Long Term Dreaming: Darwin to Perth
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Re: Long Term Dreaming: Darwin to Perth
Postby Aushiker » Tue Jul 03, 2012 11:54 pm
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Re: Long Term Dreaming: Darwin to Perth
Postby Max » Wed Jul 04, 2012 12:50 pm
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Re: Long Term Dreaming: Darwin to Perth
Postby Aushiker » Wed Jul 04, 2012 6:15 pm
Surly Long Haul Trucker, Extrawheel Voyager and gear all boxed up waiting at the door
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Re: Long Term Dreaming: Darwin to Perth
Postby John Lewis » Thu Jul 05, 2012 5:15 pm
Have a great ride. I'll look forward to following on CGOB.
Do you have a Spot Tracker? Can't recall.
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Re: Long Term Dreaming: Darwin to Perth
Postby Baalzamon » Thu Jul 05, 2012 6:17 pm
Yes he does have a spot tracker.John Lewis wrote:Good luck Andrew,
Have a great ride. I'll look forward to following on CGOB.
Do you have a Spot Tracker? Can't recall.
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Re: Long Term Dreaming: Darwin to Perth
Postby Aushiker » Thu Jul 05, 2012 7:56 pm
Thanks John. Yep using a SpotTracker. Will be using SpotWalla for the route tracking.John Lewis wrote:Good luck Andrew,
Have a great ride. I'll look forward to following on CGOB.
Do you have a Spot Tracker? Can't recall.
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Re: Long Term Dreaming: Darwin to Perth
Postby Aushiker » Mon Jul 09, 2012 7:41 pm
Hot today Edge 800 showed 39 c at one point
Otherwise first good day with a decent load of 10 days food and two days water. Hopefully able to cross Finiss? River tomorrow and then on to a swiming hole all going well.
On the tyre is a Scwalbe Marathon Mondial brand new. Will know cause tomorrow.
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Re: Long Term Dreaming: Darwin to Perth
Postby Baalzamon » Tue Jul 10, 2012 4:34 pm
Glad to see you got to your next campsite now.
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Re: Long Term Dreaming: Darwin to Perth
Postby Meditator » Wed Jul 11, 2012 12:28 am
the one puncture i had much later on in my trip from this area was due to a puncture. The thing is i detected it had gone in not in the location where the puncture happened but back further and when i was on the tar. When i got to the dirt, i believe the roughness of the road pushed the bit of thorn in far enough to cause the puncture.
Even when travelling on the tar, there are thorns off to the side of the road in some parts so watch out for those. But on the whole there wasn't a lot of thorn or dangerous sharp prickles.
Anyway that's my theory but of course it could be a bit of glass or anything else as well in your case.
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Re: Long Term Dreaming: Darwin to Perth
Postby Tandem » Wed Jul 11, 2012 12:27 pm
Meditator wrote:
the one puncture i had much later on in my trip from this area was due to a puncture.
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Re: Long Term Dreaming: Darwin to Perth
Postby il padrone » Wed Jul 11, 2012 1:27 pm
This of course may be Andrews puncture cause.
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Re: Long Term Dreaming: Darwin to Perth
Postby Aushiker » Fri Jul 13, 2012 12:12 pm
Grass seed I think. Found another one embedded in the front tyre. That one was buried into the tread. Took a bit of effort to pick it out. The puncture was through the side wall ... couldn't find anything that caused it which is a niggle now.Baalzamon wrote:Find the cause of the puncture?.
Managed to blow a nice hole in the tube as well ... not sure why that happened ... maybe just a dud tube.
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Re: Long Term Dreaming: Darwin to Perth
Postby Aushiker » Fri Jul 13, 2012 12:25 pm
The Garmin Edge 800 has shown temps over 40 C on bike (lot of heat reflecting off the road) and overnight temps have been around 20 C. No wind at night .... just lots of mozzies.
The riding through Litchfield was good; met some nice people and enjoy a lot of swimming. Popular spots are crowded but! Last night in Litchfield I camped at Florance Falls (135 steps to the plunge pool!) and shared the camp site "space" four camper groups/vans.
If you do make Litchfield National Park, can highly recommend Walkers Creek. Fantastic camping there. Six walk in only campsites, each with a swimming hole of some description. Mine came with a spa
For GJ, Crater Lake Road is now sealed and of course I missed the track to Crater Lake .
Stuart Highway is not fun ... three trailer road trains, narrow highway and reasonably levels of traffic don't add to the fun. Thankfully some alternatives to the highway for some of the ride through to Katherine.
Off to Katherine tomorrow. Should be there in about three or four days hopefully.
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Re: Long Term Dreaming: Darwin to Perth
Postby Meditator » Fri Jul 13, 2012 6:48 pm
yeah i was just rereading that post and thought ugh, i've done it again. I should have said thorn the second time, not puncture.Tandem wrote:Meditator wrote:
the one puncture i had much later on in my trip from this area was due to a puncture.
