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Alaska / Canada / USA
5-3-08 to present
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New Zealand
9-16-07 to 5-2-08
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Australia
9-15-06 to 9 -16 - 07
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SE Asia / China
11-22-04 to 9-15-06
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South America
6-3-03 to 6-17-04
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North & Central America
3-30-02 to 4-17-03
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Equipment Pages Index

Introduction
How Much to Bring and Weight
Some Advise About Advise
A Note to Perspective Sponsors and Gear Suppliers

START HERE for Touring Bikes and Commuting Bicycles
Bicycle Touring Frames 
The Steel Repair Myth.
Steel and Aluminum Derailleur Hanger Repair.
Bicycle Touring Wheels
Phil Wood: The Best Bicycle Hubs

Panniers / Bike Bags
Cargo Trailers Vs Panniers
Tires for Bike Tours..
Bicycle Touring Saddles.
Cindie's Women's Specific Bike Touring Saddles
Brooks Leather Touring Bicycle Saddle Care and Conditioning
Bike Computer
Touring Handlebars, Bar Ends, Adjustable Stems, and Padded Grips.
Sealed Cartridge Headsets

Camping
Buying Camping Equipment
Tent and Ground Cloth
Sleeping Bag
Sleeping Pad
Camp Stove
Pots and Pans
Water Filter

Clothing
Bike Touring Shorts

Health and First Aide

Electrical
Short-wave Radio
Computer
Internet
mp3

Books
Packing list
Pictures of Equipment Failures
Shopping

 

DownTheRoad.org: Bicycle Touring  in Australia:
See pictures of
South Australia, The Great Ocean Road, Tasmania, Victoria,
New South Wales, Queensland, Northern Territory, and Desert Outback.

Listen to mp3: Australian (ABC) Radio interview  This is Cindie's 2nd radio interview in Australia and this time she is in the studio with great sound quality

Read the RoadNews Newsletter Five Years DownTheRoad: a Different kind of endurance.  (Do you receive email updates and free downloadable videos from us? Sign Up Here!)

Watch Video Australian Radio Interview and slide show with Cindie Travis:   play part 1 (5:30) play part 2 (4:20) more videos HERE

MP3 Audio: Hear Chapter 1(35 minutes)  of our 7.5 hour Audio Book!  "The Road That Has No End"  (Purchase full version HERE )


Cindie looking in a billabong for a crocodile. Nope none in this billabong, that I could see.


Aboriginal women weaving baskets from using palms from Pandanus trees.


Wild horses or brumbies still roam Kakadu.


Female crocodiles are usually smaller than their male counterparts.


This women is covered in white paint she wore for the local dance, she is also dyeing the Pandanus palms.


Stone brush curlew, they have a mournful sound..


A magpie sitting on my handlebars, he wants a treat.


Our campsite outside of Croyton.


The sign for tree kangaroos.


Our bikes at the base of the curtain fig tree, it was that huge.


Our camp near L creek.


A flower in the rain forest.

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 Northern Territory, Australia


Cindie riding near the boat ramp near Merl campground, the birds are sulfur crested cockatoos.


Aboriginal man working a beautiful painting.


Termite mound on the road to Yellow Water.


Our campsite at Mardugal campground.


Jabiru


He is working on a painting in the artist area.


Tim riding across the Robinson River.


Cindie holding a baby kangaroo in Larrimah at Green Park.


The grey kangaroo grows up with a big brother, watch out big brother this little girl can box.


Orchid.


The Savannah way, and they said it couldn't be done on a bike, Ha


Tim pumping water out of a billabong.


Cindie riding over the causeway at Flinders River, it wasn't deep but the bottom was slick and no crocs in sight.


A beautiful sunrise in the outback.



I am feeding a baby grey kangaroo, she was rescued from her mothers pouch who was hit by a car. Ben also known as Dr. Doolittle (to me) rescues animals like wallabies and kangaroo.  He mentioned that a lot of female kangaroos have babies in their pouches when they are killed on the street and we should look to see if one is alive when we pass by.  Let me tell you I can not pass another dead kangaroo on the road without wondering if there is a baby inside. so far we haven't found one, Tim says that's a good thing.

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Our Progress Map of Australia
Starting in Adelaide Australia. and going around counter (anti) clockwise.

