Days 65-68 (January 6-9)
I’m now enjoying winter biking in Alaska. This is what I often thought of during the hot days in Australia.
Well, the Australia bike trip is officially over. Both Mattie and I are safely back home – me in Alaska and Mattie in Idaho.
Days 59-64 (December 31 to January 5)
We’ve been in Sydney for two days now, so it’s time to begin the final phase of the trip – car touring along the southeast coast. After 48 days of traveling at 10 km/hour, we’re looking forward to the wonders of internal combustion by traveling 10 times faster with 1/10,000 of the physical effort.
Our bikes and gear shoehorned into the back of a small Kia Rio
On the morning of the 31st, we picked up a rental car a couple of blocks away from the hotel where we stayed. It was a small Kia, so we had to disassemble our bikes down to the frames in order to get both bikes and all eight panniers in the car. It was a bit of a Tetris game trying to get everything in, but we did it.
Day 58 (December 30)
The view of downtown Sydney from the Taronga Zoo
Today was our first full day in Sydney, so we figured we’d do some of the typical tourist stuff by going to the Taronga Zoo and touring around the harbor. I really can’t think of much to say, so here’s a few pictures just to prove we were there. Enjoy!
Indian to Pacific 