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Our Journey Throughout November

October 2008 November 2008 December 2008

  • 30TH

    NELSON BAY - The Silver Spoon


    I sit in the comfort of my cousin’s holiday apartment, situated on a quiet street near Little Beach in Nelson Bay. We have all been flat out on the computer and phones for several hours now; making sure everything is in order for our return to ... Read More

  • 29TH

    TEA GARDENS - Dreams at work


      It started as a dream and became as an adventure. Later referred to as the MyPOWER Tour, that label also became an evolutionary loss as the “tour” became more of a “lifestyle” than anything else. Now, perhaps in its fi... Read More

  • 28TH

    FORSTER - My Refuge


        Welcome to my distraction. My lifeblood. My weapon of choice against a one way ticket to a micro-sleep. Small, lightweight, white and sliver. It sits there quietly, quite unassuming if you were unaware of its capabilities. Overtaking ... Read More

  • 27TH

    FORSTER - The Bright Blue Truth


    The last time I was in Forster was in my shiny, baby blue van ‘Papa Smurf’ with Mereki and two friends. We rolled in late and used Cindy’s looks to charm a hotel owner into admitting NO VACANCY was more of a loose expression. I ... Read More

  • 26TH

    NORTH HAVEN - The World Conspires


      Sometimes you just have to take a deep breath and run with it. Have you ever woken up, and felt like you are still in one of those bad dream situations where nothing will go as you want it to? That’s kind of how my day started, but I wa... Read More

  • 25TH

    PORT MACQUARIE - The End Of A Time


      It’s the end of a time If I may with a rhyme Of a time When we’d ride bikes all through the night   It’s the end of a time It’s the end of a year Twelve months have gone by So slowly gone by And the end i... Read More

  • 24TH

    CRESCENT HEAD - Paddle Pop


      After yesterday’s steely gray skies and icy cold South West winds, which incidentally brought snow to parts of the southern and central tablelands of NSW, I awoke to sunlight streaming through the window. Things were considerably quiete... Read More

  • 23RD

    CRESCENT HEAD - Losing “the Cool”


      There are some things we haven’t really spoken about in our website journey entries. Not for lack of attention because as anyone who has travelled with us knows, we have spoken about them very often. As I approach this topic I wonder at... Read More

  • 22ND

    CRESCENT HEAD - The TG3 Crescent Head


    I don’t know what my friends and I have done in the past to please Mummy Nature but it must have been good. Seriously good. I’d like to claim that pedalling around this great continent in an expression of love and compassion for our dear ... Read More

  • 21ST

    CRESCENT HEAD - “Gone walkabout. Back in 12”


    I remember Kununurra. An oasis township in the Kimberley of North Western Australia, an exciting town home to our most voluminous inland water body, Lake Argyle, Argyle diamond mine, fertile tropical soils, northern tourism........ keep an eye on Kun... Read More

  • 20TH

    CRESCENT HEAD - Out of the shelter


      The most asked question right now to the MyPOWER team has to be how do you feel about getting home? I honestly didn’t have a decent response to that for the last couple of weeks. Every time I was asked I said “I don’t know, ... Read More

  • 19TH

    BOWRAVILLE - Don’t Do It Borneo


    I cast my mind back to 2006, the year I spent 2 months living and working on the island of Borneo. I had seen no place like it before in my life. The jungle so thick, so diverse, so full of colour, life and sound it was overwhelming to the senses. My... Read More

  • 18TH

    EMERALD BEACH - Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson AKA Ross Gordon "Gilligan" Coggan


    And they told me at school that "Banjo" passed away on the 5th of February 1941! He’ll live on through his poetry for as long as people like my old man continue to reinvent his Aussie ballads. We loved the words dad, and hope ou... Read More

  • 17TH

    EMERALD BEACH - The Old Flame Tour


    Advancing years usually means that quite a few friends have been picked up along the way. When I first moved to Stanwell Park in 1972, Jane Wilson was a recently graduated art teacher who lived up the road. After about ten years, the family move... Read More

  • 16TH

    EMERALD BEACH - The Re-Inspiration of Terry James


    I tend to crave moments like this, While the blood rushes to my head, I begin to remember what it was like, To pedal the cogs of my brain instead. Now every page takes me back, To what I used to love, A love lost to the moon, the sun and ... Read More

