From Ocean to Ocean: Across a Continent on a Bicycle / An Account of a Solitary Ride From Adelaide to Port Darwin

The narrator recounts a solitary bicycle journey across the continent from the southern to the northern coast, describing preparations, route-finding, and daily trials. Practical concerns—equipment, water and food shortages, mechanical breakdowns, and use of occasional hotels—are interwoven with vivid observations of arid plains, ranges and river country. Encounters with remote settlers and Indigenous people, the hazards of faint tracks and extreme weather, and moments of humor and self-reflection appear throughout. The narrative combines travelogue detail, pragmatic advice, and contemplative impressions of landscape and isolation.