Monash honoured student Sid Rajan has unicycled from Perth to Adelaide in the name of education.
The Peninsula campus education student is writing his thesis on the experience of long distance cycling, and as part of his data collection is riding from Perth to Sydney along the southern coast of Australia on a unicycle.
With stage one from Perth to Adelaide now complete Sid is about to head back out on to the road for stage two of his ride, the 2050 kilometre trek from Adelaide to Sydney.
He has used the three month break in between stages to write his thesis and fundraise for the Art of Living Foundation and the Clown Doctors.
Sid said the first leg of the tour went well and, despite sore knees, he made it to Adelaide in 58 days.
“The Nullarbor was the crux of the ride. Apart from a few moments of hunger and thirst, I didn’t have too many problems,” he said.
“A lot of people stopped their vehicles to have a chat and even offered me food, water and sometimes even money, which was great.”
Sid said some of the more memorable moments were riding a 146 kilometre straight stretch of road, where time and space seemed to stand still for one and a half days.
“Riding 145 kilometres in one day from Nullarbor to Nundroo – a distance I have never covered before and doing it with a loaded backpack – was also very satisfying,” he said.
“I met a lot of great people – from a Vietnam war veteran to a Japanese cyclist.”
For more information on Sid’s project and to follow his adventures on the second leg of his journey visit the 3 Oceans Unicycle Tour website.
