31 March – 4 April 2017 Last year, these were two separate events, I did the Mont over the weekend, came home on the Monday, and left for MTB camp on the Tuesday. At the time, some of the kids…
The Mont – 2016
I hadn’t ridden in a Mountain Bike Race for a while, and missed the 2015 Mont, so thought I’d have a crack at the 2016 version. I was completely underdone in terms of preparation and fitness, but agreed to join…
Bungendore Showground
1-2 October 2015 I have a confession to make. I’ve been a campsite snob. When searching for campsites, using our favourite planning app ‘Wikicamps‘, I’ve generally ignored campsites that were located in showgrounds. I’m not sure why, perhaps I’ve just…
The Mont – 2013
22-25 March, 2013 A regular event on my mountain biking calendar is ‘The Mont’. A team, 24 hour relay race. Some refer to it as the City to Surf of Mountain Biking, which is probably a pretty good description. Riders…
The Mont, Merry Beach, Yadboro SF
This was a slightly bitter sweet trip. The original plan for these holidays WAS to do the Darling River Run. However the continual floods along the whole Murray / Darling Basin, meant that it was wise to postpone that particular…
Canberra Weekend
It was only 2 weeks since our last expedition and we were on the road again. I could get used to this! The nation’s capital, Canberra was our destination this time. We hadn’t originally planned to get away so quickly…