Bike for Bibles

Australia Big Ride – Coral Bay to Perth

On Sunday afternoon, after 2,541 km in 92 hours and 17 minutes, the Australia Big Ride arrived in Perth for a well deserved 3 night, 2 day rest.
On Wed 24 July after their break, including for some a visit to Rottnest Island, the group travel south for 407 km in 3 days to Albany, then turn east to cross the continent!
More people joined the ride in Perth and some left. As the group changes, a new dimension in team bonding and peleton riding commences.
Key Statistics Broome to Perth:

• Distance 2,541 km
• 20 days riding – 92 hours 17 minutes
• Average daily distance 127 km
• Longest day 166 km in 6 hours 11 minutes
• Shortest day 94 km
• Average speed 27.6 kph

Follow the ride:

• Australia Big Ride – Bike for Bibles webpage – includes feeds from rider’s own blogs and GPS tracking
• FaceBook – DAILY Updates and Photos
• Bible Society Australia – Australia Big Ride page
• Bike for Bibles – Twitter
• Bike for Bibles – Mailing List

New website features:

• Rate Photo of the Day – Australia Big Ride‬ Photo Gallery now has 24 photo of the day‬ images in a slideshow. This increases each day, and is becoming a great record of the ride. You can rate each photo from 1-5 stars.

Support the Rider’s Fundraising Efforts
Jim Reports: The riders are greatly encouraged and inspired by every donation that appears against their names on Towards The Goal website. We are receiving substantial donations daily and that is certainly spurring the riders to continue in this EPIC ride.