I love Saturdays. I think they are my new favourite day of the week, closely followed by Sundays and public holidays! Don’t get me wrong, I do love my job, but being able to unwind is important!
Today MIML™ and I went on a bike ride. Yes, we do that semi-regularly, but today’s was a little different… it was 220km long.
This is where we went:
And it was superb riding weather! Bit of a breeze and lots of sun! After petrol we went to Port Douglas for a leg stretch, then onto Mount Molloy. Don’t get me wrong, the ride from Cairns to Port is lovely and I never cease to smile coming around the bend at Buchan’s Point seeing the ocean, but the ride up the range was almost perfect- sweeping bends, rainforrest and a lovely road surface. I even managed to get my boot on the road going around one bend! It felt great!
Charley Boorman said the burgers in Mount Molloy were the best in the world and he wasn’t really kidding! They were awesome! Look:
Yes, that is a 50c coin! I daren’t think how many eggs were used or calories consumed!
Back on the bikes to Mareeba where the temptation was to see how fast the bike could go (I got up to 125km/h when overtaking a truck being driven in a lunatic manner!) and then back down to Cairns. Yes the Kuranda Range is a pleasant ride, but nothing compared to Mossman-Mt Molloy. The good thing though was riding late in the afternoon with shadows of the bike on the road and bugs splattering over my helmet visor 
Oh and the best bit… Between the two fuel stations I used 8.48l and averaged 26.01 km/l. Yeah, not bad!
The bum is fine, but the back is a little stiff, but that could be due to yesterday’s gym workout too! Next ride is going to be heading south and going Innisfail to Atherton. Might even attempt the Gillies Range…
June 6th, 2010 at 10:06 am
Ooooh the Gillies made me sick regularly – often whilst *I* was driving! I took to pulling into every second turnout going down teh range one time…
Thanks for this blog post …. On our first wedding anniversary, G and I took a very similar path (although our start/ finish point was Atherton, not Cairns).
G used to ride his dirt bike all around the ranges behind Atherton and Herberton – different country out that way and Very interesting things to see. (You could pack your togs and stop off at Innot Hot Springs to get the crick out of your back
June 7th, 2010 at 11:56 am
Hi fifi
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cheers
graham
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