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Proposals 1: New Zealand South Island Duration 2000 kilometre | 5-7 weeks.
Proposal 2: Australia Queensland Rockhampton to Cairns to Cloncurry to Winton to Rockhampton. 3200 km 8-9 weeks.
Proposal 3: Xian/Peking -China to Istanbul- Turkey-
9000 KM
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100 RIDING DAYS
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30 REST DAYS
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5 TRAVEL DAYS
COUNTRIES
CHINA, MONGOLIA, KAZAKHSTAN, KYRGYZSTAN, TAJIKISTAN, UZBEKISTAN, GEORGIA, TÜRKIYE
115 NIGHTS / CAMPING
Building the Wharrum 46 Ariki
Voyage theme:"Whenever and Wherever the Boat Leads Me."
Design: Wharrum Classic Designed 46 foot Catamaran Project Builder: David Turner
Let me know if you'd like join me with the project.
Am a 71 years old male and building a Wharrum 46 Ariki type catamaran.
Best Project Time: Into the water is April 2025
Your Support is Wanted!
​​​Yes am building the Wharrum 46 Ariki !
Voyage theme:
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"Whenever and Wherever the Boat Leads The Crew."
Design:
Wharrum Classic Designed 46 foot Catamaran
Project Builder: David Turner
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Let me know if you'd like join me with the project.
Am a 71 years old male and building a Wharrum 46 Ariki type catamaran.
Best Project Time: Into the water is April 2025
"Follow the journey of crafting a Wharrum 46 Ariki catamaran, a project charged by the promise of endless horizons."
Introduction and a Big Welcome to you.
"Welcome to Pedal Aussie, where the spirit of adventure is evolving from two wheels to twin hulls. As a 71-year-old adventurer, I’m building a 46-foot Wharrum Ariki catamaran in plywood with the goal of launching it by April 2025. This vessel represents my lifelong dream to explore the world on water, guided by the theme:
'Whenever and wherever the boat leads the crew.'
Join me on this exciting journey as I share updates, stories, and opportunities to support the project."
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"Follow My Journey" (links to blog or updates page)
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"Support the Build on Patreon"
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My Patreon Link is:
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Button is :
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"Learn More About the Catamaran"
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Patreon Content Plan
Tiered Rewards
• $4.75/month: Crew Supporters
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Thank-you shoutouts in blog updates.
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Early access to updates and photos.
• $8.75/month: First Mates
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All Crew Supporter perks.
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Behind-the-scenes videos and live Q&A sessions.
•$24.87 /month: Navigators
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All First Mate perks.
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Personalized thank-you message.
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Name on the boat (e.g., on a plaque or sail bag).
Content Ideas
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Monthly Updates: Share detailed construction progress, challenges, and solutions.
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Exclusive Videos:
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Time-lapse of specific parts of the build.
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Tutorials on techniques you’ve mastered.
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Live Streams: Host real-time updates or a casual Q&A session.
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Personal Notes: Handwritten notes or digital postcards sent to higher-tier patrons.
Milestones and Goals
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Funding milestones on Patreon:
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$500: Helps purchase epoxy or paint.
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$1,000: Supports ply 12 mm 2440 by 1220 mm.
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$1,000: Supports keel hardwood.
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$1,000: Supports antifouling.
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$1,000: Supports rigging and outfitting.
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$5,000: Covers sails and sail covers
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$5,000: Covers electronics.
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$5,000: Diesel Engine and fuel tanks.
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$1500: Covers Queensland Marine Registration
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Timeline for Action
"Be Part of the Build: Support the Dream"
"This project is about more than just building a boat—it’s about realizing a dream that’s been decades in the making. By supporting this journey, you become part of something extraordinary:
the creation of a vessel that will explore the world’s waters."
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Patreon: Get exclusive updates, behind-the-scenes content, and rewards.
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Donate Directly: Contribute to the build via PayPal or other platforms.
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Merchandise: Purchase branded gear (coming soon).
Special Recognition:
"Every supporter will have their name featured on the boat, immortalized as part of this journey."
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David's Call-to-Action:
"Join me on Patreon or make a one-time donation to help bring this project to life."
My Bicycle Touring History
My Cycle Mission
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Let the Sun be my Flag,
The Sky my Tent.
Accept the No Mind-ness of Great Origin.
A Soul Free,
With the Shine of the Sun and Moon.
The Appearance of Clouds and the Sun.
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Go to the edges of the Map and Beyond,
Gracefully and Gratefully - Move me on.
May Interest and Curiosity - Guide Me.
Energy, Clarity, and Good Feelings - Support me.
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Let me witness the Stars,
In Both Hemispheres.
