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Saturday morning to the shops. Oh, that’s right, it’s Anzac day so the mall is closed and I can’t get to one fish shop, have to go around to the other one that is open … and the bakery. Other than that, not a sign of anything to do with Anzac day, and barely any wreaths in the park Clear sky, 14°C, Feels like 11°C, Humidity 60%, Wind 4m/s from N - by Klimat

An early departure from work for the afternoon, then a few minutes spent consulting the maps on the apps. – #wandrer and #squadrats tell me go this way, go that way, so off I go, indulging in the grown-up colouring-in competition using my bicycle as a crayon. All a bit silly really, but enjoyable enough if you don’t take it too seriously Overcast, 23°C, Feels like 20°C, Humidity 38%, Wind 5m/s from N - by Klimat

Same route as usual, and the same destination, but a gloriously sunny and still autumn morning for the ride. Tempting to keep on riding and accidentally not turn north to go to work Mainly clear, 15°C, Feels like 14°C, Humidity 76%, Wind 2m/s from NNE - by Klimat Garmin / Strava / ridewithgps

Perhaps they should Banh Mi from going out for a ride just before lunch time … oh dear. #dadjoke Through Oakleigh and up and over the hill, off down the creek to East Malvern station, then up to Murrumbeena and Carnegie for a lunch break. Banh Mi in the rather dingy “town square”, swatting away feral pigeons, then back home along the Djerring Trail Clear sky, 25°C, Feels like 25°C, Humidity 43%, Wind 1m/s from N - by Klimat

Hughesdale, Oakleigh and South Oakleigh, a few corners that #wandrer says I aint been to yet. Got unfortunately close to Warrigal Road at commute o’clock though, so had to resort to some antics to work around that Overcast, 23°C, Feels like 21°C, Humidity 44%, Wind 4m/s from NNE - by Klimat Garmin / Strava / ridewithgps

North to the creek, under the freeway which seemed today to be free from motion, bumper-to-bumper stationary vehicles. Off down the creek then up and over the hill to Oakleigh shops. Dodge the doors, around the streets, home Mainly clear, 24°C, Feels like 23°C, Humidity 45%, Wind 2m/s from N - by Klimat Garmin / Strava / ridewithgps

A hassle of a commute Three old Greek ladies side by side on a narrow section of the path, chatting away. Ring … ring … RING. Nope. “Excuse me, can I get through!” OH OH OH… and two shuffle over to only be using half the path. As I pass through I’m loudly berated “You ring! you ring!”. Um yeah, right. I did Browns Road bike lane, emergency stop to avoid young lad in his sporty Alfa, nah mayt, not slowing for nobody.

Creek commute, same route, on the #fixie as I tend to through the wetter months Partly cloudy, 18°C, Feels like 17°C, Humidity 68%, Wind 2m/s from S - by Klimat Garmin / Strava / ridewithgps

The commute to work on the first day after a week of holiday, never fun. Same old route, same old place Partly cloudy, 12°C, Feels like 11°C, Humidity 85%, Wind 1m/s from NNE - by Klimat Garmin / Strava / ridewithgps

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Home again after a week way, I didn’t make time to go for another ride around Holbrook this morning so it was an afternoon lap of Karkarook Lake instead. Good to get the kinks out after too many hours in the car Partly cloudy, 18°C, Feels like 16°C, Humidity 43%, Wind 1m/s from SE - by Klimat Garmin / Strava / ridewithgps

Chasing sunset on a brief lap of Holbrook after a long day of driving Out of the motel and north-east out of town, then loop around back to the south, sklrting the race course and farms. I’ve ridden a few times through parts of Holbrook, but not enough to really know my way around. Along the way I found a lanway behind some shops, the Tesla chargers hidden by the bowling club, a large truck yard and some old silos, the mandatory submarine visit to HMAS Otway, and a few kangaroos coming out as…

