Place mark mostly.
Google photos here, https://photos.app.goo.gl/epbb1extaVPmQRDd8
Place mark mostly.
Google photos here, https://photos.app.goo.gl/epbb1extaVPmQRDd8
11/10 Arrive Yulara, 30km
10/10 30km to Stop at Curtin Springs, then depart 4:30pm, into night, 59.8km to camp at Sandy Way Rest Stop, two other campers, cattle truck stopped from about 11pm to 3am.
9/10 30km from Curtin Springs, East Curtin Strings Rest Stop, noone else there, water in tank. 100km, 4:46
8/10 Kings canon Road Junction camp, 78km, 4:36
7/10 Past Henbury Meteor crater, 79km 4:19
6/10 Stuarts well road house, 70km
5/10 Camp on Hugh River road, 70km, 4:41
4/10 Depart Alice Springs to Ooraminna Homestead camp ground 44.8 km,
place holder 9th July to 23rd July
need to add
Place holder only
2016-09-01 Rest and Food day in Putre, conemplating what am I doing here.
2016-09-02 Decided to head to the coast, dropping 3500m sounds good. Road works for last 20km, and stop and camp in restaurant car park. 96km in 4:52
2016-09-03 Down along the Rio Luta to Arica and the coast. 62 km in 3:15
2016-09-04 Day in Arica
2016-09-05 Day in Arica
2016-09-06 Bus to Iquique
2016-09-07 Day in Iquique
2016-09-08 Ride up out of Iquique to Polo Alimote, across the desert, nothing grows. 67 km in 5:01
2016-09-09 To Minena, hot springs at 2700m. 76 km in 6:03
2016-09-10 Day in Minena
2016-09-11 Back down to Iquique, 127km in 5:36
2016-09-12 Day in Iquique
2016-09-13 along the desert coast. 66km in 4:18
2016-09-14 To camp along coast. 71 km in 4:53
2016-09-15 Along coast, camp. 82km in 5:21
2016-09-16 Into Tocopillia. 30km in 2:11
2016-09-17 climb away from coast. To camp site on Rio Loa. Where there is water there is life, Rio Loa is green line in the desert. Drinking 3l of water in a day. 85 km in 5:34
2016-09-18 Across desert to camp before Calama. 69km in 5:21
2016-09-19 Through Calama. Its a public holiday (Chile’s national day) and most shops ar closed. Camp. 86 km in 5:31
2016-09-20 Into SanPedro. 58km in 3:35
2016-09-21 To Tocona, camp just south. 63km in 3:31
2016-09-22 back to SanPedro, via Laguna Cajar. 68km in 3:42
2016-09-23 bus to Calama to pick up Michaela.
2016-09-24 Day in SanPedro
2016-09-25 Day ride to Valley of the moon.
2016-09-26 Tour to altoplano lakes.
2016-09-27 day in SanPedro
2016-09-28 Jeep tour to Salar de Uyuni, stay in villa mar
2016-09-29 to the salt hotel on the edge of the salt lake
2016-09-30 To Uyuni and then back to villa mar
2016-10-01 Return to SanPedro
2016-10-02 To Guatin to camp. 30km in 3:21
2016-10-03 To camp near Machuca. 24km in 2:48
2016-10-04 Return down hill to SanPedro, dropping 1500m. 46km in 2:15
2016-10-05 bus to Calama. get givern bike box from bike shop in mall.
2016-10-06 Packing bike.
2016-10-07 flight to Santiago. Transfer to airport from hotel. Easy checkin with bike in box.
Trip to Mamina first, then down the spectacular coast to Tocopillia, and upnto San Pedro de Atacama.
2016-08-19 Dept Puno, only made 20 km, still no energy. nice plac2 to stay in Chucuito
2016-08-20 Juli, along main road, some traffic.
2016-08-21 Copacabana, entered Bolivia
2016-08-22 Copa
2016-08-23 Copa
2016-08-24 inca utama hotel and… bad headache
2016-08-25 bituman first 50km, last 15 km really bad road with trucks. fir brickworks. Laja to Vicga, storm with light snow falling.
2016-08-26 to Caquiaviri, rough washboard road. 66 km. Only one hostel, very basic. Two restaurants.
Bolivian single track, better than the rough road
2016-08-27 camp 12 just passed Achiri, hard gravel road. Villages are getting smaller.
someone said there was a shop here but I could not find it.
2016-08-28 camp after Inoca, hard-one 43km, into headwind, average 10km/hr. 43km 4:18
2016-08-29 to Chanara, Bolivian boarder town. another headwind day, wind started at 10am, very cold all day. 31km in 3:31
2016-08-30 through border, gave up veggies to Chile customs, no Chilean pesos to purchase anything else. Turned onto bitumen road along boarder. 65km, 4:36 road side camp, very cold.
2016-08-31 continue rolling to Putre, headwind started about 12, had to push over a pass, and then peddle down hill to get anywhere. Dropped 800m in 30km.
2016-09-01 Rest and Food day in Putre, contemplating what am I doing here.
Route through back roads from Cusco to Puno, over 2 x 5000m passes. Some highway, some dirt.
Depart Hobart 23 December 2013,
tas east coast,
great ocean road
Coorong
Hindmashisland