Brisbane Skyline

Brisbane was a fair distance away – about 170km and I wanted to get there before evening rush-hour so I planned on leaving at 5am. I got up, got packed and was ready to go but the reception at the camp was closed and they had some of my things for safe keeping so that threw a spanner in the works and I had to amuse myself for a few hours.

When I got going I was making good time until I hit the Gold coast where the road turned into Motorway with no bicycles allowed. It had a nice wide shoulder so I decded to gie it a go anyway. About 2km later I found myself back on the streets of the ‘burbs my ears red from the stiff bollicking I got from a copper. I played the dumb tourist card but he was having none of it, lucky I didn’t get a ticket. Trying to navigate the northern suburbs of Surfers Paradise and Southport was a nightmare, even the locals I asked for help didn’t know “get on the motorway” being the usual response. That said most of them can’t have been living there for long. Eventually I found my way to the old highway which ran parallel to the motorway which was dead quiet, no traffic and lovely road surface.

Things got complicated when I reached the southern edge of Brisbane. The road did have signs for a cyclist route which I followed with ease unitl I got to one roundabout. If you were to follow the signs you would be going around in circles for eternity With the help of some local knowledge I managed to get into the city but at this stage it had been dark for 2 hours and I’d added 30km extra to the trip but how bad, some days of rest with a bed awaited.

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