Friday April 14, 2023: Out of my Wollongong Hotel and on the road at 5:28am. All my gear was still soaking wet but I didn't bloody well care. I was only 135k's from the Opera House and from ticking off another line item on the...
Thursday April 13, 2023: I had a long chat with Melissa last night and together we had come up with a relatively firm plan / stage-managing of my arrival at the Opera House - all very Harry and Meghan I know but a necessary contrivance....
Wednesday April 12, 2023: It was a more respectable departure time this morning, 6:04am. The Sydney Opera House and all that came with eventually getting there, was now "only" 524 kilometres away. The abstract was beginning to take a turn for the tangible. For obvious reasons...
Tuesday April 11, 2023: It was an oh so toasty arrangement on the undercover, leeward side of the Cabramurra outbuilding. So much so that I only exited my cocoon away from home once in almost 12 hours to answer the call of nature. Speaking of...
Monday April 10, 2023: Another late start, 7:40am. The competitive part of the event was gone, which for me is a massive fuel source for the will - that invisible, persistent hand on the back that pushes you forward through the constant fatigue and aching...
Sunday April 9, 2023: Back on route at 7:21am. The overwhelming emotions were that of frustration and determination...
Saturday April 8, 2023: OK, the few hours in a hotel room resting and checking weather maps etc turned into an overnight stay at the Golden Age Hotel where a furious game of mental tennis played out in Room 23. Forehand: "get out there amongst it you...
Friday April 7, 2023: Out into the crisp, ominous (in terms of the dark rain clouds) Bairnsdale morning at 6:59am. I was immediately struck by the traffic which was busier than what I would have expected for pre 8am on a Friday morning, even for a...
Thursday April 6, 2023: Out of my cabin at 7:54am interested to see my surrounds, as it had been pitch dark when I had arrived last night. When traversing the rough double track back to the bitumen I marveled at the fact that I didn't...
Wednesday April 5, 2023: I was up at around 8am...