Tag: australia
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Space Bike
Three…Two…One…We have lift off! This week’s ground breaking Rosetta probe-landing on a shooting comet is an impressive feat of engineering and human achievement. I’ve always been reminded that as much as we explore outer space, our very planet has still much left undiscovered. Looking closer to home, there is a new space project happening. The knack of making the…
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Darwin 2014 – SBCC Down Under
SLEEP And so the sleepy contingent of six SBCC members boarded flight 3K161 bound for Darwin. Sleeping on the flight saw several innovative solutions to the problem of being over 6ft tall and getting one’s head down. Chris adopted the foetal position, curled up into a ball and not a whimper was heard the entire…
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Sun Chasers
Congratulations to friends Down-Under, Craig Shipton and the growing team of 25000Spins. Well done on your Big Charity Ride of the Great Ocean Road! Raising a whopping $193,000 AUD (£104,154) and counting, for children charities on this one ride is phenomenal. A lot of people were on their first long-haul and the turn out looks amazing. A…
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I just wanna Fly – The Fly6 Way
I took this image and it’s terrible. Yes, in some ways it tells a story, but it lacks any focus and won’t win any prizes, or help us prove anything had there been an accident. Thankfully, there’s Fly6. Taking safety and image quality to another level is this latest innovation from Australia. Perth…
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Love the TDU
“Let’s go to Adelaide for dad’s birthday” my wife said. I didn’t dismiss the idea completely. Sure it was going to cost me a silly amount of money to fly myself, wife and 3 kids over to Adelaide, but I had just finished reading the Tour Down Under ride guide and I was sure…