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Sydney to Darwin 2001
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| Journal for 23-Jun-2001 : Sydney |
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| Date: 23/06/2001 (Location=Sydney, Dist=0km, Total=0km) T -9hrs and counting. With most endevours the full scale of it doesn't hit until you start, or at least start and then work out what still has to be done to complete the job. This was certainly true of the preparation. As the deadline rapidly approaches certain non-essential things get skipped, like sleeping and eating. The list below is nothing compared to what *really* needed to be done. I kept track of it all using my trusty white board which held 15-20 to-dos at a time. This can be quite helpful in providing peace of mind when there are really 150 things that need to be done, and no more than twenty ever make the list allowing the remainder to be conveniently forgotton about. By Thursday I was filling then cleaning off after completetion ~3 whiteboards per day. I was hoping to watch a bit of the Australia vs England cricket after completing sorting out my Tax affairs. When I finished it was 3:30am and the match was well and truely over (with the obvious result :-)). I knocked off 4 white boards on Friday, and had an easy day today, finishing off the two remaining white boards with time to eat a meal (so that's what food tastes like - I'd forgotton) and still finish up by 11:15pm. Oops, I just remembered 2 other things that need to be done :-(. I'd like to think that compared with the preparation the trip will be easier. Linda is putting on the last load of washing as I write, and all I need to do now is write out the list of accomodation numbers from the RAA guide, recalibrate the bike computers, double check my credit cards etc, fill the water bottles, fix the ..... Book the flights home Get a new tent (with working zippas and Mozzie protection), Clean the Bike Clean the bikes - again. Deferred until next time it rains. New bike chains and clusters. New tyres. Put the new tyres on the bikes. New saddle (mine has a crack - no John Hoppoati jokes please) Get bottom used to new saddle. New pannier rack Install new pannier rack New bike knicks for Linda New gloves Sleeping mats which don't deflate. Fix the PDA. Replace our camera with one that works without the rubber bands around it. Thank you eBay. Book the first nights accomodation in the Blue Mountains. Shop for the first few days food. Buy a phone card or two. Test Phone Card in PDA Find the alarm clock. Battery for the alarm clock It work fine now. Bugger. Clean the panniers. Waterproof the panniers, fly, shoes etc Clean the water bags Clean the sleeping bags Clean the Gound sheets Clean Ourselves. Do my BAS (thats GST statement for non Australian Business people) Buy a complete collection of batteries Check my BAS Test ride the bikes and adjust as necessary Print the trip business cards (Checkout http://www.clickbusinesscards.com ) Get Some SLEEP !!! << Prev - Next >> |