  • 15TH

    GRAFTON - Scriptures of a seasoned pilgrim


      Saturday morning saw me on the XPT train to Grafton to join the MyPOWER boys for my fourth leg of the journey with them, the first being on the south coast of NSW, then Albany to Perth in WA, the Atherton Tablelands in Qld, and now Grafton ... Read More

  • 14TH

    EVANS HEAD - Still Riding


      I could write a whole entry about how good my legs feel, but instead I will say that Tom and I got a sports massage in Byron and I am feeling particularly flexible. For our hard core readers, you will understand the full importance of my rece... Read More

  • 13TH

    BYRON BAY - Chasing the Tailfeather


      I wake up this morning in my bunk bed at Holiday Village backpackers in Byron Bay. I look at the other three beds around me, bodies curled under blankets that resemble the other ¾ of the MyPOWER team. I roll over and try to go back to ... Read More

  • 12TH

    BYRON BAY - Familiar World – New Perspectives


      Even more significant to me than passing through the QLD/NSW border was our arrival to a place I know so well – Byron Bay. Since my first parentless holiday away at the age of 16 Byron has found a week of space on my yearly calendar wit... Read More

  • 11TH

    BYRON BAY - Milestone Shmilestone


    There was a time when the word milestone got me all excited. We’d celebrate anything we could at any chance we got. I think it was a way of always having something to look forward to when things weren’t smelling like roses. A 120km day ... Read More

  • 10TH

    BYRON BAY - The Senior Team


      Spent the day with the MyPOWER team and two mates (Bones & Frenchy) riding from Currumbin Qld. to Byron Bay in northern N.S.W. The boys dubbed us the MyPOWER Senior team and gave us some spare shirts to wear. They were a bit body hugging... Read More

  • 9TH

    PALM BEACH - Hope Manifest


        Does society really have what it takes to live sustainably? Is this only the dream of a minority, the wish of an enthused nature lover, the distant hope of a young generation, or a lame article hidden in a magazine of short term gover... Read More

  • 8TH

    PALM BEACH - De-nomadization


    So many things are addictive about travelling. Nomads got it right. They know what it’s like to appreciate a moment in time for what it is. They don’t let these moments pass them by, they are skilled hunters, chasing down memorable encoun... Read More

  • 7TH

    SOUTHPORT - Mr Tambourine Man


      Ron Burgandy once said, “OH…IT’S A DEEP BURN! OH SO DEEP!” If you don’t know who Ron Burgandy is, you should go and hire one of my favoourite movies. The Will Ferrel comedy ‘Anchorman’.&nbs... Read More

  • 6TH

    BEENLEIGH - Ups and Downs


    If you have been following our tour for a while now you will certainly agree that it has had everything the world could throw at us. All the hardships and despair one would expect to encounter on such a long journey, coupled with all the great times ... Read More

  • 5TH

    BRISBANE - Dialogue with myself


      Below is a dialogue with myself, hence a monologue. It is as truthful as I can be. I’m laying myself out there because at this stage of the trip I need to let my emotions wild.   “What are you thinking about? Are you thinki... Read More

  • 4TH

    BRISBANE - All Outspoken


    When a person throws a load of KFC grease at you on the highway, it says three things. They don’t care about themselves and their own health, they don’t care about you, and they don’t care about the environment. When someone picks o... Read More

  • 3RD

    BRISBANE - Welcome to Humanity


    8:40am: The weight of what’s just happened is only just starting to press against my mind. A small headache is developing above my right temple as I consider the current consequences of this mornings events. It’s the same kind of headache... Read More

  • 2ND

    MARCOOLA - What’s New?


    I have a confession to make. I am actually writing this entry AFTER reading Tom and Mereki’s accounts of the two days to follow. Why? Because sometimes life can be completely unpredictable. We decided to make a rule for our blogs on the east co... Read More

  • 1ST

    GUNALDA - What is “fresh”?


      What is fresh? Every time I walk through the supermarket I’m hit by these words. Fresh milk, farm fresh eggs, fresh tomatoes, fresh mushrooms. How can everything be fresh? I see “fresh” oranges that have come from California... Read More

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