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Audax Australia
This is the umbrella organisation running long distance cycling events in Australia Their website includes a calendar of events.

Bikejournal
A place where cyclist can keep track of their mileage and any number of other statistics, as well as an attached forum.

Bikeforums
A set of discussion forums covering almost every conceivable cycling related topic.

Cycling Adventurer
The Cycling Adventurer has tossed in the structured life of an urbanite to explore the world by bicycle. A well-written site detailing how he came to cycling, and what he learned along the way.

Crazy Guy on a Bike

Bicycle touring journals from all over the world, including a couple of my own.

Johns Cycles

This is my LBS on the Gold Coast. While they cater more to the racing market, their service, advice and workmanship is the best on the coast.

St Kilda Cycles

Importers of all manner of things hard to find in Australia, including the legendary Schmidt hub dynamo & E6 lights.

Blogs

Bicycle-eye
Wonderings and wanderings out and about in Portland, Oregon, US

The Journey
The journey begins in Perth, Western Australia.

Lance Notstrong
The "other" Lance!

Ms Mittens
The Wired Cat on-line

Iron Gambit
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Aussie Writer and Cycletourist
A blog chronicling the writing and cycling of a seaside baby boomer.

Up in Alaska
Jill's subarctic journal about ice, bears and distant dreams of the midnight sun.

The Kin Chronicles
Taking mediocrity to a new level of ordinary.

Allez
Riding and running with a vengeance.

London Cycling Diary
Pedalling across the capital since August 2005.

CouchPilot-2-BikePilot (Zin's cycling blog)
Living an adventurous life with Type-2-Diabetes.

The adventures of Crazy Biker Chick
... Including cycling, adventuring, cooking, knitting and ranting.

Redneck Espanol
The two wheeled Spanish redneck.

Treadly and me
"Work is something I do between riding my bicycle".

Crowlie
Womanist philosophy and theology. Cycling, climbing, art, single-motherhood and fire-twirling.

Adrian Fitch's random rambling.
A bit about cycling, a bit about genealogy, a bit about radio but mostly a lot about nothing at all.

Geo's big adventure
The life and times of Geo.

It's about the bike
Musings on the cycling life.

Spinopsys
Various cycling tidbits.

Industry Outsider
A blog about bikes and stuff.

Tweed Coast Treadly
An old man's bicycle riding diary.

A cyclist's life in Tenerife
(Canary Islands).

Bike to work to live to bike
It's never too late to get back on the bike

Stupid Hurts
Just the random scribblings of a guy with a bicycle

I'm not drunk enough for this
Really, I'm not.

BikeHacks
What can I say? Just read it.

Mozam's cycling adventures
A random collection of the things I like to do most, and mostly that is to ride my bikes, bicycles that is... My musings from competitive riding, long distance endurance to puttering around the neighborhood..

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Thursday, January 12, 2006

So where was the camera?

This morning's ride was perfectly set up after I took the Nerang route out of suburbia and into the hills. The short climb to the junction at the Beechmont turnoff, before the ups and downs with the final assault on the Hinze Dam wall set it up perfectly. The water was like glass reflecting the mountains to the south -- just beautiful. There was only one problem: I didn't bother to bring the camera on an early morning ride of just 45km. This morning's view just never happened on this blog. That said, I may have something special tomorrow.

This week I've been close to totally losing my temper with my landlord. The owner of this apartment has a habit of fixing things around the place himself, which is a pain in the backside for two reasons. Firstly, it takes forever to get anything done, and secondly, the job isn't always done properly. If I actually spent more time at home, I'd probably just pay a professional to come and do it. The other downside is that this week I've had this guy snooping around when I've arrived home from work everyday this week -- and people wonder why I went for a ride through the flooded creeks on Tueday night?

Tuesday night's ride was actually quite pleasant. The flooded creeks that I had to cross (two of them -- twice each) were a lovely way to keep cool, at least temporarily, on a very hot night. They served another purpose, along with the badly cut-up dirt road, they effectively meant that traffic had been almost non-existent when I got to the glow worm colony out on Austinville Road. There's nothing quite like seeing those little green lights coming out of the undergrowth on the side of a narrow dirt road in the middle of a dark night. I really should try to get out there more often.

This weekend should finally see the long awaited debut of my camelbak -- having finally located the missing piece that I lost soon after acquiring it. I will now be able to carry 3.25 litres of water at any given time (once my water bottles are taken into account). Of course, in Queensland conditions, it will still need to be re-filled on a regular basis, but at least the need won't be quite so pressing. Another advantage it offers is the ease of drinking fluids when climbing steep hills on dirt roads (i.e Mt Jerusalem).

Finally, I've added a couple of links to the sidebar. I've actually managed to get a journal up of my short bike tours this year, which can be viewed here. Yes, I know it's not very exciting, but I plan to make up for that in New Zealand in 30 days' time. Something more interesting is Jill's blog from Alaska. Some of the shots she takes of the snow covered landscape look totally surreal to this Gold Coast boy.

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