The itinerary:
Day September Route Kms
1 Saturday 3rd Woodford Loop 54
2 Sunday 4th Woodford to Maleny 41
3 Monday 5th Maleny to Kenilworth 41
4 Tuesday 6th Kenilworth to Gympie 57
5 Wednesday 7th Gympie to Rainbow Beach 75
6 Thursday 8th Rainbow Beach - Rest Day -
7 Friday 9th Rainbow Beach to Maryborough 95
8 Saturday 10th Maryborough to Burrum Heads 67
9 Sunday 11th Burrum Heads to Hervey Bay 44
The profile:
I did the WA bike ride about 5 years ago & I was match fit, about 8 kg lighter & was determined to ride all the hills etc. Day 2 looks like a killer but they tell me otherwise
Sleeping in tents paid about $500 extra so they erect a tent & supply a mattress all you have to do is take your suitcase to & from the right truck, Kenny style loos (on days 1 & 2 you think gawd I can't do this by day 3 any loo will will do). They are mounted on semi trailers as are the showers which you can only have in the pm post ride. Trick is to be regular: use the loos in the early am when they are at the their cleanest!! Sorry I'm a bit obsessed with ablutions & cleanliness which goes as mentioned on day 3!
My bike is packed. last Monday got the bike packed in Elizabeth street city. Got picked up by Mrs WPT & her business partner Tracey in their 2 seater van - I had to lay down in the back with the bike box being taken to a West Melbourne depot: utterly unsafe & illegal but it got done!
Now I'm not as prepared as I ought to have been but have done some spin classes & have been riding a lot more to work & back.
I'm gunna keep a blog of sorts when I can get to a an internet cafe every fe days or so. Hopefully at my age things will be OK.
It's not a race, & there are all sorts: young, old, fat, skinny, in between, men women etc. Less than 700 going compared to the Great Victorian Bike Ride where they have up to 5,000!
Anyways, good bye & may the Pies do well in the next 11 days as well as for the rest of the year & more.
Floreat Pica (yes I am toey)
). Beautiful country side stunning views, got to campsite early it was closed as they were still setting up. Off to the town ship for coffee & the aroma of BBQ sangs set up by a local community group back at the campsite proved far too tempting to miss.
alls good. Off to my bed / sleeping bag, with a local band playing the usual hits. About 100 km's with some hills to start with. A big thank you to the 150 volunteers who make this & other rides possible. 
