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Pollie Pedal diary

11 April 2015

9:00 AM

11 April 2015

9:00 AM

The twin-engine turbo-prop lands in a downpour, skidding to a halt outside the terminal. ‘We haven’t seen rain like this in Burnie for 18 months,’ the taxi driver tells me. ‘What’s in all those bags?’ A bicycle, I tell him. And a tent. He gives me a pitying look and wishes me good luck.

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