From Little Things Big Things Grow

The Mawson Trail is a 900km Mountain Bike Track in South Australia. It starts in Adelaide and finishes in the small outback town of Blinman. Our plan is to ride the northern half: from Melrose to Blinman. We'd love to do the whole trail but we will probably only have a two week window and so have opted for the most remote and scenic section. 

It seems as if there is so much research and preparation needing to be done in order for this journey to eventuate. It's a little daunting......so we have decided to split up the workload. Amanda is in charge of the route, food and transportation while Marty is in charge of equipment, bike maintenance and risk management. Being part of the adventure, the kids also have contributions and sacrifices to make. Tahlia WILL be toilet trained by next year and it would certainly be convenient if Zephyr made the effort to learn how to walk by April. It is not surprising that a good friend recently mentioned that we seem to run our family like an Outdoor Education Company!

I wish we could say that we are always this organised..... but in actual fact it may just be that a few recent experiences have led us to take a more structured approach in preparing for this adventure. There will be a few people who know that we recently took a trip to Sydney for the day and entirely forgot to bring shoes for Tahlia and nappies for Zephyr. We've since been told that you clearly can't rely on a two year old to remember their own shoes? Needless to say she is very adaptable and managed quite well wandering around The Rocks and Pyrmont Bay in a thick pair of wooly pink socks. Luckily, nappies for Zephyr were more readily purchased.

But from little things big things grow and if we can survive a family outing in the big city, then surely with a little more planning, we can survive a journey through Outback South Australia.

Still working on taking a decent one handed self portrait
while riding and towing the chariot.....