Or is it love that makes the world go ’round?
G’day.
Australia Day on January 26 is Australia’s national holiday that commemorates the day in 1788 when sailors planted the British flag in Sydney Cove to establish a penal colony. Wednesday might seem like tomorrow, but Australia is on the other side of the International Date Line, where it’s perpetually already tomorrow, so Australia Day is today.
So let’s explore my hastily Googled carefully curated list of Australian web resources, shall we?
This is Rob in Ventura California. I think this is the first surfboard-toting panda portrait I’ve seen.
He’s got a lovely blog at Ocean Air Cycles where he writes about the everyday adventure of living car-light with his wife and a little baby. “To be an adventurer does not always mean that every moment needs to be an epic beyond compare,” writes Rob. “Long trips to far away places are great, but not always easy to fit into our busy lives. It is possible to find adventure in the nooks and crannies of each day.”
I’ve just run across it today but I already like his philosophy. “The bicycle is a simple and liberating vehicle that can help to facilitate adventure. It does not have to be fancy or in some way magical, the best bike you can ride today is the one you have. Use it as a tool to escape the mundane while still meeting you daily obligations.”
The Utility Cycling blog, which is a year old today. Happy Birthday and well done!
Andreas the London Cyclist has posted his Top 50 cycling blogs of 2010. I love that he even links to the bloggers’ Twitter accounts. You’ll see many familiar blogs on that list, including that of Yours Truly. (Thanks, Andreas!)
I met Lorena last year in Sacramento. She’s very nice. Lorena rides a bike around Sacramento and writes Sac Cycle Chic. She locked her bike up at the Davis, CA Amtrak station for a quick coffee run. There’s a Top Secret Rule at the Davis Amtrak Station: You may not lock your bikes up at the station. (more…)