Bikepacking the Pilot Wilderness
Sometimes the remote Alpine backcountry reminds us who’s boss. Just 20 minutes into our 26km return trip back to the car a resounding pop broke the monotonous hiss of the rain. Our heads whirled around to Matt, riding at the back, who was already off his bike and reaching for his spares kit. “I’ve flatted”, he called out. We u-turned and rode back to help.
The Alpine Pints and Pizzas 400
Alpine Pints and Pizzas is a 4-5 day, 400km bikepacking route through Victoria’s alpine region, where most days of riding can end with pizza and a pint at a craft brewery. Loosely based on the original High Country Breweries 500 that I first plotted and rode back in 2019, the Pints and Pizzas route omits…
Mackays Hut, Jagungal Wilderness
As part of my ongoing quest to visit as many of Australia’s high country huts as I can, I journeyed to Mackays Hut on a bikepacking trip in the Jagungal Wilderness in November 2023. This picturesque hut is is on Grey Mare Trail between O’Keefes Hut and the Gungahlin River.
It’s all about the bike: My Nordest Britango adventure machine
The comfiest ride that I’ve owned to date, my steel Britango was built up from a frameset into a proper adventure beast. It turned out just as I’d hoped, and what I love most is that it’s built to my spec rather than being an off-the-shelf bike.
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