Day 9: Sydney Park Ride
9 Oct 2026
Nestled at the edge of the bohemian district of Newtown, Sydney Park is the premier place to take your dog in Sydney. Go here on a sunny day and you will see all kinds of pups enjoying an outdoor walk with their caring owners. If you are a dog person, this is what your heaven would look like. One lady was preparing to leave the park. Her adorable dog, a long-haired sausage dog of some kind, was living the best life at the park and not ready to go home. Doggie ignored all of owner's entreaties to "come along" while maintaining eye contact. When she finally attached the leash and tugged on it, doggy still didn't budge for 5 seconds. I get it. When you're having fun, soak up every minute of it! It might be a while before you get another chance.
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Day 8: Epping Ride
8 Oct 2026
Today I did a lot of road riding to get up into the North Western suburbs, specifically Epping and Eastwood. There is a large community from South-East Asia living here. At the Eastwood shopping district, there is a charming paved pedestrian street with overhead greenery, a hot food market and many restaurants and cafes. If you come here at 7 o'clock in the morning, you will find about 100 people practising their Tai Chi. You can also get a fantastic beef hot-pot, with a lemon tea out here.
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Day 7: Middle Harbour Ride
7 Oct 2026
Today, I braved the traffic hazards of Military Road, Mosman to get down to Middle Harbour Yacht Club. A "properly vertical" descent and ascent getting in and out, but the scenery was worth the effort! This is a top location to park your high quality yacht, because the shipyard is co-located. That means they are right there to scrub off the barnacles, load the seafood on board and chill the champagne for you. You know. Just how we like it. ;-)
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Day 6: Kingsgrove Ride
6 Oct 2026
I decided to "navigate by serendipity" today, in other words just letting my wheels turn wherever the bike wanted to go. I ended up in Kingsgrove, which has this thing called the "M5 Linear Park". It is similar to the Greenway, but instead of following a beautiful river, it follows a beautiful... freeway. 😂 Still. The surrounding suburb itself is *very* nice, seems like an idyllic peaceful neighbourhood, full of beautiful homes made with long-lasting red brick. On the way back there was this fun billboard, saying "Yallah Earlwood, Let's Eat!" for something called "Al Jannah". Oportos Portuguese chicken burgers was literally 20 metres away, so that's what I picked. I applied the valuable lesson I have learned in life, that "If you can go Portuguese, always go Portuguese".
Posted 3 days ago
Aiming for the Stars!
5 Oct 2026
As soon as I updated the distance that I'll be cycling for fundraising in October, I also reached my original fundraising goal! $500 just blew by like a breeze. Since there's a lot of October left, I'm also setting a new fundraising target of $2,500! Sincerely, thank you to all of you for helping me reach my goal so quickly. As a wise friend once told me: "Aim for the stars, because even if you miss, you can quickly reload in half a second and nail those damn stars dead centre with the next shot". I think that's how it goes. It's something like that. ;-)
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Day 5: Ballast Point Ride
5 Oct 2026
In the charming waterside suburb of Balmain, full of high quality coffee houses and delicious restaurants, you'll find the striking Ballast Point public park right at the water's edge. With expansive views of Sydney Harbour and Sydney Harbour Bridge, it's a great place to pause for a moment and gaze into infinity. There's also some very interesting and creative sculpture installations which are made from the site's former petroleum industry plant equipment.
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