[Betzgis Cycle tours] News from the road

Sydney, Australia

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:51:13 GMT

Two rather untypical things for Australia dominate the ride from Melbourne to Sydney: mountains and rain for days on end.

Devonport, Tasmania

Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:34:05 GMT

On the fantastic Tasmanian Trail I cycle all across Tasmania to the south until I follow the sand beaches of the east coast back up north.

Melbourne, Australia

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:00:00 GMT

On the Mawson Trail I reach Adelaide and then follow the Limestone coast and the Great Ocean Road to be in Melbourne just in time for new years eve.

Port Augusta, Australia

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:00:00 GMT

Just when I got ready to leave Western Australia across the Nullarbor plain a massive heat wave hits the region.

Albany, Australia

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:00:00 GMT

After a break in Perth I followed the Munda Biddi Mountain Bike Trail through the forest south of town. All the way down in the southwest the trees have become bigger and bigger until I reached the 80m high Karri trees in the Valley of Giants.

Geraldton, Australia

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:12:13 GMT

After the ride through the fantastic Pilbara and along the west coast the word remotnes has become a whole new different meaning.

Port Hedland, Australia

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:00:00 GMT

The ride on the Gibb River Road across the Kimberley has been the highlight of the past weeks. After 800km on red dirt roads I could relax on Brooms Cable Beach.

Kununurra, Australia

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:00:00 GMT

Australia, more precisely Darwin! This is where I will continue my trip. Not Asia anymore I know, and certainly no mountains here I know too. But plenty of outback and dirt roads.

Jiayuguan, China

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:11:30 GMT

In the past weeks the landscape along the northern edge of the Tibetian plateau became drier and sandier until I reached the Taklamakan desert in Dunhuang.

Xining, Tibet

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 22:00:00 GMT

The ride across the endless high plains of Amdo was what kept me busy for the last weeks until I reached the most important pilgrimage mountain in eastern Tibet.