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Introduction
How Much to Bring and Weight
Some Advise About Advise
A Note to Perspective Sponsors and Gear Suppliers

START HERE for Touring Bikes and Commuting Bicycles
Bicycle Touring Frames 
The Steel Repair Myth.
Steel and Aluminum Derailleur Hanger Repair.
Bicycle Touring Wheels
Phil Wood: The Best Bicycle Hubs

Panniers / Bike Bags
Cargo Trailers Vs Panniers
Tires for Bike Tours..
Bicycle Touring Saddles.
Cindie's Women's Specific Bike Touring Saddles
Brooks Leather Touring Bicycle Saddle Care and Conditioning
Bike Computer
Touring Handlebars, Bar Ends, Adjustable Stems, and Padded Grips.
Sealed Cartridge Headsets

Camping
Buying Camping Equipment
Tent and Ground Cloth
Sleeping Bag
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Camp Stove
Pots and Pans
Water Filter

Clothing
Bike Touring Shorts

Health and First Aide

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    South Australia Thumbnail Pictures and Images

Adelaide to Mount Gambier (Sept 15 - Oct 20, 2006)


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Adelaide South Australia

(September 15 - 28, 2006)


Cindie has just cleared Australia Immigration and is checking in for our final flight from Melbourne to Adelaide.

St. Peters Cathedral, one of many churches in town.

The footy game is rough with no pads and many injuries.

University of South Australia.

Australian footy (football) player about to kick the ball

Bike Path along the river Torrens.

 


Adelaide to Tanunda, Barossa Valley Wine Country

(September 28 - 29 , 2006)


Watch out for those Kangaroos, well we didn't see any.

Our campsite at Cudlee Creek Caravan park.

Cindie riding past vineyards with lavender hills in the background.

Rolling hills towards the Barossa Valley.
 


Wine country always has enticing roads to ride on.


Lavender fields in bloom.

 


Cudlee Creek and Gorge Wildlife Park.

(September 28, 2006)


Cindie holding a Koala, I am in Heaven.


An Australia Pelican, very common along the Murray River.


Photo of a white Wallaby, also in the kangaroo family.


Two happy Koalas.

 


Barossa Valley Wineries and Vineyards near Tanunda and Nuriootpa

(September 29 - October 1, 2006)


Endless rows of fruit vines.

Our campsite at the Tanunda Caravan Park.

Wine tasting is serious business (the first five glasses)

Fine wines are aged in a combination of French or American oak barrels


An antique wagon used to harvest grapes in the early days of the vineyard.

 


Australia's Murray River Pictures of Tanunda to Strathalbyn with Photos and Images.

(Sept 30 - Oct. 6, 2006)


Along a desolate road in the mist of South Australia's drought.


Our camp site at Mannum Caravan Park.


This Wombat is the size of a fat dog.


The Adelaide gang, from left to right, Maxine from Iowa, Effie, David, Barbara, Trevor, Cindie from Arizona, Ray and Jack the dog in front.


The many poses of a laughing Kookaburra.


Australian Pelican hanging out in the Bird Sanctuary near Mannum.


Cindie riding onto a ferry boat, called a Punt here, at Walker's Flat


A Lutheran church in the foothills of Adelaide.

 


Macclesfield to Menengie including Victor Harbor and Granite Island

(October 7 - 9, 2006)


Cindie stops in front of rolled oats or hay.

View of Victor Harbor from Granite Island.
Bowler, wickets, and they play on a pitch - not a field?
We have a lot to learn about playing Cricket.

 


Coorong Nation Park from Parnka Point to 42 Mile Crossing

(October 10 -12, 2006)


Arriving at Coorong National Park and checking out the wildlife posters for the area.


Morning at the Parnka Point campsite.


This little guy is a large lizard with a short tail called "stubby" by the locals, he likes the shade of Tim's bike.

An emu, cousin to the ostrich, strolled by our camp about noon time.


Cindie out kangaroo hunting near out campsite at 42 mile crossing.


Skippy the Kangaroo came hopping by our campsite at dusk.


Sunset at Parnka Point, a flock of geese flying south.


Robe to Mt. Gambier
(Oct 15 - 20, 2006)

The view from the tent in Robe.


Cindie making lunch on the beach.


Short-Beaked Echidna


Black swans and a large egret enjoying the lake.


Emu eggs, don't know where the Emu was.


A large stream, may be a drain dug in the 1800s.


Our campsite in Robe overlooking the sea.

