Nice ride. Always wanted to do this trail. If your coming from the other direction, from McCarrs Creek Road, do cyclists need to pay an entry fee ? Can't find any info on this.

Another great video Mike, thanks for posting.

Well done nice video , and good on you for making a sensible decision with the extreme heat looks like a loop i would really enjoy . We recently completed the CWCT and some days we were starting at 6am and it was stil too hot . . Definitely best spring and autumn

Good decision to pull the pin, best to be careful

A nice place to cycle. Wearing dark clothes and helmet in the hot sun makes a difference too

Thank you for another enjoyable video.

Hey Mike, they call it ca- noun-dra 😊. Merry xmas and thanks for the entertainment!

Mike! It’s from Home and Away, not Neighbours!! But loved the vid irrespective.

Hardtail, nice! I test rode a ‘touring bike’ the other day, the one take away was ‘I was never getting anything with solid forks!’ The jarring on my wrists and hands was not good.

Hi Mike. Recently upgraded my ebike from a fold up to a Moscow Plus - great bike. Wanted you to know what an inspiration your videos have been. We are the same age group (and weight range😂) and i have recently completed a couple of sections of the Mawson Trail, including one day of 133km. 12 months ago my limit was 10km to work and back. Thank you for nudging my conscience off the sofa with your adventures.

Great video and very inspirational! Thankyou

Great video mike! Keep up the great work! Your video reached me all the way across the world!

So do you prefer that to your other stove? What was your other stove?

What stove are you using? I’m a horse pack sadder so I carry a jetboil but would like to go lighter when I start bike packing. Thanks for sharing your experiences 😊

Nearly 50 discovered bike packing in 2022. Completed 2 rides and i love it. Bike packing isnt easy but i do for the adventure and to clear my brain.

Hi there, thanks for showing us an interesting route. You have certainly given me an idea for a future tour. I love your Kona Sutra setup with those lovely handlebars and those 36-spoke wheels. Your advice to beginners is very sound. Your videos are well-shot and edited very professionally. I have a bike setup pretty similar to yours. Except that I run fat tyres. I'm guessing they would've been handy on Scotts Road. Hehe.

Thanks for the video! I'm considering doing a riding trip in that area, so it was very helpful. What was the suggested route to avoid the Buckets way rd?

A sensible and realistic outlook and approach.

Would you not love front suspension???

Your vids bring me joy and inspiration. Thank you.

Yet another great video Mike! I love them all. I'm vicariously living the cycling dream through you. Keep them coming!

If anyone would benefit from a set of mudguards (fenders), it’s you. You’ll wonder why you ever rode without them. I’m a touring cyclist myself, and enjoyed your video.

Awesome video, well done, loved it.

well done - great effort - I know the area well and its a tough one

Mike your smart phone should always have a GPS signal irrespective of whether you have a phone signal or not. You need a map app that can cache map sets for offline use. I use Russian Topo Maps. It has a lot map sets you can access. So I'm never off-line for mapping literally anywhere in the World. You also need a filter bottle so you can find a local water source in any puddle.😊

Come to sunny Australia they said (don't bring the British heritage weather with you though!) 😂. Great video Mike. I've just subscribed. I also live in Sydney so your videos are really great cycling intel for me. That's my style of cycle touring!

Amazing, watching from Nairobi Kenya

Have you tried a generator front hub, they are $200 to $300 , for your adventures, so you can charge your devices on the go

Sorry Mike, got the shows mixed up, it's 'Home and Away" in Summer Bay. lol. Yeah y'know, the tacky soap on 7. 😂

Sydney has some great rides that I've been exploring. I rode from Windsor to Cronulla on cycleways. Old Windsor Rd cycleway, Parramatta River cycle way across Strathfield to the Georges River cycleway to the airport then the cycleway all around Botany Bay. Not many hills, about 80kms, then caught the train back to Windsor to get my car. Thanks for posting.

Hi Mike, great trip. When you landed at The Basin it reminded me of a trip I did with friends pre covid. We trained to Gordon, then rode up to The Basin, the track down to wharf was very knarly then🫣 Boarding the ferry to Palm Beach my friend dropped his fare into the water! Was very peeved he had to pay twice.

Great video again Mike. Your background music on this video is good.

Well done Mike. Another great video. Thanks for sharing.

Great work Mike, well done.

When will the powers to be do something about the "stairway to Heaven" access to the harbour bridge ? The last time I rode that was 50 years ago and it is still the same !!!

Great ride and effort. Must have been a pleasure to ride a bike not loaded with bags of equipment and food. I could be missing something but I'd love Open Street Map to indicate actual fire trails as a specific type of track to make it easier to differentiate between bushwalking tracks, which can at times be almost impossible to ride, let alone walk in some instances. That could make planning a trip like this a bit easier.

Quando lavoravo al call center da casa avevo una gran voglia di uscire,la mia mbt mi aiutava in questo.. Saluti dall Italia

Bellissimo video

Hi Mike. Great video, especially once you quietened me down. Cheers.

Great video, liking your style very much and you’re a natural in front of the camera 👍 your channel was mentioned in the comments of Mat Ryders most recent video which lead me to you 👍 love that you were watching him on your TV ☺️

Glad I have just found you over here in the UK Mike. This will rattle a few of you, I thought you was in New Zealand & it was only when you mentioned Australia I thought I better check and found your in NSW OOPS ! 😉😂. I should of known when I saw all that mud as I follow Million Dollar Bogan on here and he's got stuck in that on his Harley. I have a few bikes and only this week I started to build a Gravel bike so I was interested to see you on the Moloko bars as I was looking at them over the week end. I nearly ordered some but I have some drops already and the Moloko aren't cheap are they. I was also worried how far back they came and the length of the stem I would need. Given how comfortable I might have to revisit that idea if idea if I struggle with the drops. Stay safe out there and you have a new Sub Ted

Love it, keep enjoying your trips mate :)

Good Mr Coles, I enjoy your videos so much. They are relaxed, I have started bikepacking myself. With love all the way from South Africa

Nice work on this tour, where do you get your route information?

V. Nice! My back yard as a youth in the '70's! Left there in '77 and Australia in '87. Seems the condition of the roads remains about the same... but I can almost smell the rain and eucalypts from here in Japan. Thanks for the flashbacks!

What's the bike your riding please Mike

Nice little trip, thanks for sharing. Got two Konas, Olive and black, interestingly they went from 36 spokes to 32 a year later, I had to replace my 32 spoke rim with a swiss dtx as it started splitting. I'm with you on the drop bars but pretty impossible to get flat bar tourer. also the jacket you wore seemed to be heavy and not waterproof, interesting choice

Based on some of the roads you had to travel on, why did you choose the Kona over the Canyon? I've got a rigid Marin Nicasio+ with drops and I've pretty much decided on the Grand Canyon 8 as I think the suspension and wheels/tyres and ride position would give a better, and more comfortable, ride on some of those rougher surfaces. That said, the Kona looks very nice. There is something beautiful about a non-complicated bike.

mat Ryder doing his US ride follow him as well👍👍👍 good video mate!

Shoes on the table 😮