Prologue — Media coverage in “The Courier”: Ballarat father of two preparing for ride of a lifetime...in a dress!

Bike It In A Dress: Melbourne to Adelaide

Prologue — Media coverage in “The Courier”: Ballarat father of two preparing for ride of a lifetime...in a dress!
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A bit of media coverage this morning went a long way to help drum up some awareness of my ride. Big thanks to The Courier for the article Gliddon, 2019: Ballarat father of two preparing for ride of a lifetime...in a dress!The Courier A BALLARAT dad is planning to literally dress up in a bid to raise awareness of the plight of girls education in Africa. Ryan Moore, "a six-foot-four, 100kg" father of two will later this year ride ….1

PEDAL POWER: Ryan Moore is preparing to cycle from Melbourne to Adelaide in a school dress to raise awareness for female education. Picture: Kate Healy Photo by Kate Healy

A BALLARAT dad is planning to literally dress up in a bid to raise awareness of the plight of girls education in Africa.

Ryan Moore, “a six-foot-four, 100kg” father of two will later this year ride from Melbourne to Adelaide in a school dress to raise awareness and money for the One Girl’s Do It In A Dress campaign.

“I am hoping the sight of such a bloke riding along the highway in a school dress will let people have some fun, and be enough to stop people and at the very least raise some awareness,” he said.

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  • Prologue — Media coverage in “The Courier”: Ballarat father of two preparing for ride of a lifetime...in a dress!

    A bit of media coverage this morning went a long way to help drum up some awareness of my ride. Big thanks to The Courier for the article.

  • Day 1
    Up the hills!

    I arrived at the Royal Exhibition Centre in Carlton this morning with no small amount of nervous trepidation, as well as some weary eyes, after catching the 0520 train with my partner, Danielle. We said goodbye with a big hug at Southern Cross Station, and I rode from there to Carlton, and parked at the big fountain to the south of the Exhibition Centre.

  • Day 2
    The second departure

    Slept in slightly, then as I was leaving from home and not coming back, needed to double-check that everything was packed into the trailer and the gear was all ready to go.

  • Day 3
    Horsham

    I awoke early this morning to the sound of kookaburras laughing, and then cockatoos having a screaming match, so much better than an alarm clock! I love the bush!! Enjoyed a beautiful sunrise through the gum trees as I packed up camp and had a muesli breakfast.

  • Day 4
    Dimboola

    I started this morning in the worst possible way — disaster struck my rear axle. I snapped the ‘Burley Balls’ rear axle bolt, which was made out of cheap Chinesium, as I went to depart the Darlot Motor Inn! I was devastated — this could easily have been the end of the adventure right there.

  • Day 5
    The silent ‘h’ in Nhill

    Today was a very hard day. It started off nice enough — awoke to kookaburras and cockatoos once again, and as I packed up my hammock I saw a little possum mother climbing the tree my hammock was on, with its baby on its back — unfortunately, the possums had also taken the liberty to piss and shit all over my tarps during the night.

  • Day 6
    Watching Toby get chewed up and spat out by a Tiger

    After the hard day yesterday, today was brilliant! Awoke refreshed, with not a lot of distance to cover to finish off Leg 4 — about 40 km to Bordertown, SA. I left Kaniva early and headed out for the border between Victoria and South Australia at Serviceton.

  • Day 7
    A hangover to Coonalpyn

    I woke up this morning with a bit of a hangover, but nothing too bad, and got my laundry done pretty early. I wandered around town for a while, checking out the Bordertown train station, a stop for the Overland Train I’ll be taking back to Melbourne this coming Friday.

  • Day 8
    The Mighty Murray!

    I left Coonalpyn this morning feeling pretty awesome. I’ve gotten a large portion of my journey out of the way, I’ve stayed at some great places, met some lovely people, and seen some beautiful sights.

  • Day 9
    Resting in Murray Bridge

    Today was scheduled as a rest and recovery day, to allow me to a) recover from the past eight day’s journey, and b) rest in preparation for tomorrow, which might turn out to be the hardest day’s ride yet.

  • Day 10
    Pushing beyond the limit, and arriving in Adelaide

    Today’s ride was by far the toughest, most gruelling bicycle ride I’d ever undertaken, and pushed my body to limits I hadn’t exceeded for more than ten years.

  • Epilogue — Media coverage in “The Courier”: Ryan Moore bikes in a dress to raise money for girls charity

    A bit of media coverage this morning went a long way to help drum up some awareness of my ride. Big thanks to The Courier for the article.