 


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INDEX #4 Australia
9-15-06 to Present

1North and
Central America
3-30-02 to 4-17-03

2 South America
6-3-03 to 6-17-04

3 SE Asia / China
11-22-04 to
9-15-06

4 Australia
9-15-06 to 9-15-07

5 New Zealand
9-16-07 to 5-2-08
6 Alaska, Canada, and the USA
5-3-08 to present
Cindie's Daily Journal INDEX Where are we now?  BLOG and latest news
 South Australia
Adelaide to Mount Gambier (Sept 15 - Oct 20, 2006)

Cindie's Daily Journals

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join  List)
Culture Shock in Australia

Best Place to see Pictures
Thumbnail Pictures of the state of South Australia

Full size Picture Pages

- The city of Adelaide
- Tanunda, Barossa Valley
- Cudlee Creek and Gorge Wildlife Park.
- Barossa Valley Wineries and Vineyards
- Murray River Pictures of Tanunda to Strathalbyn
- Macclesfield to Menengie
-Coorong National Park from Parnka Point to 42 Mile Crossing.
- Robe to Mt. Gambier


 

 Great Ocean Road, Victoria
Nelson to Melbourne, Victoria (Oct. 21 to Nov. 12, 2006)

Cindie's Daily Journals

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join  List)

Best Place to see Pictures

Full size Picture Pages

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- Nelson to Port Fairy
- Warrnambool to Princeton
- Otway National Park: camping under the Koalas
- Apollo Bay, Lorne to Geelong
- Castlemaine with the Melbourne Bicycle Touring Club MBTC
- Melbourne Australia the capital of the state of Victoria, Australia.


 

Tasmania
Devonport to Devonport (Nov 13, 2006 - Jan 4 2007)

Cindie's Daily Journals for Tasmania

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join  List)
Downloadable Malaysian Video Postcard From the Road

Best Place to see Pictures for Tasmania

Full size Picture Pages

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- Devonport to Strahan
- Cradle Mountain National Park Tasmania
- Strahn to The Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park and World Heritage Area
- Lake St. Clair Wilderness Park
- Tarralleah to New Norfolk
- Pictures of Mount Field National Park
-Hobart Wharf, Salamanca Market, Parliament Building in Tasmania
- Eagle Hawk Neck dog line to Swansea
- Port Arthur National Park and Penitentiary Ruins. #1.
- Port Arthur National Historic Site and Prison Ruins #2
- Swansea to Bicheno
- Freycinet National Park
- Nature World Animal Park
- Bicheno to the boat ferry at Devonport


 
 Victoria
Melbourne to Jindabyne , Australia  (January 5 - February 9, 2007)

Cindie's Victoria Daily Journals

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join  List)
How do we stay married while traveling together 24/7?

Best Place to see Victoria Pictures

Full size Picture Pages

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- Melbourne to Wilsons Promontory National Park
- Tarra Bulga National Park
- Bairnsdale to Jindabyne


 
 New South Wales
Jindabyne to Mudgeeraba (February 10 - April 24, 2007)

Cindie's Daily Journals for New South Wales

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- Jindabyne to Khancoban, Australian Alps
- Wild Flowers of Mount Kosciusko Peak Hike.
- Threadbo ski field and snow sports area
- Khancoban to Adaminaby
- Adaminaby, NSW to Canberra, ACT
- Parliament House in Canberra to Sydney
-Sydney Australia with the Aquarium, Opera House and walk across the Harbor Bridge
- Sydney to Diamond Head, Crowdy Bay National Park
- Port Macquarie to Nimbin.
- Nimbin to Mount Nimbil Lodge Campground Gold Coast.


 

 Queensland - Outback
Sunshine Coast, to Wollogorang Station (April 25 - July 23, 2007)

Cindie's Daily Journals for Queensland

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join  List)

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- Sunshine Coast and Maroochydore surfing beach
- Snorkeling and diving on the Great Barrier Reef at Lady Elliot Island.
- Steve Irwin's Australia Zoo
- Lamington National Park
- Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary Brisbane, Australia.
- Cairns to Atherton Tablelands
- Cairns Rain Forest Botanical Garden
- Mossman Gorge in the Daintree National Park
- Atherton Tablelands to Georgetown, Queensland, Australia
- Georgetown to Burketown
.- Burketown to Wollogorang Station


 

 Northern Territory and Outback
Wollogorang Station to Darwin
(July 22 - September 14, 2007)

Cindie's Daily Journals for the Northern Territory

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LETTER

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Full size Picture Pages

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- Wollogorang to Borroloola and Heart Break Hotel
- Daly Waters to Katherine
- Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory
- Yellow Water Boat Trip #1
- Yellow Water River Cruise and Boat Tour #2.
- Aboriginal community Oenpelli (Gunbalanya) and festival
-Aboriginal rock art at Ubirr and Merl campground in Kakadu National Park Northern Territory, Australia


1North and
Central America
3-30-02 to 4-17-03

2 South America
6-3-03 to 6-17-04

3 SE Asia / China
11-22-04 to
9-15-06

4 Australia
9-15-06 to 9-15-07

5 New Zealand
9-16-07 to 5-2-08
6 Alaska, Canada, and the USA
5-3-08 to present
Cindie's Daily Journal INDEX Where are we now?  BLOG and latest news

Our 1st book
The Road That Has No End


How we traded our ordinary lives for a global bicycle touring adventure.

Our 2nd book
Down The Road in South America

A bicycle tour through poverty, paradise, and the places in between.

Printed Soft Cover
(Ships Internationally)

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How to Buy a Used or New Custom Touring Bicycle and existing Bike Upgrade Guide.

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