Let my Intuition be my Instinctive Plan
My faithful guide.
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I must risk going too far,
To discover how far I can go.
My journey is to unfold before me!
Let the Sun be my Flag,
The Sky my Tent.
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©2019 David J Turner
- Let’s See the World -
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Let the Sun be my flag,
and the Sky my tent
Accept the No-Mind-ness
of Great Origin.
A Soul free, with the Shine of the Sun,
the Moon the Appearance
of Clouds and Mist.
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Go to the Edges of the Map and Beyond.
Gracefully and Gratefully - Move me on.
May Interest and Curiosity - Guide me.
Energy, Clarity, and Good Feelings - Support me.
Be like water.
Let me Witness, the Stars in Both Hemispheres.
Let my Intuition be My Instinctive Plan, and my Faithful Guide.
I must Risk going too Far, to Discover how Far I can Go.
My journey is to unfold before Me!
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David Personal Mission Statement Copyright 21 April 2021
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All I seek,
the human above,
and the road below.
Proverb: Robert Louis Stevenson
Start planning your next biking tour today!
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Introduce a friend to the
joys of bicycle touring.
Rockhampton QLD to ...
When able!
Book Now!
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The focus is having a good day every day.
Soak up the stories,
and the scenery.
Rekindle the best you in you
with good food and a good rest.
Full of Wondrous Sights mixed with sightseeing, mostly active bicycle tour.
The adventure that pairs Health with Holidaying.
Holidaying is a great source of energy and joy.
Inject some adventure into your next break.
Dig your toes into the cool red desert sand before sunrise. Just being there makes your heart-whole, your soul relaxed.
Best at Rate per person Discount Two calendar weeks
Full Fare $ ... Just Ask
Of course,
the ability to ride safely and confidently
on the road with traffic over
the daily distances
is necessary for all our tours.
Pedalaussie's goal:
"To ensure every guest
gets the most out of their
bicycle tour experience."
REGISTER NOW and get the benefits for your Spirit.
NEW HORIZONS IN TRAVEL Let's Go!
Bicycle Tour Self-Sufficient
No Regrets - No Omissions
YES, pick me - book me.
Let's go!
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A non-Refundable Deposit is $500, to hold your spot.
REGISTRATION DETAILS ARE IN THE FORMS IN pdfs.
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Stage Tour Registration and Schedule Form on www.pedalaussi.com
administration tab as a pdf download.
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Send your deposit, discount fee full fee.
Best use my bank details which I will send you when you register.
M: 0478149648 text image is OK.
Poem - EMBERS - to follow the Mission Statement
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- EMBERS -
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But for breadth, the embers did not light.
But with breadth, the embers light.
Be the light of your way.
To simply simplify the art of doing,
Be the straight-line between two points.
Be your A to B, deviate not!
Do something, whilst aiming to be something.
Live life with a written purpose.
Consequences to apply.
When changes occur, rework purpose.
Be enlightened by enlightenment.
You are within a breadth of the light.
Life is play life is action.
Do your thing love your fate.
Follow your bliss!
Copyright David J Turner 12 February 2021
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The Daily Mantra! - to follow the poem EMBERS
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Daily Mantra:
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Rest, Rise, Ride, Rinse and Repeat!
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The Song - Quest Begins!
follows daily Mantra
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- Quest Begins! -
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Feet on the Ground.
Feet on the Pedal.
Rubber on the Road.
Chain on the Cogs.
Eyes Ahead.
Legs Unfelt.
Arms Loose.
Quest Begins!
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Chorus
Roll-on Riders, Ride,
Roll-on Riders, Ride,
Roll-on Riders Roll-on.
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Wheels Roll.
Pedal steady beat.
Face itches.
Legs warm.
Ribs in rhythm
Bit by bit
Road to meet
Let's go!
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Chorus
Roll-on Riders, Ride,
Roll-on Riders, Ride,
Roll-on Riders Roll-on.
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Seat hard
Legs felt
Shoulders' stiff
Triceps rattily
Lungs sore
Sweat Beads in Nose Zinc.
Helmet itches scalp
Scan for shade
Rest rules.
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Chorus
Roll-on Riders, Ride,
Roll-on Riders, Ride,
Roll-on Riders Roll-on.
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Song Quest Begins! by David J Turner Copyright 21 April 2021 and 24 August 2021.
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- Wheel It -
The unfathomable road
A moment in time
Time in a moment.
Baptised by the road
Road baptised.
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A seed of wisdom
A harvest to reap.
The hot and the cold
The sun and the sky.
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Baptise my bliss
For the world to see.
Teach me, tell me
Take me, Claim me.
