Pics from Mackay to Town 1770

Our goal of cycling all the way to Sydney was cancelled due to the following reasons:

– In Australia the emergency lane is most of the time 30 centimeter wide with gravel. This makes cycling very dangerous as the road trains hurry past at over 100 km/h. The main reason for cancelling was the near ‘hit and miss’ with road trains at every 10 km. Australia needs to make their highways cycle friendly.
– The weather has been very bad and cycling in the torrential rain with road trains makes cycling even more dangerous.
– A bad back, hurt hands and faulty gears added to the stress.

We are very proud that we made it as far as Airlie beach from Cairns – 620 km. That is as far as cycling between Stockholm in Sweden and Copenhagen in Denmark. Highlights included inspecting all the dead animals on the highways and admiring the amazing endless landscape.  For all you crazy people that cycle all the way to Sydney we salute you.

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