Gail Rehbein exerts copyright over the stories and photographs on this site (2014-2023).
My previous post highlighted the magnificent landscape we rode through on the Wollumbin Circuit, its geological, cultural and spiritual significance. In this post you’ll read about the communities, their people and livelihoods that we encountered while riding the Wollumbin Circuit on a Good Good Friday. But first the news… (play first 20 seconds of video).. In this bulletin, Hare Krishna visitors cross creek in early morning hurry. Wild fruit feeds bike-rider’s memory. E-bikes a gogo! Small… Read More
Category: Experiment, Sustainability, Travel Tags: ABC, Active Travel, Australia, Autumn, bike-riders, Caldera, Chillingham, Climate change, Cyclists, e-bike, Easter, Eungella, Fruit, Fun, Good Friday, Guavas, Hare Krishna, Heritage, History, Holidays, Horses, Murwillumbah, NSW, Queensland, Renewable Energy, Sacred, social responsibility, Sunshine, Touring, Tweed Valley, Tyalgum, UNESCO World Heritage, Wollumbin
Wollumbin’s been around a long time. Over 23 million years ago, a shield volcano filled the landscape near where I live. Its diameter was over 100 kilometres (62mi) and its height 1156 metres (3,793ft). This large round shape and low profile resembled a warrior’s shield, hence its geological name. All that remains now is the eroded caldera around a volcanic plug. Yet what remains is significant. A caldera is the large cauldron-like… Read More
Category: Experiment, Travel, Weather Tags: Active Travel, Australia, Autumn, bike-riders, Bundjalung, Caldera, Canefields, Car, Chillingham, Crystal Creek, Easter, Elevation, Eungella, Food, Fruit, Good Friday, Guavas, Hare Krishna, Heritage, Hills, History, Holidays, inspiration, Murwillumbah, NSW, Picnic, Sacred, Statistics, Strava, tour notes, Touring, Tourism, Traffic, Trails, Tweed Valley, Tyalgum, UNESCO World Heritage, Volcano, Weather, Wollumbin
Gail Rehbein exerts copyright over the stories and photographs on this site (2014-2023).
Gail Rehbein exerts copyright over the stories and photographs on this site (2014-2023).
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