Brenda Noonan - On My Bike
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  • 2017 - AUST-3
  • 2016 - USA
  • 2015 - UK
    • Overview
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    • John O Groats to Helmsdale
    • Helmsdale to Tain
    • Tain to Inverness
    • Inverness to Kingussie
    • Kingussie to Pitlochry
    • Pitlochry to Kinross
    • 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
    • Camborne to Land's End
  • 2014 - AUST-2
    • Supporters
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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
  • 2013
  • 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. 
REST DAY
Day 5 - 4th April 2011
Kalgoorlie - Western Australia
 
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My first rest day -  Kalgoorlie - Western Australia.

Of course, mining is what this area is known for and from which it gains its great wealth.

Visiting the "superpit" was amazing - so huge, so vast!! Tours are available to go down into mines, but I was happy enough viewing from above. I hadn't realised how this was one of Alan Bond's major undertakings!

The towns of Kalgoorlie and Boulder which were once quite separate, are joined together nowadays - really just like two suburbs.

While I rested my legs, and my backside enjoyed a day off the bike seat, Pat had quite a "sporty" day.

I had read about - "the longest golf course in the world" - the Nullabor Golf Course, and if you are travelling from west to east - Kalgoorlie is where it starts!! You buy your "card" at the Visitor Information Centre and then play the first 2 holes at the Kalgoorlie Golf Club - playing your way across the Nullabor with the final 2 holes at Ceduna. I had only brought 4 clubs on the trip - 5 wood, 5 and 9 irons and a putter! Pat was swinging a golf club (my old clubs at that) for the first time in 25 years - so we were to expect the unexpected!! Kalgoorlie Golf Course was very nice - considering the lack of water in this area it had pretty good fairways and what we call greens - grass ones!!

Pat was also itching to try out her new Drakes Pride International bowls having not had a chance since playing with them at Scarborough in Perth with the lovely ladies from that Club. The main Club in Kalgoorlie was having its greens sprayed for weeds - but she got to "roll up" at "Kalgoorlie Railway Ladies Bowling Club" - a separate club in its own right.

We had an interesting drive and wander around Kalgoorlie and Boulder townships, had a relaxed picnic lunch in a beautiful park where there was plenty of Australian bird and animal life, visited a museum to learn more about the history of the mining in this area and generally got a good feel for the place.

All in all, a lovely day, so I was pleased that we changed schedule to take a day off here!!
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Superpit 1.
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Superpit 2.
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Superpit 3
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Superpit 4
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A retired gizmo at superpit
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Jucy at Superpit
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Pat and friends in Boulder
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Kalgoorlie Trotting Track
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The Purple Penthouse - parked beside the Purple Lady at the Kalgoorlie Park for lunch.
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Pat ready to tee off at Kalgoorlie Golf Club on the first tee of The Longest Golf Course in the World - the Nullarbor Golf Course!!
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The park in Kalgoorlie where we had a picnic lunch.
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How's this for a putt - Pat's first for about 20 years!!!!
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Jucy at the Kalgoorlie Golf Club.
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And now to bowls in Kalgoorlie!!
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"Brookman Street" - This is the sign from the one in Kalgoorlie, but there is also a Brookman Street in Boulder. Named after a relative of our good friend - John Brookman!!

I want to ride my bicycle bicycle bicycle; I want to ride my bicycle; I want to ride my bike; I want to ride my bicycle; I want to ride it where I like...; I don't believe in Peter Pan, Frankenstein or Superman; All I wanna do is bicycle, bicycle, bicycle....................... Freddie Mercury, Queen 1978.

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