Biking in Canberra. Shot by Richard Ward on his brand new Canon D40. Thanks, Rich!

4.5.2008 / Canberra, Australia – Photo by Richard Ward

Still battling with getting some video of our cycling happening… our tripod attachment did work this time, and with the footage still quite wobbly, we figured our camera is not really fast enough to capture enough detail while filming – probably better stick to still images. The result is as follows…

In other news… Canberra is cold but great for cycling. We did one lap around the (artificial) lake, and enjoyed the extensive bicycle path network. Impressive compared to Sydney, to say the least… we also visited the Kingston Markets in the former bus depot for brunch.

Unfortunately, Richard was a bit unlucky this time battling a few flats… frustrating experience, and hopefully his tubes hold up for the next trip!

Nevertheless, we had a fun trip, with lots of riding and freezing.

Now it’s back to Monday Blues.

While it started on a rainy note, our weekend with Richard and Susanna turned out to be a full cycling success. We headed to Cessnock in the rainy Hunter Valley, but decided to drive rather than ride towards Toronto, spent the night at Morisset, from where we continued on to Belmont South, our camp.

Starting from Belmont, we rode towards Newcastle and joined a good bicycle path at Whitebridge station (pictured on the right). Sorry, the videos are too wobbly to be of any value… still working with Daniel on our tripod attachment.

Other tour notes: We did a total of about 100km, had only about 2 cars honk at us for weird reasons, found some good coffee shops and managed to increase our speed record to 79.4 km/h – on a stretch of Floraville Road from Floraville towards Pacific Highway (see this Profile). Good stuff.

This weekend’s plans: Canberra.