Gunaikurnai country

A recent bike ride  was from Nicholson to Bumberrah  on the East Gippsland Rail Trail and on the way I was able to view the new art work which has been painted on the Nicholson River Bridge. I wasn’t able to get a photo without the shadow. We live on Gunaikurnai country and this painting…

Getting ready

I have my Tour Guide and this is what was in a parcel I received last week.  I am preparing for a month’s television viewing as it is soon to be the start of the Tour de France. The package contained beautiful wool. I am just waiting for the second lot of wool as this…

A bike ride from Nicholson to Bruthen and back.

The ride is 21 kms each way and it was a beautiful day for a ride. Along the way there is a huge wombat burrow where the soil that has been removed by the wombat has started to pile up on the cycle trail. You can see where the orange gravel/dirt has spread onto the…

Topical reading

I have been very quiet over the last couple of weeks as I have been watching the Tour de France.  Here in Australia the broadcast starts at about 8.30 or 9.00pm and continues until 1.30 or 2.00am the following morning.  Needless to  say my sleeping pattern has been completely altered during this time and the…

More Tour preparation

One of the SBS cycling commentators, David McKenzie, tweeted about a special pack that was being offered by the Bright Brewery for during the Tour de France. The pack is called Tour de Froth. Very clever as the pack contains 21 beers, one for each stage of the Tour. During the Tour it is part…

My favourite sporting event

The Tour de France starts in two weeks time and I am getting myself organised for watching.  Because I am in the southern part of the world it means that the watching happens late at night and into the early hours of the next day. I have received my ordered Tour Guide and have been…