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Go like the wind
Come like water.
Be the wind
Under the wheel
Ride the unfathomable road
Your present time moment.
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Copyright 24 August 2021 David J Turner15:23 Brisbane EST QLD Australia.
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- Road Moment in Time -
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The road has you
In a moment in time.
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The road makes you feel
Everything is behind you.
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Your past is nudged
By the following shadow.
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Your road shadow
Releasing your past.
Sun and Sky
Take you, Claim you.
Other Salvation
Matters not.
Your soul on the road.
The road is your soul.
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Chorus
Road shadow, road shadow
Sun and Sky.
Take you , Claim you,
Road shadow, road shadow.
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Copyright 24 July 2021 14:34 EST Brisbane QLD Australia.
- Your Quest -
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Quest is a request for you,
To participate, endure, share.
Sixty seconds, sixty minutes, hours well spent.
A dream time moment.
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An adventure, of course.
You start, you finish,
Never the same you.
Travel reveals you, to you.
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Why not, why not you?
Why not now?
What you, is stopping you today?
The do, do not call is yours.
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The quest is to live and let live,
Be in touch.
Aligned to your best self.
The quest leads you blissfully forward.
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Copyright 31 August 2021 David J Turner15:04 Brisbane EST QLD Australia.
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-The kid inside you -
Your footsteps I will follow
Until I find my own.
Your footsteps I will follow
Until I’m big and grown.
So, walk and run and dance and climb,
hop or skip and slow down sometimes.
Sit and breathe and take a minute,
to be aware of this big world,
And the wonderful people and places in it.
Your footsteps, I will follow
Until I can find my own,
And when I do,
I hope that together we can roam!
-The kid inside you. - Reference twitter
shewhohikes_@_roamireland
Children Learn What They Live
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If a child lives with criticism
He learns to condemn.
If a child lives with hostility
He learns to fight.
If a child lives with ridicule
He learns to be shy.
If a child lives with shame
He learns to feel guilty.
If a child lives with tolerance
He learns to be patient.
If a child lives with encouragement
He learns confidence.
If a child lives with praise
He learns to appreciate.
If a child lives with fairness
He learns justice.
If a child learns with security
He learns to have faith.
If a child lives with approval
He learns to like himself.
If a child lives wit acceptance
and friendship.
He learns to find love in the world.
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Author not known if known tell me and I will include of course.
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Do you Belong
(Hells' Angle Motor-Cycle Club)
Are you an active member?
The kind that would be missed,
or are you just contented,
That your name is on the list!
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Do you attend the meetings
and mingle with the lot.
or do you just stay away.
and criticize - and knock?
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Do you take an active part
To help the show along,
Or are you satisfied to be,
The kind that just belong?
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Do you ever go and visit
or call on a member who is sick,
or leave the work to just a few,
and call them a clique?
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Think this over fellow members,
You know right from wrong.
Be an active member
and do not "just belong"!
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"The past has caught up with the present
The future is determined by the present!"
Author unknown
NEW HORIZONS IN TRAVEL
Let's Go!
Bicycle Tour Self-Sufficient
No Regrets - No Omissions.
Take it off Your Bucket List.
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Let’s face it, whether you are a casual cyclist or a hard-core cyclist
both are immersing yourselves in the active.
Pedal Aussie is creating active new brain pathways with great experiences. Pedal Aussie active adventuring is tied to the Australian landscape.
With www.pedalaussie.com cycling, we start somewhere and we go somewhere.
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Lots of roads with dreams in between.
Great destinations apply!
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Adventure Exploration for itchy-footed Australians. The Covid pandemic restrictions highlighted personal issues with the lack of freedom. This does not sit well with us.
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Australians like to travel.
Australians do want to travel.
Travel is now a privilege.
Pedal Aussi Covid plan and policies are in the Administration Tab.
Ensuring you are safe to travel in a group.
Pedal Aussie Health Hygiene and Safety Tips.
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Cyclist touring may be intimidating.
Australians want confidence.
They do not want to be sick.
The travel costs do not outweigh the benefits.
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Pedal Aussie anticipates people’s desire
to meet family and friends.
Bring along a sibling and
have a shared memory t
hat is special to you.
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Here is your chance to redefine yourself.
Reconnect you with your planet.
You have a right to be here.
Experience the raw and unfiltered
bike tour experience
linking the landscapes.
Landscapes like
Tropic of Capricorn,
The Outback,
The Tropical North
in fact all Compass Points.
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One Hell of a Spectacular Trip is Proposed.
Blue Skies, Abundant Wildlife,
Red Dirt, Friendly People,
Wide Brown Open Spaces.
