T-3 Days

Bag pacing day today!  Dismantle bike and pack into bike bag ready for the flight over the Tasman Sea and into the unknown. For me it’s my first trip to Adelaide and South Australia. Would have been nice to spend a little time there but the focus had to be on training which I could have done in Adelaide but our support manager was otherwise engaged in the World Dragonboat regatta that was held this past weekend in Matamata. 

Fingers crossed the bike doesn’t get damaged in transit as there’s no plan B. 

Aside from the bike there’s a small list of biking essentials to pack as we won’t have the luxury of taking bags on the bikes or any back pack as we did on the Tour Aotearoa. 

We did plan ahead a little by adapting our gear list from last year’s effort but we culled quite a bit by only taking one of each item of gear like chain breakers and other equipment. 

Discussion now is about how we keep in touch with our support manager as she drives along, sometimes behind, sometimes ahead; hopefully making us lunch and snacks!