In a few days myself and my wife will be setting off to Los Angeles (via NZ) to undertake an epic journey along the Pan American highway. The Pan American is a route that stretches from the Arctic Circle in Alaska all the way to the bottom of South America. Officially it traverses 14 countries, … Continue reading The Pan-American in a Prius
Last week it suddenly occurred to me that I don’t suffer from back pain anymore. That this realisation had so quietly crept up on me was a surprise. For years back pain had been a huge thing in my life. It reached its peak level about 10 years ago when I’d wake up every morning … Continue reading Yoga > Back Pain
In early November I set off, alone, on a bikepacking expedition from my home south of Melbourne to Sydney, In the end the trip took about 1,100km and I did it in 10 days, with one day extra for rest. I’m not sure why I did it, it was a spur of the moment thing. … Continue reading I rode to Sydney and saved a turtle
As the future outcomes of human induced climate change becomes more and more dire I’ve been thinking about the question of personal responsibility, and what impact I have had this mess we find ourselves in. Obviously I haven’t burned down forests, pumped oil from the ground or done anything directly that would contribute to climate … Continue reading A lifetime of Carbon
The Great Melbourne Lockdown is nearly over. All going to plan we'll be able to leave the city in 5 more days, making it a total of 123 lockdown days. Considering that I was planning to cycle across the world this year it might sound like spending 4 months trapped in a little house in … Continue reading Moneylounge v2
It is day 45 of Melbourne’s second lockdown. The skies are grey and heavy rain is forecast for later. I’m sitting on a red meditation cushion which my friend Rosie made for me, and which I filled with specially ordered Australian Buckwheat husks from New South Wales. I made another cushion from blue curtain material, … Continue reading A Lockdown Retreat
Its Day 42 of Melbourne's second lockdown. I'm allowed to travel outside the house only once each day and within a 5km radius. My cycling trips have been curtailed to doing laps in the local Velodrome with a one hour time limit. So, no bikepacking trips from Melbourne to Lisbon. No rides around Australia or … Continue reading Google Earth Studio
As I write this note Melbourne is in a state of quasi Coronavirus lockdown. People can still wander around, schools are open. As are most of the shops. However people are increasingly working from home and normally busy streets in the CBD are empty. For those of us on the path to financial independence, or … Continue reading Imposed Frugality
When planning a long term bike tour there really isn't much point in doing anything more then outlining a rough route and schedule. There's simply too many unexpected events that can disrupt the best laid intentions. A broken bike chain, an injury, visa/passport issues can all wreck having with a schedule. However, when I was … Continue reading Bike Touring a world afflicted by coronavirus
For the last two months I've reentered the workforce on a 3-month contract, after having had the past 13 months off work. I'm working as a Project Manager in one of the big Australian banks, so it's very much a quintessential corporate IT gig. Before starting I actually calculated how much of the rest of … Continue reading Back to work……
Adrian Falvey 