Bicycling Australia

The Bike, a Ute and a Weekend of Gravel

IT WAS HARD TO BELIEVE WE WERE SO comparatively close to Sydney; yes we were over the hills, but not so far away. Just over 70km from Australia’s biggest city, the gravel road was pretty well ours and ours alone.

Leaving the CBD around 8 am, in less than an hour we were passing through the Hills district before weaving our way along the ridge and down

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