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June 2003 to June 2004

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Introduction
How Much to Bring and Weight
Some Advice About Advice
A Note to Perspective Sponsors and Gear Suppliers
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START HERE for Touring Bikes and Commuting Bicycles
Custom Touring Bicycles and Bike Upgrade Buyers Guide
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.
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.
Kickstands
Sealed Cartridge Headsets
How to prevent flat tires
Bike Route Trails and Maps

Camping
Buying Camping Equipment
Tent and Ground Cloth
Sleeping Bag
Sleeping Pad
Camp Stove
Pots and Pans
Water Filter
First Aide Kits
Solar Power for Camp

Clothing
Bike Touring Shorts

Electrical
Short-wave Radio
Computer
Internet
mp3
Bicycle touring lights

Books
Packing list
Pictures of Equipment Failures
Shopping

Thumbnail pictures of Queensland, Outback, Australia. Maroochydore to Wollogorang Station, Australia (April 25 - July 23, 2007) Previous Thumbs Cindie's Journal for this Picture Page Tim's Newsletter for this Image Page Next Thumbs © Find out how you can use our pictures legally and free of charge. Sunshine Coast and Maroochydore surfing beach (May 2007) The big pineapple, on our ride into Maroochydore. The famous Aussie vegemite sandwich. Tim in our collapsed tent, a pathetic sight, someone stumbled into our tent in the middle of the night and broke all the poles.  Lucky for us our family brought us a new tent from the states. James and Ali riding a wave in. Tori with some silly glasses.   Snorkeling and diving on the Great Barrier Reef at Lady Elliot Island, Australia. (June 2007) Cindie getting ready to snorkel, Cherie is to her left. Logger back sea turtle with flippers View of the lagoon of Lady Elliot Island at the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. Manta rays. An octopus in full color. He has change to a gray color to blend in to his surroundings. Cindie and Ali checking out the reef at low tide. Looking at aquatic life snorkeling and diving on the Great Barrier Reef Tori pointing at coral underwater.   Steve Irwin's Australia Zoo and Crocoseum Queensland (May 2007) The famous crocodile or saltie. Another lazy day of this koala. Cindie and Cherie with a croc that could eat a person. The croc show, yes that is a man in the water. You can get up close and personal with the wildlife. Elephants are also part of the show. The zoo even had tigers, beautiful creatures.   Lamington National Park and O'Reilys Guesthouse (May, 2007) View from O'Reilys Guesthouse. The rain forest, a bit dry at the moment. Tori, Terri, Ali and Jake. Fungi on a moist log. Tim with a crimson rosella on his head. The canopy walk at Lamington. Cherie feeding a king parrot.   Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary (May, 2007) Cindie and Cherie with a Koala. One of many koalas in the restaurant area, we were eating they were eating. This little guy seems to be comfortable in this position. James checking out a snake. Terri feeding rainbow lorikeets. Skippy the Kangaroo looking sleepy Jake with a lounging kangaroo. 8888888888 Gerry feeding lorikeets. Jake holding an aussie herding dog.   Cairns to Atherton Tablelands. (June 26 - July 1, 2007) Searching for a hidden place to camp on the beach Cindie taking a break in front of a wall of ferns A flower in the rain forest. A bird drying out his wings. Bird watching at a lake area. Free camping on the beach knowing we will not see the ocean again for a long time. Camping at a road side rest stop 2 kilometers north of Mt. Molley. Growing veggies in the tropics looks easy to me.   Cairns Rain Forest Botanical Garden Park and Greenway (June 2007) Hanging fern, I would love to have this in my house, if I had a house Orchid.   Mossman Gorge in the Daintree National Park, Queensland, Australia. (June 2007) The rainforest at Mossman Gorge.   Atherton Tablelands to Georgetown Australia (June 30 - July 8, 2007) Our bikes at the base of the curtain fig tree, it was that huge. The sign for tree kangaroos. We saw quite a few of these on this highway used by the mine. The freshwater crocodile at Georgetown. Plants in the rainforest, they may look like house plants to some people. What is wrong with this picture. There is only one lane and room for one truck, a dangerous part of the highway. Gilbert river, we saw crocodile prints on shore but never a crocodile. The wind mills on windy hill, 3 km from ravenshoes.   Georgetown to Burketown (July 9 - 18, 2007) These signs are now common on every river. Cindie riding over the causeway at Flinders River, it wasn't deep but the bottom was slick and no crocs in sight. Our camp near L creek. The purple pub in Normanton, it is still goin. Our campsite outside of Croyton. A beautiful sunrise in the outback. I was glad this road train was parked. The life size replica of a crocodile shot near Normanton, it could swallow two touring bikes and me easily. Yikes   Burketown to Wollogorang Station (July 18 - 23, 2007) This sign greeted us 30 km outside of Burketown, we did find fuel and supplies at Domadgee an Aboriginal community 90 km away so I don't know why this sign is here. Our camp near Cliffdale River, it was a beautiful spot.   Previous Thumbs Cindie's Journal for this Picture Page Tim's Newsletter for this Image Page Next Thumbs

INDEX #4 Australia
9-15-06 to Present

 

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 - 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 Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join  List) Best Place to see all thumbnail Pictures Full size Picture Pages - 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.

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