It's the nights that kill you...

That seems to be the real problem with summer in Queensland, it's not the hot days (although today was alleged to have been 37 degrees C, I don't think it actually got there), it's the fact that the nights seem to be even hotter. The scary part is that I plan to do some long rides at night this summer in a bid to delay the (probably) inevitable onset of skin cancer. I just hope they aren't all like tonight, which actually seems to be hotter than the day was.

This morning I managed a relatively pleasant ride, actually the first day ride I've done at Austinville for ages. The great thing about the rainforest is it's ability to sap the heat from the air, and that stretch on the dirt road was very nice too. It continues to amaze me that I can do so many night rides to an area, yet it almost seems like a new ride if I do it in daylight.





As far as other news is concerned, I'm wondering just how many gridlocked cars I'm allowed to pass on my new ride to work before I'm legally compelled to yell out "Suckers!". I've heard a lot of people whining that the Gold Coast supposedly has the "worst" traffic congestion in the country, but I didn't believe them. I might have to reconsider after this week. That said, I don't expect anything effective to be done about it. People are still stuck in the old "simply build more roads" ways, which has been shown repeatedly to be a complete failure. I guess I'll just stick with enjoying the immunity that cycling gives me and ignore the whining.