Brenda Noonan - On My Bike
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    • John O Groats to Helmsdale
    • Helmsdale to Tain
    • Tain to Inverness
    • Inverness to Kingussie
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    • Kinross to Dalkeith
    • Dalkeith to Jedburgh
    • Jedburgh to Ponteland
    • Ponteland to Guisborough
    • Guisborough to Scarborough
    • Rest Day - Scarborough
    • Scarborough to Barton-upon-Humber
    • Barton-upon-Humber to Thorpe-on-the-Hill
    • Thorpe-on-the-Hill to Ibstock
    • Ibstock to Stratford-upon-Avon
    • Stratford-upon-Avon to Cambridge
    • Cambridge to West Huntspill
    • West Huntspill to Crediton
    • Crediton to Bodmin
    • Bodmin to Camborne
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  • 2014 - AUST-2
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    • Scarborough to Dee Why
    • Dee Why to Toukley
    • Toukley to Heatherbrae
    • Heatherbrae to Bulahdelah
    • Bulahdelah to Taree
    • Taree to Kempsey
    • Kempsey to Nambucca Heads
    • Nambucca Heads to Repton
    • Repton to Mullaway
    • Mullaway to Grafton
    • Grafton to Broadwater
    • Broadwater to Hastings Point
    • Hastings Point to Labrador
    • Labrador to Northgate
    • Northgate to Scarborough
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  • 2012 - NZ
    • Participants
    • Getting to the Start
    • Fund-raiser for NZ Gynaecological Cancer Foundation
    • Zonta
    • Our Wonderful Supporters!
    • Bluff to Clinton
    • Clinton to Dunedin
    • Dunedin to Oamaru
    • Oamaru to Winchester
    • Winchester to Christchurch
    • Rest Day
    • Christchurch to Cheviot
    • Cheviot to Kaikoura
    • Kaikoura to Ward
    • Ward to Picton
    • Picton to Mana
    • Mana to Foxton Beach
    • Foxton Beach to Mangaweka
    • Mangaweka to Turangi
    • Turangi to Tokoroa
    • Tokoroa to Huntly
    • Huntly to Orewa
    • Rest Day
    • Orewa to Whangarei
    • Whangarei to Coopers Beach
    • Coopers Beach to Cape Reinga
    • After completing the ride
  • 2011 - AUST-1
    • My "Crew"
    • My "Bike"
    • Preparation
    • Poems
    • Supporters
    • Scarborough (WA) to Northam
    • Northam to Kellerberrin
    • Kellerberrin to Southern Cross
    • Southern Cross to Coolgardie
    • Rest Day
    • Coolgardie to Norseman
    • Norseman to Balladonia
    • Balladonia to Caiguna
    • Caiguna to Cocklebiddy
    • Cocklebiddy to Madura Pass
    • Madura Pass to Eucla
    • Eucla to Nullarbor
    • Nullarbor to Nundroo
    • Nundroo to Penong
    • Penong to Ceduna
    • Rest Day
    • Ceduna to Minnipa
    • Minnipa to Kimba
    • Kimba to Port Augusta
    • Rest Day
    • Port Augusta to Peterborough
    • Peterborough to Olary
    • Olary to Broken Hill
    • REST DAY
    • Broken Hill to Dolo Hill
    • Dolo Hill to Emmdale
    • Emmdale to Cobar
    • Rest Day
    • Cobar to Nyngan
    • Nyngan to Warren
    • Warren to Gilgandra
    • Gilgandra to Coonabarabran
    • Coonabarabran to Narrabri
    • Rest Day
    • Narrabri to Moree
    • Moree to Goondiwindi
    • Goondiwindi to Lake Coolmunda
    • Lake Coolmunda to Warwick
    • Warwick to Kalbar
    • Kalbar to Doolandella
    • Doolandella to Scarborough (Qld)
    • Rest Day
    • Week 1 - Scarborough (WA) to Balladonia (WA)
    • Week 2:- Balladonia (WA) to Penong (SA)
    • Week 3:- Penong (SA) to Peterborough (SA)
    • Week 4:- Peterborough (SA) to Cobar (NSW)
    • Week 5:- Cobar (NSW) to Moree (NSW)
    • Week 6:- Moree (NSW) to Scarborough (Qld)
    • Heart Foundation
    • The "Media Tart"
    • Competitions
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All funds raised during my ride across Australia went to either the Australian or New Zealand Heart Foundation depending on the donor’s wish.
It was a thrill to be named Best Individual Fund-raiser for 2011 by the Queensland Branch of the Australian Heart Foundation.
​Special thanks to EVERYONE who supported my ride. 

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Day 2 - April 1st, 2011
Northam (WA) to Kellerberrin (WA)
106 kms
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DAILY PREVIEW:-

Hopefully the legs will be OK from yesterdays ride. They better be - there is more climbing today!!

For the next few days I will be riding through the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.   Altogether, it has an area of 154,862 square kilometres (59,793 sq mi). The population is widely distributed, with only about 16,000 people living in the main towns of Northam, Narrogin, Merredin and Moora.

The climb looks steady today as I continue my journey along the Great Eastern Highway - National Highway 94. This highway mostly runs in parallel with the Mundaring to Kalgoorlie water pipeline, which pipes drinking water drawn from Mundaring Weir near Perth 600 km east to Kalgoorlie.

My biking day will end at Kellerberrin, where wheat and sheep farming and the manufacture of agricultural equipment are the main industries. Attractions here include a folk museum featuring local memorabilia and Kellerberrin Hill Lookout with its panoramic views of the area. The towns Centenary Park includes a heritage walkway, barbecues and a maze. Nearby attractions include Mt Stirling, Mt Caroline and Kokerbin Rock.
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Northam to Kellerberrin

Distance travelled - 106.07 kms
Highest speed - 54.10 kph
Average speed - 21.02 kph
Hours on the bike - 5 hours exactly!

Not as hilly today as the elevation graph seemed to indicate, but the head winds played havoc with my average speed. Amazing travelling along beside the pipeline, what an incredible piece of design and engineering - to think it was done so long ago - and this sort of thing seemed to be "too hard" when Queensland had a water crisis a few years ago!!

Lovely land to bike through really, pretty dry, but obviously very productive grain fields if the number of HUGE silos are anything to go by.

Early lunch at Meckering, - seemed a poignant thing to do and remember all the "shakes" in New Zealand and Japan at the moment. There is a fault line through here where a 6.9 quake occurred many years ago. The rose gardens commemorating this are beautiful in such a dry part of the world!

Guess what - the camping ground here was at the Kellerberrin Trotting track - but I miss their meeting by 2 days.
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Pat fixing the first puncture of the trip!!
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Meckering - scene of Australia's most severe earthquake.
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Arriving at the country town of Kellerberrin.
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On the Kellerberrin Trotting Track.


You never have the wind with you - either it is against you or you're having a good day.
Daniel Behrman - The Man Who Loved Bicycles

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