But first, I recently found this slide converted to JPG. It was my first Sydney bike back in the mid ’70s. The picture reminds me of unit (apartment) living, bike inside on wet days and bush walking (backpack). The continuous printed stationery on the bike rack shows the way we programmed computers then – input by punched card and output as a roll of paper. Ah, those were the days – no screens, all hard copy. I can remember carefully attaching the printout to rack in case the whole thing unrolled along Dowling Street on the way to Waterloo.
Author: antc1946
Born in 1946 I learnt to cycle about 10 years later. On a bike with rods connecting brake levers to the brakes - anyone remember those?
I emigrated to Australia (from the UK) in 1974 and moved to Tasmania in 1984.
Bicycles were in my life for most of that time although sometimes they were replaced by motorised two wheels for a bit more excitement. On reaching 70 I decided to stick to pedal power but in 2019 an electric recumbent made an appearance.
it's now 2023 and I have 3 bikes. 2 e-recumbents and the Brompton.
The Last Leg of The Tour
Sue is still feeling the effects of vertigo and the exercises are not “fixing” it, so it will be good to get home.
The drive down from Temora to Wangaratta started on the Goldfields Way which became the Olympic Highway and then on the Hume Highway. The Olympic Highway is so named because back in 1963 part of the route was used to carry the Olympic flame down to Melbourne for the Olympic Games. The Goldfields Way led to Wagga Wagga and was quite busy with people heading into Wagga for Saturday chores, all wanting to overtake this pesky caravan. After Wagga things settled down and I was able to watch them rushing along towards Wagga on the other side of the road.
Tony's Tasmanian Cycling Blog 