Category Archives: cycling

how deep in the valley

Posted on January 4, 2012 by waggadventure

There was a newspaper article recently about impulsive online shopping while drinking and how the purchasers (what they called “boozy shoppers”) often regretted their choices. We recently had an experience doing this, but were thrilled with the results. A few weeks … Continue reading →

Posted in cheese, cycling, holidays, King Valley, mountains, New Year's Eve, wine, wineries, winter | Tagged , | 1 Comment

on the road again (and trails and tracks)

Posted on December 11, 2011 by waggadventure

It’s been a hard week for blogging…you must have all noticed that we missed doing a mid-week post :).  Lisa has been busy hosting an international visiting scholar, and Dan has been in Bathurst for work.  But we did manage … Continue reading →

Posted in Bathurst, bicycles, cycling, kangaroo, lake albert, mountains, wildlife | Leave a comment

capital radio

Posted on November 26, 2011 by waggadventure

We’ve both been on the road this week, so not a lot of blogging time. The hilarious thing is that we both went to Canberra for work, separately. We overlapped a night – had some pretty good Moroccan pizza on … Continue reading →

Posted in birds, Canberra, Clonakilla, cycling, Hilltops, Jugiong, Murrumbateman, wine, wineries | 1 Comment

down on the farm

Posted on November 7, 2011 by waggadventure

We have just returned from one of our most exciting weekend adventures yet – a trip to a real, live, working farm near Corowa. One of Lisa’s colleagues (LCP) invited us for a weekend away a few weeks back; she … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, Australia, Corowa, cycling, farming, kelpies, rural life, utes, wildlife | 1 Comment

Biking around Wagga

Posted on September 29, 2011 by waggadventure

As mentioned previously, last week was Bike Week in New South Wales. Every city/country/state/province has something similar…a time when they encourage people to ride their bikes more often but spend more on advertising the event than facilitating it. So there … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, bicycle, bicycles, bike shops, birds, cannondale, cultural differences, cycling, lake albert, wagga, wagga wagga | 4 Comments

You look like an idiot…

Posted on September 26, 2011 by waggadventure

One of the reasons we moved to Australia was for the climate.  With apologies to everyone in Canada, and even more so to those in Edmonton, our home country isn’t a liveable place for several months each year. We came … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, bicycle, bicycles, bike shops, birds, cannondale, cycling, Riverina, rural life, sports, wagga, weather | 5 Comments