Gail Rehbein exerts copyright over the stories and photographs on this site (2014-2019).
Imagine taking 4000 bicycle riders across 527 kilometres over nine days, housing them, feeding them and helping everyone stay safe. In December, I wrote about my remarkable nine-day adventure in My GreatVic. But there’s another story to be told. It’s about the amazing support structure that makes the GreatVic great. You see, it’s not just a ride. The GreatVic is a rolling bike festival. Every night there’s a new camp for bicycle riders to roll… Read More
Category: Bike culture, Experiment, Travel Tags: #GreatVic, Active Travel, Adventure, Australia, Camping, Cycling, events, Festival, Great Ocean Road, Holidays, Infrastructure, inspiration, Logistics, RACV, Touring, Victoria
For three months, it had been just a concept, an idea, an aspiration: “I’m going to ride the GreatVic”. I knew very little about what this ride would be like. Yes, I’d read the Bicycle Network website which has heaps of useful information. It prepared me well. But it was information and still a concept; something ‘out there’ beyond where I was. Now the ride is over and my GreatVic is real…. Read More
Category: Bike culture, Experiment, Travel Tags: Active Travel, Adapting, Adventure, Apollo Bay, Australia, Bicycles, Camping, Celebration, Challenges, Cold, Cycling, Cyclists, events, Exhilarating, Festival, Fun, Geelong, Grampians, Great Ocean Road, Great Otway, Hills, Holidays, inspiration, Landscape, National Park, Ocean, Photography, RACV, Resilience, success, Summer, Touring, Tourism, Twelve Apostles, Victoria, Weather
Riding recently to my local beach, I’ve seen a giant turtle, two oversized deck chairs and an army of enormous ants. Strange but true. You see, the Swell Sculpture Festival has been a highlight of my riding over the past fortnight. Our beachfront esplanade and the beach itself has been a delightful adventure at all times of the day – morning, afternoon and nighttime too. I’ve ridden there, enjoyed not having to worry… Read More
Category: Bike culture, Experiment Tags: #Swell2016, Active Travel, Art, Australia, Beach, Currumbin, Elephant Rock, events, Festival, Gold Coast, inspiration, Neighbourhood, Night, Ocean, Photography, Queensland, Sculpture, Spring
Gail Rehbein exerts copyright over the stories and photographs on this site (2014-2019).
Gail Rehbein exerts copyright over the stories and photographs on this site (2014-2019).
a bike for all seasons