Through Broulee and up to Mossy Point for lunch on a disappointingly grey and damp day, then a bit of an explore and down to the boat ramp Jo vanished as Cam and I examined the recalcitrant front shifter, discovering a rusted and collapsed outer cable which we temporarily bypassed with a lump of driftwood wedged surprisingly effectively between frame and derailleur. Large soft hail sludge starting as we decided to head back looking for Jo, she caught us up and we headed briskly back through…

Driving through Batemans Bay and out to Batehaven the weather was so glorious that I left the family for the drive to Broulee and hopped on the bike instead. Called in at a few lookouts and took a few photos { } There was an irritating off-road bike path, it keep appearing … then of course disappearing just as I decided to ride along it. Would be nice if the local council actually joined up all the bits, or at least signed it a little better

I can never remember if it’s a one-T or two-T Mathew for the lane. Appears to be just the one Out for most of the day visiting friends and family, then home just before dusk and took off for a shortish ride nearby. Out to the far end of Matthews Lane – where I’ve been before – but also the short climb up Ridge Road – where I have not. Sadly Ridge Road doesn’t go through to join any others, all the lanes seem purposefully designed so they cannot be used as shortcuts or through roads, but it was…

Very corrugated to just mostly corrugated, it only varies in intensity. At least the larger potholes from the last time I rode up here all seem to have been filled in Swans and pelicans on Weereewa, a kangaroo or two in the bush, parrots and other birds and rapidly encroaching shadows as the sun dips behind the Molonglo escarpment. In the shadow of the ridge the evening comes early around here

The fun of picking a country lane and seeing how far along it is publically accessible. Some have a gate at the main road, some part way in. The most annoying go almost all the way through to join up with another lane On a map Millpost Lane looks as though it continues on all the way over the hills and back down to join other country roads, in practice it went up the ridge and stopped at a gate.

How to squeeze in a daily ride, however short, on a day that is spent almost entirely in the car driving interstate – get the bike off the roof and go for a quick loop around Chiltern when we stop in for lunch at the bakery. Happened to arrive as a show’n’shine of old cars was packing up, which did explain some of the historic vehicles we’d seen on the freeway, and got to look at a classic 1950s Citroen and ’60s Morris Minor van

Orthodox Easter this weekend, lots of traffic in Willesden Road all heading to the church, and bollards and traffic management in place to try and keep them from blocking the roads. Dead end of Paddington Street filling up, nobody parked over the footpath entry … yet. Up to Oakleigh shops and not quite gridlock, bumper-to-bumper up Portman Street and a few cases of “I’ll just park here while I run into the shop”

Done, done for the week. Done for two weeks! Out the door and off down the creek, home then a week long holiday. Added in an itty bit extra at the Warrigal Road end, mostly just curious to see what the price of petrol was at the BP down that way Light rain, 15°C, Feels like 14°C, Humidity 52%, Wind 6m/s from WNW - by Klimat Garmin / Strava / ridewithgps

Lots of rain overnight, blue skies and flooded paths this morning Overcast clouds, 14°C, Feels like 13°C, Humidity 81%, Wind 1m/s from NE - by Klimat Garmin / Strava / ridewithgps

Dodge the rain, dodge the 4WD parked in the Oakleigh separated bike lane There’s a very Aussie bit of carbrain that says, if I’ve crashed, or broken down and I need to stop, I can either; pull over on the road and partially block “the traffic”, or I can drive up onto the bike path and completely block the bike path. One of these is a completely reasonable thing for the aussie driver, one is anathema

Second “work from home” day this week that I’ve had to ride in to work – this time because I’m helping with a training course. Normal route, abnormal day. Traffic and people much the same as always Scattered clouds, 19°C, Feels like 19°C, Humidity 68%, Wind 2m/s from NW - by Klimat Garmin / Strava / ridewithgps

A pleasant ride home in a light rain, seems the humidity is even higher than this morning, but because its actually raining now it felt a bit cooler and more enjoyable. Mud and muck spraying about everywhere, stressed-out drivers flying past splashing the puddles up across the path, overall quite a decent ride home Overcast clouds, 19°C, Feels like 20°C, Humidity 93%, Wind 3m/s from SW - by Klimat Garmin / Strava / ridewithgps