The Home Stretch: Cycling Across the Nullarbor Plain, Nundroo To Ceduna

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. Nundroo to Ceduna. 95 miles. Well, I made it across the Nullarbor, which wasn’t as bad as expected. Due to it being mainly flat, the wind was behind me for the most part. The long, straight roads were a bit tedious but not as lifeless as I thought they would be. I’m glad that I invested in smaller-scale maps. As well as showing all the roadhouses, they had the distances between them. So I knew exactly how far I had to ride between stops, something I don’t like to know normally. But with the reputation the Nullarbor had, I thought it was appropriate.

I think the main thing you need to cross the Nullarbor, apart from water, is money. All your meals have to be brought unless you want to eat pasta or rice every day. You can’t find any fresh ingredients to buy. I don’t even recall seeing any food you could buy and cook for yourself. It was all crisps and snacks. Even fruit was hard to come by. And when you did find it, they charged a fortune!

I’m staying here in Ceduna for two nights. I need to catch up on a few bits and swap my tyres around. The back one seems to be wearing a lot quicker than the front. I also still need to buy a helmet. Oh dam, the shops are all closed tomorrow!

Pick Me Up magazine phoned me tonight. Hopefully, they’ll be running a piece on me in a few weeks. That might help boost donations, and if you haven’t already donated, you can donate here.

Tour Information

It’s been years since I took this ride, but the memories (and the data) are all archived:

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• Videos: Check out my YouTube videos
• Tour page: Ride overview

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The Home Stretch: Cycling Across the Nullarbor Plain, Nullarbor to Nundroo

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. Nullarbor to Nundroo. 90 miles. Late start this morning. I’m not too sure if it’s because my alarm didn’t go off or if I heard it and just went back to sleep. The clocks have also gone forward again, and it was still dark, which may have had something to do with it. But I was still on the road by eight o’clock.

I’m suffering a bit today. I think I may have had a little too much sun yesterday. And I’m now wearing a towel on my head to shade me from the sun.

I saw my first snake today, which was darkish brown and about three feet long. I went to take a photo, but it had disappeared under a bush by the time I’d got my camera out. And I certainly wasn’t going to poke around the bush just to get a photo! I also saw what I thought was a tabby cat. I thought it was Puss, my cat from home, but obviously not. Hopefully, Puss is okay, and somebody’s been in to feed her! Of course, she’s being fed. I rented her out with my house.

I’m Not The Only Idiot

I bumped into another cyclist today, going in the opposite direction. He had a puncture and was pulled up along the side of the road, repairing it. He was on one of those recumbent bikes, which apparently is a more natural cycling position. Personally, I’m not convinced. I wouldn’t fancy being so low down. He’d been on the road for four years! Although after talking to him, I thought he was more of a hobo than a cyclist. He cycles from town to town and finds temporary work for a few weeks before moving on. And he said he had no intention of travelling abroad. He didn’t see the point! And if he cycles 60km in a day, that’s a long day, which, after looking at the trailer he pulls around, I can see why. He carries sixty litres of water and enough food for twenty days.

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

Follow My Bicycle Touring Adventures

Subscribe to my blog and follow me as I continue to travel around on my bike. Plus, as a subscriber, you’ll be among the first to receive news and updates on future tours. If you’re enjoying the ride and want to fuel my next mile, you can always buy me a beer. And, of course, you can always follow me on social media: Facebook, Bluesky, Threads, X, Instagram, YouTube and Pinterest. I’m also on Flickr, where you’ll find pictures from all my tours, along with regular photo updates that I generally publish each month.

If you want to find out if I’m away touring at the moment and check my location, visit the Where’s Garry page.

The Home Stretch: Cycling Across the Nullarbor Plain, Border Village to Nullabor

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. Border Village to Nullarbor. 116 miles. Flies and sun! The flies have been awful today, although I have worked out how to get rid of them now. If I ride at 18 mph or more, they don’t seem to be able to keep up with me. The trouble is, I can’t keep that pace up for long. Even though I now look like some keeno cyclist. The sun has been pretty intense today, and there’s absolutely no shade anywhere. Not that it’s worth stopping. I just get swarmed by flies.

The beginning of the ride today was pretty cool, riding along the coast on top of the cliffs. There were some pretty big waves, and the sea was a lovely blue colour. I could see for miles. While cycling today, I noticed a cave marked on my map. Nothing special, you might think, and I wasn’t going to see it. I was just intrigued by its name, “Koomooloobooka.” There’s another cave marked on my map called “Disappointment Cave.” That’ll be a letdown then!!

I don’t think much of the roadhouse tonight. It is very expensive. Normally, I can fill up my water bottles from the tap in the toilets, not here! They make you buy bottled water at six dollars a bottle! And the pitches for tents are miles away from anything, including the toilet block. I might not make it in time. They’re so far away. It feels like I’m camping in the bush tonight!

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

Follow My Bicycle Touring Adventures

Subscribe to my blog and follow me as I continue to travel around on my bike. Plus, as a subscriber, you’ll be among the first to receive news and updates on future tours. If you’re enjoying the ride and want to fuel my next mile, you can always buy me a beer. And, of course, you can always follow me on social media: Facebook, Bluesky, Threads, X, Instagram, YouTube and Pinterest. I’m also on Flickr, where you’ll find pictures from all my tours, along with regular photo updates that I generally publish each month.

If you want to find out if I’m away touring at the moment and check my location, visit the Where’s Garry page.

The Home Stretch: Cycling Across the Nullarbor Plain, Mundrabilla To Border Village

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. Mundrabilla to Border Village. 49 miles. I’m out of Western Australia now and in South Australia, although only just. Nice short day today. I’m stopping at Border Village, which surprisingly is on the border of Western and South Australia. The next roadhouse is 180km away. A long day to look forward to tomorrow.

I’m really struggling and finding it hard to understand how I can go for miles and days in a supposedly developed country like Australia and not have a phone signal! Yet all the allegedly less developed countries I’ve been through, I always had a phone signal, apart from when the phone wasn’t working, but we won’t talk about that!

There have been loads of flies today that are so annoying. They are constantly buzzing around me. I’m sure I don’t smell that bad! They just won’t go away, no matter how fast I pedal. I saw on the news tonight that it’s been the hottest April day on record, probably why there were so many flies!

I think the clocks go forward another forty-five minutes again tomorrow!

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

Follow My Bicycle Touring Adventures

Subscribe to my blog and follow me as I continue to travel around on my bike. Plus, as a subscriber, you’ll be among the first to receive news and updates on future tours. If you’re enjoying the ride and want to fuel my next mile, you can always buy me a beer. And, of course, you can always follow me on social media: Facebook, Bluesky, Threads, X, Instagram, YouTube and Pinterest. I’m also on Flickr, where you’ll find pictures from all my tours, along with regular photo updates that I generally publish each month.

If you want to find out if I’m away touring at the moment and check my location, visit the Where’s Garry page.