Sun was shining - a beautiful day for a ride and to increase my kms in the Great Cycle Challenge - Riding throughout October to raise funds for the Children's Medical Research Institue - here is the link to my dashboard if you are interested...
https://greatcyclechallenge.com.au/Riders/ChrisLucas
I have upped my challenge target to 725 Kms to mark with thanks all the dollars that have been donated by my family, friends and work colleagues. So I had better get pedalling!!
October in Brisbane means Jacaranda (also school and uni exams for some!) so I thought I would take my camera along today and see if there were any good sightings...
I headed off to the Brisbane River and found the Brisbane Corso (under the Green Bridge) and pedaled onwards... thru the Tennis centre, around through some suburbs, over the Walter Tailor Bridge, back through UQ and over the Green Bridge... almost went home, but not many kms clicked over, so headed into the South Bank via Annerley Road to check out the new proposed bike lanes. after dodging all the pedestrians and not hitting one, I zinked over the Kurilpa bridge to the Law Courts - ahh... this is where the breakfast for Ride to Work will be on Wednesday - then back to the River and over the Goodwill... had to stop for a coffee on the bridge, but eventually got onto the well worn track to home... 47kms completed... I should have ridden up through Toohey on my way out, but was too tired on the way home.. next time!
but I was not disappointed with the jacarandas!
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| Just under the Greenbridge |
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| Maggie amongst the blossoms |
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| behind 1WS - indeed wrong way! |
