Some people don’t want beaches or apré ski cocktails on their holidays. Michael Sean Walters and his mate Nino hit the road to cycle 1,200km from Exmouth to Perth – swimming with humpbacks, cavorting with sea lions, and consuming carbs like never before!
Why? That was the question I was asked by nearly everyone I encountered on my Western Australian odyssey as I pedalled 1,200km from Exmouth to Perth.
Why cycle when you could drive? In fairness, on a route frequented by grey nomads and roadtrains, we didn’t see any other cyclists and I have to admit there were times – as campervans sped past, travelling in an hour what it would take me a day to cycle – that I thought the same thing.