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The gentle circular motion cadence and
rhythm tuning to the music of the dance.
The low-impact play of the wheels spinning,
the chain humming, the cogs turning.
You lost in a wonderful, delicious dream.
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Just the thought of being on a bike for a period.
This challenges some.
Being sweaty with lycra may be out of your comfort zone.
Dr. George Sheehan says that
“Sweat is the internal shower.”
Getting sweaty is one thing but
getting sweaty in lycra
brings Pedal Aussie’s tour
to a whole new level.
Inside and outside showering
on the bike and campground,
good food and conversation,
bliss on wheels.
Some people have a pathological hatred of camping.
You can cherish that viewpoint.
A constant fact told to friends.
As being you narrative about you.
Basically, you just get used to it.
My father taught me to camp well.
And yes, I have always loved camping.
Cycling is not all that there is.
The activity of cycling is indeed
a great trip away shared with friends
Benefits also include the stimulation of the blood .
Burning those unwanted calories.
Cycling is good for core and stabilizers.
Be fitter have better moods.
Have an amazing waistline.
Sit on an awesome butt.
Glide with strong legs.
Be more relaxed, and stress-free.
Live longer!
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Fabulous Sunrises and Sunsets!
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The Daylight in Between,
Wheels on the Road,
Feet on the Pedals.
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Pedal Aussie’s tour experience
is of benefit to you with the best of the destinations.
No queues no cancelled flights.
No waiting for planes nor buses to catch.
No intricate schedules.
The benefits are inbuilt.
Your moments of truth, are yours.
Yours to treasure.
Yours to personally keep.
The bicycle road trip generates clarity.
The aim is for you to have an exciting and memorable tour.
There is a challenge.
The scope of daily activity is high.
You and you alone are to accept the challenge, or not!
The responsibility is yours and yours alone.
I will guide you, as best able.
I have had both solo and group tours.
Both satisfied me.
Both solo and groups have their own unique points of view.
There are undeniable benefits of an organized group touring party.
The benefits are hard to refute.
Contest if you must.
Inside knowledge,
shared experience,
independent mindset,
wilderness,
hiking,
camping,
birdwatching,
star gazing.
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It is not just the quiet blue sky, the vast open landscape, the wildlife, but it is also you on your way. Bonding as a cyclist is real.
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With the pace of modern living,
people are even more worried about speed.
On tap is instant gratification.
Human information is all around us.
The bicycle taps that human information,
but at a slower pace.
A pace to reconnect and readjust to our world.
Pedal Aussie presents best in each camp and town experience.
The Pedal Aussie Buddy System has a discrete way of looking out for each other.
Pedal Aussi aims to avoid the risk of falsely accusing local people for whatever reason.
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Pedal Aussi aims to minimize stirring up trouble along the way.
We want the heavenly treat of a day, off the beaten path.
We want to stimulate all your senses, daily, forever daily.
The schedule is set out, however, is not fixed in stone.
The start and end dates will be met, of course.
International and Australian interstate visitors please note the Covid section.
It is your responsibility to keep up to date with the details relevant to you.
No refunds or rebates will apply.
My intention is to enjoy the ride.
I do hope you will as well!
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BENEFITS EXPLAINED
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Let’s face it, whether you are a casual cyclist or a hard-core cyclist both are immersing yourselves in the active.
Pedal Aussie is creating active new brain pathways with great experiences. Pedal Aussie active adventuring is tied to the Australian landscape.
Adventure Exploration for itchy-footed Australians.
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REGISTRATION DETAILS ARE IN THE FORMS IN pdfs.
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Stage Tour Registration and Schedule Form on www.pedalaussi.com
administration tab as a pdf download.
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Send your deposit, discount fee full fee.
Best use my bank details which I will send you when you register.
M: 0478149648 text image is OK.
EASY REGISTER OPTION
Download,Enter Your Details, Image with phone, keep original and send signed email copy to davidjturner07@gmail.com
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My Mission
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Let the Sun be my Flag,
The Sky my Tent.
Accept the No Mind-ness of Great Origin.
A Soul Free,
With the Shine of the Sun and Moon.
The Appearance of Clouds and the Sun.
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Go to the edges of the Map and Beyond,
Gracefully and Gratefully - Move me on.
May Interest and Curiosity - Guide Me.
Energy, Clarity, and Good Feelings - Support me.
​
Let me witness the Stars,
In Both Hemispheres.
Let my Intuition be my Instinctive Plan
My faithful guide.
​
I must risk going too far,
To discover how far I can go.
My journey is to unfold before me!
Let the Sun be my Flag,
The Sky my Tent.
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©2019 David J Turner