Author: Hayley Bell
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Day 7. Gowrie Park to Cradle Mountain. 24 Miles.
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241 Miles / 388 KM What a day!! Today was basically just one GIANT hill. I knew the distance wasn’t far today but the hill was over 1300m total elevation. “Don’t fear moving slowly forward. Fear standing still.” I was lazy this morning and let my body wake up on…
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Day 6. Launceston to Gowrie Park. 65 Miles.
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217 Miles / 349 KM BACK ON THE BIKE!! After a good amount of Melatonin last night I pass out and slept a solid 8 hours! My body is feeling less exhausted this morning. As for my head its still a little sore but I’m getting back on my bike.…
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Day 5. Resting up in Launceston.
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Still no riding 🙁 Today I took the bus from St Helens to launceston! We left at 8.30 and arrived just after 11. The scenery was beautiful the whole way and it made me really sad to miss out on this on the bike. Today I woke up not much…
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Day 4. St Helens.
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Stranded in St Helens! I mean resting and recovering in St Helens! Today I knew I had to rest. I slept terrible last night, with anxiety creeping in at every opportunity. I woke up to incredible stiffness and a sore right side and back – much to be expected I…
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Day 3. Bicheno to Scamander. 35 Miles.
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152 Miles / 245 Km Well today couldn’t have started any better and ended any worse! This morning I got up at 5.30am for the sunrise! I walked over to the Bicheno Blowhole where I was last night and watched the sun come up over the water! It was beautiful…
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Day 2. Little Swanport to Bicheno. 47 Miles.
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Today my watch is actually charged and I can get more accurate numbers from the ride! I hit a high speed of 50.5km/hr today! Which yes, was on the straight downhill from the big ass hill at the end! 3000 calories… how about double that with the amount of wind…
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The Final Countdown
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I can’t believe It’s been a week since I left Perth! Here is the last sunset I caught in Perth the night I caught a red eye flight over to Melbourne. I’ll be honest in saying I wasn’t ready to leave Perth. Perth threw me a huge curve ball. An…
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Week 2 Itinerary
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Total ride mileage – 634 Miles / 1020 km Date Place Accom Miles Ele. Gain Ele. Loss February 8 Cradle Mountain Discovery Park Hike 2490 ft 709 ft February 9 Rosebery Air BnB 42 2677 ft 5092 ft February 10 Strahan Hostel 43 1499 ft 1913 ft February 11 Queenstown…