The Thread about Nothing....

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Hello everyone

This has absolutely nothing to do with the current thread but is a plea for help in saving my friend's life. He is about to leave the UK with his wife to spend a year cycling Australia on a tandem. They intend to Circum navigate the whole country. The trouble is I'm not too confident about them knowing what they are getting themselves into. Every Aussie I speak to just says that they will definitely die. They want to do an online tour guide for people and blog their entire trip. The website is quite nicely set up and the message boards are in place for all sorts of advice on places to visit and ways of dealing with saddle sore, but they don't really know anything themselves. Any chance of some of you posting a bit of your expertise and knowledge of Australia on there for them. The website is www.flammin-saddles.com (http://www.flammin-saddles.com/)

I'd be eternally greatful if you could help.


Cheers
Most Aussies are full of crap about the dangers in the outback. Australia is one of the most highly urbanised countries on the planet- the average person wouldn't have a clue. Plenty of people make the same trip by bicylce every year. Your friends will be fine. As long as they are well prepared, have plenty of water for the more remote areas, and watch out for the 'road trains' they'll be ok.

There are specialist websites devoted to long distance touring in Australia, even specialist parts of this forum.

Cheers

When my Aunty from Yorkshire came over here once, she came to visit but refused to step off the back porch to check out our garden for fear of 'critters'.

.........I had a grief counselling session on Sunday at 'The Daily Planet'.......
I was told that the Planet used to have a registered business name of "The Elsternwick Bistro" that showed up on credit card statements to make explanations easier...... Still the case? :D

I was told that the Planet used to have a registered business name of "The Elsternwick Bistro" that showed up on credit card statements to make explanations easier...... Still the case? :D
Elsternwick Bar and Grill!! The counsellors were definitely NOT Clark and Jimmy and they were very VERY helpful in many MANY ways. :D

When my Aunty from Yorkshire came over here once, she came to visit but refused to step off the back porch to check out our garden for fear of 'critters'.

Eh by gum! You have Yorkshire rellies? We had a similar experience with Mr Matagi's aunt (also from Yorkshire). My parents-in-law decided to show her the country, so they drove from Melbourne to Canberra, and the poor thing absolutely freaked out at how remote and uninhabited the route was (we're talking the Hume Hwy here, not some circuitous route taking in outback NSW)

Hello everyone

This has absolutely nothing to do with the current thread but is a plea for help in saving my friend's life. He is about to leave the UK with his wife to spend a year cycling Australia on a tandem. They intend to Circum navigate the whole country. The trouble is I'm not too confident about them knowing what they are getting themselves into. Every Aussie I speak to just says that they will definitely die. They want to do an online tour guide for people and blog their entire trip. The website is quite nicely set up and the message boards are in place for all sorts of advice on places to visit and ways of dealing with saddle sore, but they don't really know anything themselves. Any chance of some of you posting a bit of your expertise and knowledge of Australia on there for them. The website is www.flammin-saddles.com (http://www.flammin-saddles.com)

I'd be eternally greatful if you could help.


Cheersyou never, never know unless you go go go.
safer over here than there

its nice being listed on cyclingnews.com but could CCCC please get my club right? :p

2 Graham Regan (Central Coast)

its correct on the CCCC website so god knows why it isnt there :confused:

should i be picking up an orange jersey next time round? :D

should it have been Reg?

should it have been Reg?

actaully reg is my cousins nickname, had lit long before Matthew Johns stole it!

Elsternwick Bar and Grill!!:DWorlds first 500 buck Parma.

its nice being listed on cyclingnews.com but could CCCC please get my club right? :p

2 Graham Regan (Central Coast)

its correct on the CCCC website so god knows why it isnt there :confused:

should i be picking up an orange jersey next time round? :D

pick one up, you know you wanna join us !!

Worlds first 500 buck Parma.
LOL. When I shared a flat in Kew with my brother we used to walk down to the Clifton for a counter meal at times & you would get a parma, a pot (that's a middy for you northerners) & a stripper for $9.00. That was good value...:)

LOL. When I shared a flat in Kew with my brother we used to walk down to the Clifton for a counter meal at times & you would get a parma, a pot (that's a middy for you northerners) & a stripper for $9.00. That was good value...:)


Kew?

The Clifton??

My old stomping ground!! I used to live on Walpole St....about 400m down from the synagogue.

its nice being listed on cyclingnews.com but could CCCC please get my club right? :p

2 Graham Regan (Central Coast)

its correct on the CCCC website so god knows why it isnt there :confused:

should i be picking up an orange jersey next time round? :DDunno WTF is going on there. I just checked the email that I sent out to all and sundry and it has you listed under Peleton not CCCC. Malicious editing. Who'd have thought?

Might be a good idea to wear orange from now on :p

Kew?

The Clifton??

My old stomping ground!! I used to live on Walpole St....about 400m down from the synagogue.
Spooky.... Walpole St was obviously the address of choice for young bucks. :)
I was about 100m past the synagogue. On the other side of the street to it though.

I was about 100m past the synagogue. On the other side of the street to it though.
Thank <insert deity of your choice>! For a minute there I thought we were going to have to vilify you for living on the same side of the road as the synagogue :p

Might be a good idea to wear orange from now on :p

think it will stop the whining about me not taking a pull like ive copped the last 2 races? never mind the fact i took a 40 kph turn till the blood downhill on the 2nd lap ...... short memories and sour grapes!

the guy that won it was the lurker. always 1 spot behind me till it mattered :(

http://www.peacockshock.com/archives/zimmer-thumb.jpg
http://www.ulcanes.com/photos/chair2.jpg... carbon fibre walking sticks. Yeah!!

Traction be buggered, I could look as cool as this:

http://www.ulcanes.com/photos/standing2.jpg http://www.ulcanes.com/photos/frisbee.jpg

carbon fibre walking sticks. Yeah!!

Traction be buggered, I could look as cool as this:



Im sure ive seen Mavic Ksyrium type wheels for wheelchairs :D

Spooky.... Walpole St was obviously the address of choice for young bucks. :)
I was about 100m past the synagogue. On the other side of the street to it though.


I was on the same side....but down over Willesmere St, nearly at the bottom of the hill. Friggen mongrel climb every morning out of the driveway....