A wheel Across Australia.
F. Birtles, the overland cyclist, arrived at .Sydney last Wednesday, after a journey across Australia of 8300 miles, in 13 months, including three weeks during which he was prostrated by fever. Starting from Sydney August of last year, he travelled through Queensland to Port Darwin, thence overland to Adelaide, via Melbourne. He underwent many hardships and many exciting adventures in many parts of the continent, and was much impeded by tropical rains, swollen rivers, and sandy deserts. Once he was caught in a bush fire, and his tires were consumed.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLI, Issue 14, 30 September 1908, Page 7
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94A wheel Across Australia. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLI, Issue 14, 30 September 1908, Page 7
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