15 days until our departure to Australia. Latest plans: flying to Perth with the tandem and returning from Melbourne in February. However, instead of cycling around West Australia coast and taking the train across the desert to Adelaide or Melbourne, John has suggested we cross the Nullarbor Plain. Despite the 1841 explorer John Eyre's description of "a hideous anomaly,a blot on the face of Nature,the sort of place one gets into in bad dreams", this sugestion has caught my imagination. Perth to Adelaide: 2700km., approximately the distance London-Moscow. And 2000km across the desolate Nullarbor...
Frost and rain at the moment are preventing us to get tandem ready or to get any training. So far have cycled only once, just over 25km Newport - Freshwater and back, a couple of Sundays ago... will definitely need to get fitter if we are to cross the Nullarbor Desert!