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INDEX #4 Australia
9-15-06 to Present

1North and
Central America
3-30-02 to 4-17-03

2 South America
6-3-03 to 6-17-04

3 SE Asia / China
11-22-04 to
9-15-06

4 Australia
9-15-06 to 9-15-07

5 New Zealand
9-16-07 to 5-2-08
6 Alaska, Canada, and the USA
5-3-08 to present
Cindie's Daily Journal INDEX Where are we now?  BLOG and latest news
 South Australia
Adelaide to Mount Gambier (Sept 15 - Oct 20, 2006)

Cindie's Daily Journals

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join  List)
Culture Shock in Australia

Best Place to see Pictures
Thumbnail Pictures of the state of South Australia

Full size Picture Pages

- The city of Adelaide
- Tanunda, Barossa Valley
- Cudlee Creek and Gorge Wildlife Park.
- Barossa Valley Wineries and Vineyards
- Murray River Pictures of Tanunda to Strathalbyn
- Macclesfield to Menengie
-Coorong National Park from Parnka Point to 42 Mile Crossing.
- Robe to Mt. Gambier


 

 Great Ocean Road, Victoria
Nelson to Melbourne, Victoria (Oct. 21 to Nov. 12, 2006)

Cindie's Daily Journals

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join  List)

Best Place to see Pictures

Full size Picture Pages

WARNING These pages are very slow loaders

- Nelson to Port Fairy
- Warrnambool to Princeton
- Otway National Park: camping under the Koalas
- Apollo Bay, Lorne to Geelong
- Castlemaine with the Melbourne Bicycle Touring Club MBTC
- Melbourne Australia the capital of the state of Victoria, Australia.


 

Tasmania
Devonport to Devonport (Nov 13, 2006 - Jan 4 2007)

Cindie's Daily Journals for Tasmania

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join  List)
Downloadable Malaysian Video Postcard From the Road

Best Place to see Pictures for Tasmania

Full size Picture Pages

WARNING These pages are very slow loaders

- Devonport to Strahan
- Cradle Mountain National Park Tasmania
- Strahn to The Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park and World Heritage Area
- Lake St. Clair Wilderness Park
- Tarralleah to New Norfolk
- Pictures of Mount Field National Park
-Hobart Wharf, Salamanca Market, Parliament Building in Tasmania
- Eagle Hawk Neck dog line to Swansea
- Port Arthur National Park and Penitentiary Ruins. #1.
- Port Arthur National Historic Site and Prison Ruins #2
- Swansea to Bicheno
- Freycinet National Park
- Nature World Animal Park
- Bicheno to the boat ferry at Devonport


 
 Victoria
Melbourne to Jindabyne , Australia  (January 5 - February 9, 2007)

Cindie's Victoria Daily Journals

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join  List)
How do we stay married while traveling together 24/7?

Best Place to see Victoria Pictures

Full size Picture Pages

WARNING These pages are very slow loaders

- Melbourne to Wilsons Promontory National Park
- Tarra Bulga National Park
- Bairnsdale to Jindabyne


 
 New South Wales
Jindabyne to Mudgeeraba (February 10 - April 24, 2007)

Cindie's Daily Journals for New South Wales

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join  List)

Best Place to see all thumbnail Pictures

Full size Picture Pages

WARNING These pages are very slow loaders

- Jindabyne to Khancoban, Australian Alps
- Wild Flowers of Mount Kosciusko Peak Hike.
- Threadbo ski field and snow sports area
- Khancoban to Adaminaby
- Adaminaby, NSW to Canberra, ACT
- Parliament House in Canberra to Sydney
-Sydney Australia with the Aquarium, Opera House and walk across the Harbor Bridge
- Sydney to Diamond Head, Crowdy Bay National Park
- Port Macquarie to Nimbin.
- Nimbin to Mount Nimbil Lodge Campground Gold Coast.


 

 Queensland - Outback
Sunshine Coast, to Wollogorang Station (April 25 - July 23, 2007)

Cindie's Daily Journals for Queensland

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join  List)

Best Place to see all the Queensland Thumbnail Pictures

Full size Picture Pages

WARNING These pages are very slow loaders

- Sunshine Coast and Maroochydore surfing beach
- Snorkeling and diving on the Great Barrier Reef at Lady Elliot Island.
- Steve Irwin's Australia Zoo
- Lamington National Park
- Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary Brisbane, Australia.
- Cairns to Atherton Tablelands
- Cairns Rain Forest Botanical Garden
- Mossman Gorge in the Daintree National Park
- Atherton Tablelands to Georgetown, Queensland, Australia
- Georgetown to Burketown
.- Burketown to Wollogorang Station


 

 Northern Territory and Outback
Wollogorang Station to Darwin
(July 22 - September 14, 2007)

Cindie's Daily Journals for the Northern Territory

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join  List)

LETTER

Best Place to see Pictures of the Outback

Full size Picture Pages

WARNING These pages are very slow loaders

- Wollogorang to Borroloola and Heart Break Hotel
- Daly Waters to Katherine
- Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory
- Yellow Water Boat Trip #1
- Yellow Water River Cruise and Boat Tour #2.
- Aboriginal community Oenpelli (Gunbalanya) and festival
-Aboriginal rock art at Ubirr and Merl campground in Kakadu National Park Northern Territory, Australia


1North and
Central America
3-30-02 to 4-17-03

2 South America
6-3-03 to 6-17-04

3 SE Asia / China
11-22-04 to
9-15-06

4 Australia
9-15-06 to 9-15-07

5 New Zealand
9-16-07 to 5-2-08
6 Alaska, Canada, and the USA
5-3-08 to present
Cindie's Daily Journal INDEX Where are we now?  BLOG and latest news

 

 

 

 

 

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