nicolaoutdoors

Over Easter, we spent four nights at the idyllic King Parrot Cottages at Pennyroyal, in the Otways. Apart from lounging in or hot tub, out on the deck of or gorgeous little cottage,  we … • Rode our bikes on the trails at Forrest • Rode the Old Beechy Rail Trail • Walked through the [...]

Sometime in mid-summer, sick of days too hot to climb and even too hot to go to the beach, we decided to take our bikes on the ferry across to French Island. We planned to cycle around the island and stay at Tortoise Head Lodge, which is only a few hundred metres from where the [...]

Rail Trails follow the routes of old, disused railways. The rails are usually removed when a railway is closed, but remnants of the past such as railway cuttings and bridges still remain. Because railway engines were not good at climbing hills or making sharp turns, the lines were graded into sweeping curves and gentles inclines [...]

This week in Victoria, one cyclist died and two are in intensive care with head injuries after collisions with cars. These videos from the Cycling Promotion Fund were all filmed within a few blocks of my house. The actor drivers seems to be infinitely more careful that the real drivers. It’s all very well showing [...]

the shoulder, I fell on to, reached a fever-pitch of pain on Tuesday. I had really limited movement of my left arm. I consulted with physiotherapists and got x-rays etc. etc. and there is no fracture. It seems that it is most likely that (and I quote Ross’s brother Ian, who is one of the [...]

But water is fun to play in and on. And the fact that the bay is likely to be polluted and full of diseased, toxin-laden fish did not stop the massive 2008 Melbourne International Boat and Lifestyle Show at docklands this weekend. We rode our bikes through the city on Sunday and went to gawk [...]