop off into the distance. They move at a fair rate of speed.
Shortish ride today! Or rather, less than the eighty miles I like to do. I could have continued on to Eucla, which is about another fifty miles. But rather than have one long day, I’m splitting it in two and having two short days, especially as the day after is likely to be a long one. I think it’ll be over one hundred miles between roadhouses!
Some of the roads are so long and straight here. When a car or lorry overtakes you, you can still see it in the distance fifteen minutes later!
I’m starting to learn how to speak Aussie. Everything seems to end in either “o” as in servo, service station, or “ie” as in truckie, truck driver, or rather lorry driver! And flip flops are called thongs, which could cause all sorts of problems!
Tour Information
It’s been years since I took this ride, but the memories (and the data) are all archived:
- Photos: See my photos on Flickr
- The route: View my journey around the world
- Videos: Check out my YouTube videos
- Tour page: Ride overview
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