I wonder if it was a bacterial infection. Cause if its just a cold, with some pharygitis or laryngitis, antibiotics aren't going to do much. Panadol is actually really helpful for this condition. Please pass it on. It helps you get to sleep at night and it helps relieve the chest pain. Of course i'm not a doctor but i have found panadol and taking it a bit easier is a very good solution for colds. In the past i used to do nothing at all and on my first cycling trip to india i had two rotten colds and probably infected a great many village indians which i realised later to my horror - because they dont use detergent to wash the chai glasses. But i was still riding long days through all that. It was only after that year that i discovered panadol was the answer and rest. Otherwise what happens usually is that the cold and cough goes on and on.The health clinic was open today so managed to get some antibiotics which hopefully will get things under control.
Sounds like he's not going to Edith Falls. Big mistake. Its such a special place. Hope needn't bother going up the gorge in katherine. He will be seeing so many gorges in the kimberley that are free, that there's no reason to go to katherine gorge. You might mention this to him also.
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Re: Long Term Dreaming: Darwin to Perth
Postby Aushiker » Sat Jul 14, 2012 6:45 pm
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Long Term Dreaming: Darwin to Perth
Postby RonK » Sat Jul 14, 2012 8:39 pm
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Re: Long Term Dreaming: Darwin to Perth
Postby Aushiker » Sat Jul 14, 2012 9:13 pm
You are correct, which is why Anne (registered nurse) is insisting on full recovery and of course that is the smart move. I was slow but ok on Thursday but then it hadn't fully hit at that point. Still did around 80 km so wasn't expecting such a deterioration in my condition. Also having the pacemaker it means my choices of OTC medicines etc are limited and well choices are not exactly great here anyway; no such thing as a chemist for starters.RonK wrote:Do I recall the mention of a pacemaker? Take good care of yourself...
Thankfully I have a good two weeks up my sleeve plus route options to reduce the time needed for a ride to Perth if necessary so still some hope .
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Re: Long Term Dreaming: Darwin to Perth
Postby Meditator » Sun Jul 15, 2012 1:13 pm
I thought the person with the chest infection was quinton and of course i had no idea whoever it was that there was a pacemaker involved. that of course makes quite a difference to anything i've suggested re colds, chest infections, panadol and antibiotics. I wouldn't dream of giving medical advice to anyone sporting a pacemaker. I am surprised that there is someone out there riding such a trip with such a thing.
I don't know much about pacemakers but the only people i've known with them were quite old and really very frail.
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Long Term Dreaming: Darwin to Perth
Postby RonK » Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:13 pm
If you had been following the various threads in the touring forum you would have noticed it mentioned, however I thought it was worth another mention due to the advice that was being posted.
I'm sure Andrew will take sensible precautions and will soon be able to resume his journey.
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Re: Long Term Dreaming: Darwin to Perth
Postby Aushiker » Tue Jul 17, 2012 6:57 pm
Somehow I don't think the terms frail, invalid or disabled apply to meRonK wrote:I know a number of people with pacemakers, and I don't regard any of them as frail, invalid or disabled. I'm pretty sure Andrew is not either..
Now settled in Darwin. Seen a doctor now who has given me a couple of prescriptions to help with my throat and my breathing. Have picked up a secondary bacterial infection which was controlled quickly thanks to the smart nurse in Adelaide River who put me on antibiotics straight away. New course to start tomorrow but
Looking at least a week + off the bike to allow for a recovery. Slowly getting there but still sleeping all afternoon and at night. Simply no energy.
Will need to review my route I suspect. Will see how I am at Kununurra time wise and make some decisions then.
@Mediator this thread has always been about my ride .... the opening post is a give away.
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Re: Long Term Dreaming: Darwin to Perth
Postby J Quinton » Tue Jul 17, 2012 10:33 pm
You'll just have to convert your rest days in to smaller, circa 40km days.
Too much hot then cold, hot then cold.
Can think of worse places to recover than Darwin.
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Re: Long Term Dreaming: Darwin to Perth
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Re: Long Term Dreaming: Darwin to Perth
Postby Baalzamon » Wed Jul 18, 2012 1:47 pm
Think it could be J Quintonshann wrote:Saw a rider along the NWCH between Roebourne and Karratha today and thought maybe it was you or someone else from the forums; dug up this thread and saw that you have pulled up sick. Hope you get well soon.
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Re: Long Term Dreaming: Darwin to Perth
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Re: Long Term Dreaming: Darwin to Perth
Postby Poiter » Thu Jul 19, 2012 1:26 pm
Supported by car/camper and his Mum...
Think he is somewhere around Canarvon at the moment.
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