The end of the road
// December 10th, 2009 // No Comments » // Blog
After a home-cooked meal and a good night’s sleep, the rode-ragers prepared for take-off for the last time this morning, meeting at Damascus junior campus at 9:30am. With only 118km to travel to Melbourne, we knew that a single rider could comfortably complete the distance in a couple of hours. Instead, we divided the distance [...]
There’s no place like home
// December 8th, 2009 // No Comments » // Blog
Despite the challenges we faced today, we managed to stay true to our word and arrived at Ballarat Town Hall just after 3:30pm. We were blown away by the number of people that had turned out to help us celebrate, including Mayor Judy Verlin, and crews from Win News and The Courier. The City of [...]
Raindrops keep falling on our heads…
// December 8th, 2009 // No Comments » // Blog
It’s never wise to count your chickens before they’re hatched, and as it turns out we were right to leave plenty of time up our sleeves for our ride leg into Ballarat. We had allowed ourselves a sleep-in until 7:00am, and awoke to the sound of heavy rain pounding on the tin roof of the [...]
An EBT victory: 360 to Nhill
// December 7th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Blog
We were back into the old routine this morning; awake at 5:00am and ready to leave Imagination Studios at 5:30. The plan was to find a bakery for breakfast, before completing the 360km leg to Nhill. Unfortunately, the tradition of early opening hours for bakers does not seem to have extended to Adelaide, and it [...]
Sunday in the City of Churches
// December 6th, 2009 // 2 Comments » // Blog
Today we have enjoyed our first real sleep-in, and had a relaxed brunch followed by a swim at the local aquatic centre, where every lane of the dozen or so pools seemed to be closed for swimming lessons. We passed half an hour or so of leisurely exile in the babies’ pool, then made the [...]
How can we pedal when our seats are burning?
// December 5th, 2009 // No Comments » // Blog
The crossing of the red centre is behind us, but those who thought the ride would be all down-hill from Port Augusta have already had good reason to rethink that theory. We had a tough day yesterday, facing headwinds and challenging terrain. After many days of good behaviour, Adimov was also feeling capricious, and threw [...]
Please sir, can we have some more?
// December 5th, 2009 // No Comments » // Blog
Just a quick note to say that we are overwhelmed by the exponential growth in interest in our website, with more than 100 000 hits today alone. We have also had a number of Emails commenting on the picture taken by our resident photographer (and chef) Leon Beaton, and it is great that so many [...]
It’s a long way from the top…
// December 4th, 2009 // 3 Comments » // Blog
We have successfully crossed Australia, coast-to-coast! Late this afternoon we arrived in Port Augusta, an important milestone in our trip. It was an achievement that we had to work for – today was our longest day, of about 530km, and we faced strong head- and cross-winds, and innumerable cattle-grids.
We got through the day with 6 [...]
We’re not in Kansas anymore…
// December 3rd, 2009 // No Comments » // Blog
As we mentioned yesterday, today was the day we turned the team hierarchy on its head, giving students full control of all activities and letting the adults take a back seat. Having tumbled down the rabbit hole, we found ourselves in a nightmarish parallel world, where young people ruled with efficiency, maturity and a [...]
Lord of the Flies
// December 2nd, 2009 // 2 Comments » // Blog
A new challenge has been proposed for the Rode Rage team; for the next 24 hours the team will be managed and organised entirely by students. Our leaders have become monkeys and our monkeys leaders. Teachers and past students will act as enthusiastic and helpful underlings, but junior team members will be entirely responsible for [...]
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