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Unfinished Business

The Great Indigo Bike Ride

By Ian Wallis
3,922 km (2,436 miles) over 34 days since May 1, 2023

Me

The luckiest person heart 14
More about me heart 12
My thoughts on Cycle Touring heart 9
What I ride heart 19
What I take heart 6
Where I go heart 8
Acknowledging our First Nations People heart 9

A few stories, some quite long, not a photo in sight

Room 207 heart 0
Islam and the eye of the needle heart 0
The two Roghayehs heart 0
A night in the waiting room of Kiyohata Station, Hidaka, Hokkaido, Japan heart 0
The four agricultural scientists heart 1
Tragedy on the Nullarbor heart 2
A bicycle, buses and a train in China heart 0

The Ride from Canberra to Singapore

Day 1, May Day, Canberra to Yass heart 34
Day 2 - Yass to Boorowa, a short day made long heart 29
Day 3 The wind and hills to Cowra heart 18
Day 4 - One Perfect Day, Cowra to Forbes heart 28
Day 5 - Forbes to Condobolin via Bogan Gate heart 27
North towards Nymagee heart 14
Day 7 - Onwards to Cobar heart 15
Day 8 - To Bourke - the first triple heart 33
Day 9 - North of Bourke heart 17
Day 10 - Crossing into Queensland and on to Cunnamulla heart 25
Day 11 - The first burning hoop - Bradman also got ducks! heart 6
Day 12 - towards Wyandra heart 30
Day 13 - to Charleville heart 32
Day 14 - north of Charleville heart 36
Day 15 - Tambo and beyond heart 22
Day 16 - onwards to Barcaldine heart 14
Day 17 - Battling to Longreach heart 18
Day 18 - in the zone towards Winton heart 19
Day 19 - into and out of Winton heart 34
Day 20 - Through Kynuna, an 18 Bustard day heart 22
Day 21 - onwards to Cloncurry heart 21
Day 22 - West to Mount Isa heart 24
Day 23 - towards Camooweal and the Northern Territory border heart 24
Day 24 - to Camooweal and beyond heart 29
Day 25 - a surge towards the Stuart Highway heart 31
Day 26 - through Barkly Homestead and beyond heart 43
Day 27 - forwards and backwards heart 33
Day 28 - finally heading north again heart 17
Day 29 - through Elliott to a camp at "Termite Downs" heart 26
Day 30 - north with a detour to Daly Waters heart 18
Day 31 - north to Mataranka heart 20
Day 32 - and on to Katherine heart 21
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