The End

This is my chance to say a very big collective thanks to you all for your kind messages over the past few days. I’m sorry I haven’t blogged for a while, and I’m sorry I haven’t yet had time to reply to you individually – I’ve been exhausted in truth. It’s been quite busy what with my arrival and then some good cricket to watch. It’s now 11pm in Brisbane and the alarm is set for 4am – I’m off to the barrier reef and Daintree National Park for some rest.

There will be plenty more to come from my blog, including highlights of the trip and some of the lessons I learnt along the way. When I get home to England in the New Year I’ll be looking for a publisher too. But for now here are just a few photos from the past week (more to let you all know that I’m still alive than anything else). I’ll have more time for a good blog in the next week or so.

Eating A Pie - 20kms out...

 

Arrival – Big Hug For Mum and Dad

Michael Vaughan Riding My Bike

Wandering The Gabba

With Andrew Strauss At The Gabba

 

At The Pig & Whistle with The Barmy Army

Sky Sports with Michael Atherton

 

In the TMS Box

 

My Feet

There are some other Cycling To The Ashes related things if you follow these links:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T-Wv5YlrEM

http://www.youtube.com/cricketwithballs#p/u/3/jRilhYEnt0s

Oli Broom at the Gabba

http://sampsoncollins.wordpress.com/2010/11/24/a-barmy-evening/

Please remember that I am still trying to raise funds for The Lord’s Taverners and the British Neurological Research Trust. The running total is about £60,000 which means there is still £40,000 to go. So if you have enjoyed my blog then PLEASE donate and help me reach my goal. Thank you! Oli

A Quick Blog From Auguthella – 750kms to go!

Laci and I have fallen behind our vague schedule in the past few days. A combination of some stunning Queensland hospitality in towns like Longreach, Barcaldine and Tambo, unseasonal rains and illness have meant we now have a serious challenge on our hands if we want to reach The Gabba by the 24th November. There is no time to rest up. It’s a race to Brisbane. There’s no time for a proper blog either, so just a couple of interesting photos from the last few days.

Big thanks go to to Naomi and Carly for bursting our ear drums with their cheers on the way past yesterday, and for stopping to say hi and introduce themselves today – and helping us with filming some cycling. Good girls. I wish more good-looking, cheerful female drivers stopped for a chat.

Whenever I tell people I’m cycling through Australia they always say ” be careful of snakes”, or “be careful of spiders”, or to be careful of something else. It’s true, Australia is like Jurassic Park, but happily this is the first snake I’ve seen here. It was dead when I found it, likely run over by a 53 metre road train.

I’m nearly in Brisbane, so I’d be disappointed if I didn’t have some decent tan lines by now….