The Bike Tour of Australia, Ballina to Murwillumbah via Byron Bay

Jun 17, 2011

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I rode heading north along the shore from Ballina today.

I arrived at Byron Bay via Lennox Head in the early afternoon. The Byron Bay station, which was used until 2004, became CountryLink(Train and bus company) travel center. Even now, the railway tracks are left.

I rode a bit inland and got on Pacific highway (Route 1) from the interchange. When a sense of Japan; there was an expressway.

I went down the interchange and made a turn into Tweed Valley Way. There was an old wooden railway bridge. It was only seven years ago that it became the abolished line.

Across some hills, I arrived at Murwillumbah in the Tweed River midstream. It is a fantastic beautiful town.
92.77Km,5h56m,15.5Km/h

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The Bike Tour of Australia, Brisbane - Casino - Ballina

Jun 16, 2011

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I moved by train from Brisbane to Casino.

It was for the good of the real experience of the Cougal Spiral. The spiral line is not unusual, but without tunnel section is rare.

At Casino Station, I unfolded the bike and began cycling. The route to Ballina, it is 60km.

I saw road signs which alerted for koalas and kangaroos many times.

Ballina, located in the river mouth of the Richmond River, was a quiet town.
I used DIY GPS on the iPhone. This software does not need traffic of maps data. It was helpful for the cycling in the foreign country.(a montage of images)

66.73Km,4h02m,16.4Km/h

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The Bike Tour of Australia, in Brisbane

Jun 15, 2011

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Brisbane has the population of 2 million and is the third most populous city in Australia. The Brisbane River winds through the city.
The bike roads was made on the both sides of the river. In the center of city, without the embankment, the long viaduct on the river.

Brisbane had many slopes. There was a steep slope of 25% in the suburbs.

I cycled up Mount Coot-tha. It offers a superb outlook over the green city.

39.04Km,3h11m,12.2Km/h

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The Bike Tour of Australia, in Mount Tamborine

Jun 13, 2011

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Today I cycled Mount Tamborine, which is 30km northwest of Surfer's Paradise. I joined Trevor, whom I had ridden together with from Yokohama to Enoshima in Japan.

We ate breakfast at Rob and Sue's house. There was a fixed cycling roller with a monitor at the garage. We had a superb view of the mountains on the wood deck.

I rode behind Peter on the plateau and enjoyed a downhill to Camungra, and many wineries were dotted along the way in the forest.
After that we moved to Brisbane by car, and pedaled along the river with Gus. The house of Mago was a sylvan quiet house.

48.37Km,3h19m,14.5Km/h

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The Bike Tour of Australia, in Gold Coast

Jun 12, 2011

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My impression of Australia was beaches and desert, so I felt it would be unsuitable for cycling. However, the Australian cyclist Gus, whom I met at the Misaka Pass in last year, said "There are green mountains and the huge caldera !", so I decided to go.
I arrived at Coolangatta Airport in the south of the Gold Coast at 6:30. Gus pedaled in the rain and arrived at 9:30, just as promised.

This is the dry season, so rain is very rare. I rode behind Gus all day and lodged in his home at night.The rain eased off. At first we rode on the cycling road along the beach.
Because I carried a bike-packing bag on the steering bar and three sets of clothes on my back, I was heavy-armed for cycling.
The Gold Coast is appropriate to ride around by bike. It became clear in the evening.

A secret base of Gus's house.

The per person GDP in Australia is 10% higher than in Japan, but it is a big difference of the richness that added value brought in a garage, does not appear in the statistics.

63.62Km,3h55m,16.1Km/h

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Sanomagic "Wooden bike" with Gus

May 29, 2011

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I joined Gus who cycled here from Odawara in Shinagawa, and we cycled to Sanomagic in Shinkiba together. The Sano workshop makes wooden vessels from the Edo era, continuing for more than 200 years. Recently, he started making bikes out of mahogany, using wooden shipwright technology. The weight of the mahogany bike is the same as a carbon frame bike, but it has the flexibility peculiar to wood.
When I push on the pedal, I can feel a deflection as I start to accelerate.
Sano does not compromise with quality. We must wait for three years to obtain a Sano bike.
His mahogany bike is displayed this year in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

69.34Km

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"The travelogue of the cat town"　猫町紀行　by Yoshiharu Tsuge

May 22, 2011

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In 1969, the bizarre manga artist Yoshiharu Tsuge lost his way and saw "the cat town".
The travelogue was published considerably later in 1982. He wrote in great detail about how he got lost.
"After having lost my way, I crossed a street and suddenly there was the cat town."
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I traced the path where Yoshiharu Tsuge got lost.
The old Koshu main road diverged at an acute angle (forked) past the post town of Tsurukawa, seen in the center. I suppose that Tsuge's group went straight on Tsurukawa street.

The Nodajiri post town was the major candidate of "the cat town", but there was not the way which intersected street.

I was not able to go to "the cat town".

118.22Km

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