Friday, July 1, 2011

DAILY TRAVEL LOG

DAILY TRAVEL LOG

DAY. DATE. DESTINATION. DISTANCE.
(the day column down the left of the page indicates total days start to finish. This differs from actual accumulated ride days which exclude flight time, cruises, and ferries)

NEW ZEALAND

One, Friday apr 08, 10am, travel day from startline, 7723fawn rd. Hmb BC. Bus to YVR, flight to Auckland.

two, sunday april 10Auckland-ngaruawahia 154.53
Partial day, Day two began at 7:30 am...so.. 16.5hrs

three, mon April 11 ngar-taumarunui 180.26

Four, tues April 12 taumarunui-wanganui. 168.74

Five, Wednesday 13 wanganui-Wellington. 201.09
Partial day, Got to terminal at 6:30pm...so.. 18.5hr day, 3 days,11hrs

Six, thur, April 14 welli/picton-Ward 74.45
Partial day,Began riding from picton at 12:30...so..11.5hr day, 3 days, 22.5hr

Seven, Friday April 15, Ward-Chevoit 154.53

Eight, sat, apr 16, Chevoit-Christchurch 125.12

Nine, April 17, Christchurch, 8.27kms towards airport to different motel

Ten, April 18, Time stopped at 8am. Time started up at 6:30pm as I exited the airport. 13.5hr day. 7 days, 12 hrs, 7.5 days. 1065.29 kms, 142 kpd avg

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AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND

Eleven, April 19, Brisbane- tiaro 238.44 kms
Twelve, April 20, tiaro - gin gin 139.62 kms
13, April 21, gin gin - mount larcom 196.97
14, April 22, Mt larcom - wowen 175.67
( The planned route was altered due to flooding, road closures, and road repairs)
15, April 23, wowen - Theodore 130.48
16, April 24, Theodore - miles 228.09
17, April 25, miles - roma 145.38
18, April 26, roma - St George 197.16
19, April 27, St George - cunnamulla 275.05
(up close and personal with Mr Roo. My pinky will never be the same)

16.5 ride days, 2792.15 kms, 169.22 kpd avg

NEW SOUTH WALES

DAY DATE DESTINATION DISTANCE / MAX / AVG / RIDE TIME

20, April 28, cunnamulla- enngonia. 164.07 / 30.20 / 20.72 / 7:54
21, April 29, Enngonia - bourke 98.64 / 30.10 / 19.18 / 5:18
22, April 30, Bourke - Cobar 164.78 / 39.10 / 22.41 / 7:21
23, may 1, Cobar - wilcannia. 263.38 / 41.80 / 23.51 / 11:27
24, may. 2, wilcannia - broken hill 198.52 / 38.82 / 21.68 / 9:22
25, may. 3, BH - BH. Wasted day mailing stuff home and getting iPad/mobile phone set up. Ended up just on the outskirts of town. 5kms

