Widgiemooltha

Arrived at Widgiemooltha yesterday afternoon - halfway between Norseman & Coolgardie.
Today is a short day, only 76K's to Coolgardie.
Widgiemoolltha only has a roadhouse and a caravan park. Poor reception here.

 

 

Dinner

Prawn & Barra twists for Entree. Who says he's doing it tough out there??

Rest day no. 1 in Norseman.



Norseman

This horse is famous because apparently it brushed it's hoof on the ground and revealed gold, which put Norseman on the map many years ago.

Caravan Park in Norseman

Norseman

They have arrived in Norseman. They have taken some great photo's with Jarrad's phone, but can't do anything with them due to no coverage. Hopefully we'll have some by tomorrow. After their rest days in Norseman they have 166 km's up to Coolgardie, then the 600 km's to Perth.

They are currently half way between Caiguna & Balladonia, which is that long 90 mile straight stretch of the Nullarbor. He will be in Norseman on Monday afternoon after riding 7 days straight. So he will have two rest days in Norseman. Not sure which way he will go after Norseman. Originally it was down to Esperance, but he may decide to go straight on to Perth.

Heading to Madura

Here Graeme is having morning tea. They were at Mundrabilla last night and today they are headed to Madura. All going well. Jarrad still has no reception on his new iPhone 5 and Graeme has reception on his faithful "flippa phone", even though they have the same provider.. Telstra!

Eucla

Arrived in Eucla. All going well. The last couple of nights have been roadside stops, batteries in van lasting, still have the fridge & lights working even though not plugged into any power!!

Ceduna

We're in Ceduna today it's our last night before we start the Nullarbor in the morning. The ride from Wurrilla to here wasn't that great. It started off very foggy which led into patchy rain for most of the ride, the van got a puncture in Ceduna, and it turned out that we needed two new tyres, had a rest day today and stocked up on food and water for the Nullarbor.

Summary of the first six days

Day 6: Rode to Nhill today lots of trucks and it was so cold I got the shakes and needed to rug up on my first break to regain warmth, we decided that we'll leave at 6 instead of 5 to avoid the cold, got in round 11.30.

Day 5: Set off from Horsham to Kaniva, riding was pretty good, met the milk man in Nhill said he'd drove past me about 4 times, he reckoned Sarah had the easy job, got a couple of donations in Kaniva, off to the pub for dinner.

Day 4: Amanda drove Sarah out to swap driving duties with Jarrad so he could go back to Melbourne to have an operation on his hand.

Day 3: Set of at 5am and it was quite cold, riding conditions were great and I got into Horsham about 11am, Shirly from Horsham caravan park kindly let us have the night for free, had a great feed at the pub, Jazz had a chicken Parma and I got a black Angus.

Day 2: Set off at 5am, there was alot less wind today.We had two stops, one at 30ks and one at 40ks. Arrived at 11am in Ararat, some more Kakoda crew met us there for a bonvoyage, had tea in a nice camp kitchen.

Day 1: Left Mordialloc at 5am and was sent off by family, stopped off at the golf club, where Peter, Manager, Rob the Captain and some work buddies were waiting to send me off, then to Bacchus Marsh where we met my Kakoda Crew for a coffee and a muffin, friends Helen and Colin road with me along a very windy and hilly path to Ballan where we stopped for lunch and recieved our first on road donations, (10 bucks and a lunch) then to Ballarat where we set up for the night.

Wurrilla

Left a little place called Wudinna today, riding seemed alright at first but a head wind came up later. Met a lovely 75 year old man along the way who is riding from Adelaide to Perth all by himself. We made him a roadside cuppa, got into Wurrilla at about 2.30 to our worst campsite yet....

Wudinna

Currently having a couple of rest days in Wudinna, 570km NW of Adelaide.
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Ceduna is 210k's away.

 

 

Kimba

Well Graeme has had a top day in the saddle today!
Finally got a tail wind and clocked up 157k's today. Started off in Port Augusta this morning and finished up at Kimba. For those following him on various maps he is hoping to get to Wudinna which is about a 100k's . Top effort Greagor we are all so proud of you back home here.

Locheil

Really in the middle of nowhere now. At a place called Locheil about 200kms out of Port Augusta! Were now sharing the road with road trains. He's doing brilliantly and not that sore at all.

Suzanne Bell from O'Leary Walker Wines came to visit Graeme whilst they were in Gawler. She very generously donated 3 dozen bottles of wine to the cause, so a big thankyou to her!

 

Port Perie

This was taken 12k's out of Port Perie. This is where support vehicle drivers will swap over. Jarrad flew to Adelaide at 6am this morning and is on a bus to Port Perie. Sarah will then board a bus to Adelaide which will connect her to a Greyhound bus home. She has done an excellent job as her Dad's support crew. Jazz will be back in the drivers seat after successful surgery to his hand.

Media Release

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Feature in the EJ Whitten Newsletter

Pedal Power Melbourne to Broome
No matter how many fast cars are put on the market bike riding is not going out of fashion, in fact every young child still wants a bike for Christmas. At 60 years of age local Mordialloc man Graeme Kenny is so passionate about bikes he is on a ride from Mordialloc in Melbourne to Broome. Together with his son Jarrad he hopes to cycle 6000km in 60 days, that’s 100 km per day using pedal power!

Graeme is riding to highlight Prostate Cancer Awareness. Graeme says, “I ride each day to work and I have walked the Kokoda trail and Machu Picchu in Peru. I am riding 100km per day to show all men that being 60 can be the best days of your life.”

Graeme Kenny will be riding solo through small outback towns through the red centre to help raise funds for Prostate Cancer and promote TIME TO TEST our new men’s health campaign for 2013.  Keep an eye out for his support van with the EJ Whitten Logo saying Pedal Power to Broome. We would love local communities to show their support.”

FOLLOW THE RIDE AND DONATE ONLINE https://give.everydayhero.com/au/Graeme-Kenny
Graeme has set off from Melbourne on 27th April following a route to Adelaide and through the centre to Broome.  Local radio stations are welcome to pick up a live interview along the route.
MEDIA RELEASE CLICK HERE

Jarrad had the operation on his hand yesterday to remove the palm frond from his hand and all went well. 

He will be getting a flight to Adelaide in the next few days then a bus to join up with Graeme in Port Pirie - 224km north of Adelaide. 

Graeme has had a three day rest at Gawler and is now heading for Port Wakefield - 98.7km from Adelaide.  So far so good!

 



Riding into Gawler. Jarrad's surgery is scheduled for Monday afternoon, support vehicle drivers will swap soon after that.

Leaving Murray Bridge early this morning. 7 K's out of Gawler, where we will have a couple of rest days