Fly, Land, Explore Sydney

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Welcome to Sydney, Australia! Fly, Land, Explore Sydney.
We departed Gainesville, Florida on December 24, 2023, and landed in Sydney, Australia on December 26, 2023. Christmas Day was lost due to the International Date Line, and the 14.5 hour flight across the Pacific Ocean. Many thanks to American Airlines for making our trip a very smooth experience all the way!
In this video, JOM and LGC (Lady Gravel Cyclist) of the Gravel Cyclist crew show a little of their flight experience, and their very first day riding bikes in Sydney, just an hour or two after touching down.
Sydney, Australia:
"Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about 80 km (50 mi) from the Pacific Ocean in the east to the Blue Mountains in the west, and about 80 km (50 mi) from the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and the Hawkesbury River in the north and north-west, to the Royal National Park and Macarthur in the south and south-west." - Wikipedia.org
"Greater Sydney consists of 658 suburbs, spread across 33 local government areas. Residents of the city are colloquially known as "Sydneysiders". The estimated population in June 2022 was 5,297,089; the city is home to approximately 66% of the state's population. The city's nicknames include the "Emerald City" and the "Harbour City".
Reminder:
ALWAYS BE A STEWARD FOR GRAVEL CYCLING: Respect the roads, respect the locals, respect the land, respect your fellow cyclists.
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:32 Departing Gainesville, Florida
1:11 Welcome to Business Class
1:25 Welcome to Sydney, Australia!
2:15 Kicking off a ride in Sydney
3:14 Centennial Parklands
5:00 Centre Point Tower
5:28 Art Gallery of New South Wales
5:51 Sydney Harbour
6:43 Sydney Botanical Gardens
6:56 Sydney Opera House
7:24 Entering Circular Quay
8:10 Riding across the Sydney Harbour Bridge
8:48 Welcome to North Sydney
9:00 Luna Park
9:30 Sydney CBD
11:00 Sydney Central Railway Station
11:25 Closing
11:56 General Madness
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@davidmckieyt 5 ай бұрын

Looking forward to seeing where you head next. Welcome to Sydney!

@GravelCyclist 5 ай бұрын

Sorry for the delay in responding, thank you! I've got a ton of videos in the hopper from this trip. Editing my Orange, NSW ride experience video at the time of this comment.

@lazlo2511 5 ай бұрын

Nice to see familiar roads.. miss the Monorail from the streets of Sydney! Especially the cool stop into Darling Harbour!

@thedownunderverse 5 ай бұрын

Sydney is a beautiful Chinese city. Right up there with Vancouver.

@GravelCyclist 5 ай бұрын

I see what you did there. BTW, went to Bendigo, bypassed MEL on the way to ADL. We may pass through MEL during the return?

@thedownunderverse 5 ай бұрын

@@GravelCyclist Good move, the weather here’s been crapola. Assuming you’ll be rolling through after the TdU if you do come down this way? I didn’t email because I didn’t wanna be *that* fanboi but could def show you (or at least direct you) to some good gravelish trails in Melbournes East

@alexanderg117 5 ай бұрын

Really digging the video tour, and I notice that you have a Dark Speed Works top tube bag! I have a similar bag, and they’re one of the ONLY aero bags made here in the US. Awesome kit. Best Regards from a fellow Floridian. 😊

@GravelCyclist 5 ай бұрын

Hand made in Chicago, and IMHO, the best top tube bag going!

@bonbonflippers4298 5 ай бұрын

Cant wait for you to show us the countryside of the area! And maybe a review of the frame and the berd spokes.

@GravelCyclist 5 ай бұрын

Countryside coming in the next video :) Bike review coming later, Berd Sparrow Wheelset review is online, here - kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZipg3WGfbmsopo

@gw4550 5 ай бұрын

Ducking 🦆 loving looking trip doc. Cheers

@grobbosixtyone 5 ай бұрын

Hot cross buns available the day after Christmas Day. Absolutely ridiculous

@GravelCyclist 5 ай бұрын

Year round madness!

@RF-gj3uz 5 ай бұрын

@gravelcyclist I feel no trip to Sydney is complete until you look up P. Sherman, 42 wallaby way. 😉

@haemstah 5 ай бұрын

Gotta make it to Perth someday. The pea gravel is waiting for ya 😊

@GravelCyclist 5 ай бұрын

Agreed. I have yet to visit Perth, very embarrassing. Also need to visit my mates at Mooro Cycles in WA. Cannot keep a sand groper down! 😀👌

@hansschotterradler3772 5 ай бұрын

What a trip; I don't even like the 8-hour nonstop flights from DC to Germany. Looks like LGC managed riding on the left side all right

@GravelCyclist 5 ай бұрын

I captured LGC on camera driving on the other side of the car / other side of the road :)

@mrAdrian01215 5 ай бұрын

Heyyy! Saw you in Sydney CBD but wifey made sure I didn't call out your name in the middle of the streets ;)

@GravelCyclist 5 ай бұрын

Hahaha... feel free to yell out!

@philipbyrne3037 5 ай бұрын

Glad to see you got through the Botanic Gardens. I had a staff member in a quad cart order me to dismount! Harbour bridge Northside ramp still being contested. Beautiful city determined to disrupt cyclists where possible.

@GravelCyclist 5 ай бұрын

We hoofed it through the gated section of the garden. Didn't want any trouble from the warden! 😀

@greg1083 5 ай бұрын

Wow. That was a great ride around. Yeah. Got 'a get to Australia. Who knows. Might run into the Marine buddy who went AWOL on his R&R to Sydney . Hey. Better then going AWOL in Bangkok .🤣

@GravelCyclist 5 ай бұрын

Hahahaha. Come on down for a visit!

@sccxvelo 5 ай бұрын

Island vs continental driving differences.

@CalvinPuah 5 ай бұрын

Welcome back to down under. You'll be heading to TDU later?

@GravelCyclist 5 ай бұрын

For sure, currently in ADL. Arrived a few days ago. ADL is my home town. Definitely say g'day if you spot us stooging about the place.

@wmlarch 5 ай бұрын

Jom. Nice start to the trip! Are you guys headed to the TDU?

@GravelCyclist 5 ай бұрын

Thanks mate. In ADL at the moment, will be visiting some stages of tbe TDU for sure. ADL is my home town.

@wmlarch 5 ай бұрын

@@GravelCyclist Nice, I'm expecting the tour of the town to include the post office and the local courthouse!

@GravelCyclist 5 ай бұрын

@@wmlarch Several Australia Post offices spotted and recorded thus far 😀👌

@ironray123 5 ай бұрын

How do you handle the jet lag? By the way, is there an Old North Wales?

@GravelCyclist 5 ай бұрын

Jet Lag? You land, ride, adopt the local sleep pattern immediately. Takes a few days to get over it.

@bcm1013 5 ай бұрын

Holden ute, Time ADHX 45 in that Porsche grey and ambling around Sydney. What's not to love about the video?

@GravelCyclist 5 ай бұрын

Need a Holden Ute in the USA.

@bcm1013 5 ай бұрын

@@GravelCyclist sad but true that the 25 yr import rule will make me an old man when I could get a hand on one of those beauties.

@mattdowney6540 5 ай бұрын

Just need the VIN plate off a Pontiac G8 or Chev SS and a carefully wielded pop-rivet gun.😉

@GravelCyclist 5 ай бұрын

@@mattdowney6540 This idea has crossed my mind, and bringing one across in bits. No desire for a LHD Ute (outfit in Denver pretty much does what you are talking about, but convert to LHD, which is a $hit ton of engineering). RHD or nothing for me.