Melbourne - Day one

Published July 29, 2010 at 6:35 a.m.
Melbourne has come quite a long way since I lived there 10 years ago...there are bicycles everywhere...proper actual styley bicycles!

Some beautiful retro ones like we have in Auckland
But also some new bicycles like this model that we saw all over Melbourne...we found this particular model in a shop for only $399!!
"Well no wonder" I hear you say.

Every lamp post was adorned with cycle bling!
And every rack was claimed (and there were lots of them - please take note ACC)
We even spied some cargo bikes...this is definitely a trend just waiting to happen in NZ!
(I've made contact with Feetz cycles and am working out the details for importing my 'helmet-free' tricycle...anyone else want one?)
There were some styley riders wearing their own clothes...
Basket bikes galore...
And some were even enjoying the wind in their hair

Their helmet fine is pretty steep over in Australia but they obviously also have hard-working policemen, like we do, who are solving 'proper' crimes


However, they do still have quite a few of these 'cyclists'...
And the shops...I won't tell you how much we spent...it will make your eyes water!
Arrhhh!! oooohhh!! uuummm!!

And then of course, there was the gathering of cycling peeps...recognise anyone?


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