22.5 ride days, 3686.54 kms, 163.84 kpd avg

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

26, may. 4, Broken Hill - yunta 196.66 / 45.13 / 20.38 / 9:59

27, may. 5, yunta - pt Augusta 218.57 / 52.32 / 21.81 / 10:04

28, may 6, Pt augusta - pimba 175.64 / 37.36 / 18.88 / 9:43

29, may 7, pimba - glendambo 114.87 / 38.01 / 20.24 / 5:49

30, may 8, glendambo - coober pedy 255.14 / 40.40 / 25.15 / 10:30

31, may 9, coober pedy - Marla 235.06 / 46.45 / 24.55 / 9:49

28.5 ride days, 4882.48 kms, 171.31 kpd avg

NORTHERN TERRITORY

32, may 10, Marla - Erldunda 256.71 / 46.96 / 28.01 / 9:18

33, may 11, Erldunda - Alice Springs 198.64 / 48.39 / 24.84 / 8.22

34, may 12, Alice Springs - Ti Tree 196.04 / 41.96 / 28.25 / 7.07

35, may 13, Ti Tree - Whicliff 183.32 / 39.81 / 21.92 / 8:33

36, may 14, Whicliffe - Three Ways 157.34/ 45.62 / 26.54 / 6.08

37, may 15, 3way - Elliott 233.21 / 58.81 / 26.06 / 8:56

38, may 16, Elliot- Larrimah 241.82 / 44.45 / 26.39 / 9:09

39, may 17, Laramah - Katherine 183.96 / 38.50 / 24.76 / 7:35

40, may 18, Kath - Timber Creek 288.37 / 53.64 / 23.67 / 12:11

37.5 ride days, 6822.39 kms, 181.93 kpd avg

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

41, may 19, timber - Kununurra 233.83 / 46.42 / 26.59 / 8:47

42, may 20, kununurra - turkey ck 201.12/50.09/22.21/9:03

43, may 21, turkey- halls creek 164.59 / 39.93 / 22.12 / 7:26

44, may 22, HC - Fitzroy Crossing 293.21/43.37 / 26.71 / 10:58

45, may 23, FC - Willmare. 237.62 / 43.08 / 27.85 / 8:31

46, may 24, Willmare - Roebuck 133.79 / 36.92 / 24.91 / 5:22

47, may 25, Roebuck - Sandfire 291.88 / 42.35 / 25.27 / 11:33

48, may 26, Sandfire - pt hedland 292.20 / 45.08 / 26.41 / 11:03

49, may 27, pt hl - auski rdhouse 252.30 / 35.12 / 21.42 / 11.46

50, may 28, auski - Newman 196.62 / 52.66 / 22.26 / 9:14

51, may 29, Newman - kumarina. 168.93 / 38.78 / 23.72 / 7:07

52, may 30 Kumarina - Meekatharra 261.08 / 40.53 / 24.24 / 10:46

53, may 31, Meeka - Mt Magnet 199.80 / 40.23 / 24.79 / 8.03

54, June 1, mt mag - wubin. 301.59 / 44.92 / 23.08 / 13:03:50

55, June 2, wubin - Perth airport 272.67 / 59.24 / 21.65 / 12:35
airport by 8pm. Stopped clock at 10pm. 22hr day, 52 days,10hrs. 52.41 days

52.41 ride days, 10323.62 kms, 196.97 kpd avg

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EUROPE, GREECE

56, June 3, day spent in transit. OZ -Abu Dhabi -Athens

57, June 4,Time started again at 1:30. So... 10.5 hr day.

58, June 5, Athens - edipiso 173.22 / 55.94 / 22.01 / 7.52
Time stopped for ferry crossing, 1.5hrs. 22.5hr day

59, June 6, Edipiso - Volos 109.36 / 55.94 / 19.92 / 5.49
Time stopped for ferry crossing, 1 hr. 23hr day

60, June 7, Volos - Thessaloniki 98.63 / 43.68 / 23.87 / 4.14
Time stopped at 12:20 and resumed at 3:50 so.. -3.5hrs so.. 20.5hrs

MACEDONIA

61, June 8, Thessaloniki - Kumanovo 243.17 / 57.35 / 23.40 / 10:03

SERBIA

62, June 9, Kumanovo - motel Pojate 231.66 / 49.23 / 26.60 / 8.42

63, June 10, Pojate - novi sad 260.14 / 53.05 / 24.04 / 10:50

CROATIA

64, June 11, novi sad - spacva, Croatia 110.93 / 52.85 / 24.53 /4:31

65, June 12, spacva - kutina 208.30 / 48 / 25.69 / 8:06

66, June 13, kutina - Delnice 227.88 / 55.08 / 21.94 / 10:23

Through SLOVENIA to ITALY

67, June 14, Delnice - Trieste 128.42 / 62.93 / 21.25 / 6:02

67, June 15, Trieste - Padova 201.67 / 48.75 / 25.27 / 7:58

68, June 16, Padova - Carpi 170 / 37.32 / 23.59 / 7:07

69, June 17, Capri - Paicenza 144.35 / 39.38 / 23.53 / 6:30

70, June 18, Paicenza - genova 169.93 / 50.09 / 21.62 / 7:51
Stopped clock at 4:30pm. 16.5 hr day,

SPAIN

Ferry to Barcelona overnight.

71, June 19, Barcelona - Cunit 63 / 52.47 / 20.96 / 3:00
Began at 1:30, so 10.5hr day,

72, June 20, Cunit - Lleida 134.12 / 64.64 / 21.27 / 6:18

73, June 21, Lleida - Zaragoza 142.52 / 55.5 / 25.04 / 5:41

74, June 22, Zaragoza - Alcolea 211.35 / 61.95 / 19.79 / 10:40

75, June 23, Alcolea - Madrid 130.26 / 57.79 / 27.60 / 4:43
Parted from bike at 3pm. Cleared customs in Southampton at 10:30pm. 16.5 hr day.

76,june24, parted from bike at 10:30am, 10.5 hr day

70.84 ride days, 13482.53 kms, 190.32 kpd avg

CANADA

June 24th - July 1st in transit to St Johns NF


Bruce Gordon
www.globebent.org

1 comment:

  1. Just found out about your trip and the going looks good!

    We won't go wishing you tailwinds as that always has the opposite effect.

    When the going gets tough, just remember that there's people all over rooting for you :)

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