Another public holiday! Where to go this time? It was a beautiful blue sky day, no wind - but there were other things I needed to do, so just a short ride - and I do like to be beside the seaside...
Using the "Where to Ride - SE Queensland" book, I decided to do the
Wynnum to Manly loop - knowing that I will have to share the bike path
with heaps of pedestrians... stress!!
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| Arriving in Wynnum |
I drove to Wynnum - to be greeted by beautiful calm blue sea. Strapped all the toys onto Nellie and away we pedalled
- toys being a gps tracker,
a camzilla camera mount
(but still too nervous to put new SLR on it whilst riding!)
and Garmin E-Trek
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| Riding around the Bay |
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| narrow bridge over the Mangrove swamp |
As I guessed, the first leg was crowded with pedestrians, dogs, little
kids on bikes and scooters! But I managed to dodge them all, thankfully.
and on such a beautiful day, even I was
pretty tolerant!
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| Beautiful boating weather |
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| Mangrove lined creek |
Past Manly, things started to thin out and it was nice to pedal along through park lands.
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| Nellie waiting patiently |
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| At Thornside, looking north |
But
all too soon I arrived at Ricketts Road, where I should be turning
back. But the path was continuing to the left, so why not follow
that?
It took me to Thornside, which is just another - but quite nice - sea side suburb.
So I turned back.
I
thought would continue back along Ricketts & Manly Road. Bad idea
- no shoulder and heaps of traffic and although no dramas, it wasn't a
very nice way to end the ride.
I eventually got back onto the Esplanade and found little Rosie waiting for our return.
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| Nellie looks out to sea - thru the bushes |
Nice gentle ride: stats: 25km, avg 12kph (no speeding along the busy shared paths!) Max 36kph.
