I stayed at the Narrabri Highway Tourist Village & Caravan Park on the night of 19 December 2010. I was driving from Brisbane to Melbourne via the Newell Highway. I had decided to take it easy and do the trip in three days, spending my first night at Narrabri. I had booked ahead of my trip and the reception was warm and friendly. The Narrabri Highway Tourist Village & Caravan Park was well maintained with green lawns … more »
The Newell Highway is an easy, but somewhat boring drive. It is the main freight and transport route between Melbourne and Queensland, including Brisbane and north Queensland. I had bought my Toyota Prado only two weeks before I drove the Newell Highway to get to Tasmania for a family holiday. I was to drive down; my wife and young children were flying down. I had four days to meet them in Tasmania, including the ferry trip … more »
After my initial impressions of the Fuji flat Bar road bike and replacing the pedals, I have the following comments: Shimano Sora gear shifters – I am sure more expensive shifters would be better, but this is my first time using indexed gears and I love them. Kenda tyres – no punctures in the Kenda tyres and wearing well. I am planning to replace them with 700 x 25c Vittoria Rubino Pros when … more »
No matter what bike you ride or how (un)fit you are, I think that there are three things that can make a big difference to your riding: 1) use clipless pedals and shoes; 2) get a good set of wheels; 3) learn how to pedal at an appropriate cadence. This post is about the third item. When I raced bikes 25 years ago, the old riders talked about cadence – they said to … more »
I love my new Shimano PD-R540 SPD SL sport pedals that I have fitted to my bike — a Fuji Absolute 3.0 flat bar road bike. When I was young, I raced road bicycles in Central Queensland. My racing bike had pedals with toe clips. In those days, the only clipless pedals and shoes were Look pedals – and they were extremely expensive. These days, clipless pedals and shoes are a lot more common and … more »
I have recently purchased a Fuji flat bar road bike – an Absolute 3.0 to be precise. I raced road bikes in my teens, but have not ridden a bicycle in 20 years. My search for a new set of wheels began by considering a mountain bike. A bicycle that is fairly comfortable for my old bones, but is robust and can handle a bit of mistreatment. I started off at Boggo Road Bike … more »
I purchased a BlackWolf Turbo Plus 300 today from Down Under Camping at the Caravanning Queensland 2010 Pre-Christmas Caravan & Camping Sale. On our last camping trip I performed the tent set-up in a stiff 20-knot breeze coming straight down the Noosa River to our camp site at the Noosa River Caravan Park. Erecting our 10-person Jackaroo dome tent proved to be a problem in the wind. I had to erect a wind break … more »