Easter Sunday on the bike
Today was a pretty good day I’d say, especially considering it’s the longest distance I’ve done so far. Building up the stamina slowly is the key. I was out of Coolum at 7am and cycled north along the coast to Noosa Heads where I took a nice break. From there I headed inland, mainly for lack of roads and campsites along the coast north of Noosa, and I’m glad I did because the road was really scenic with rolling hills, farms, small towns, and eucalypt trees shading the road. There was a lot of traffic on the road from the holiday, but certainly no one was in their Easter best, in fact everyone I saw was barefoot and in shorts and t-shirts. Kind-of weird when you compare it to home.
The one town I passed through, Pomona, is home to the Majestic Theatre, which is the’oldest authentic fully operating Silent Movie Theatre in the world.’ And just for FYI, the feature film was Rudolph Valentino in the Son of the Sheik, now in it’s 16th year.
In another little town where I stopped for an ice-cream, an older guy came up to me and said, ‘Hey where did you get them bags on your bike?’ ‘Canada,’ I replied. He said, ‘Well that’s a far way to go, especially on a Sunday.’ It sure is.
I couldn’t really decide where to head to today, but the holiday madness made the decision for me again when I stopped at the Info Center and asked what was available and they told me that everything north of here was booked. Just as well, because I think 75 km was a good day, on very hilly roads no less. Everyone is assuring me that after tomorrow the crowds will die down a bit. I sure hope so.
I saw 2 other touring cyclists today, a couple, heading south, and I wished I had stopped to talk to them, but we passed each other so quickly and then they were gone. Next time I will stop for sure, because they could have had valuable information for me on what lies ahead.
Well it’s 6pm and dark already, as we head into the winter in Oz we lose more sunlight every day. Time now to retire to the tent…
Distance: 75.54 km
Time: 4 hour 30 minutes
Avg Speed: 16.9 km/hr
Taking a break at Noosa Heads
God how I hate those signs!
Happy Easter everyone!
Add comment April 20th, 2003