Reid public servant Lachlan Wilson is close to his mission of riding the equivalent of the Earth's circumference on the bike paths of Canberra. That's more than 40,000 kilometres.
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00:00Two brown snakes across the path where I was forced to take sudden avoidance action.
00:25A peacock, a male peacock with its tail fully splayed at Puyallago really surprised me once.
00:32Magpies that try to swoop you but end up landing on your shoulder and they're as confused as
00:38you are.
00:39So they're some of the strangest things that I've seen, even amongst all the wonderful
00:42things you see on camera as well.
00:45A variety of people that you see on the bike paths, occasionally in combat mode between
00:53cyclists and pedestrians but in all seriousness, Nordic walkers, power walkers, people going
00:59up in balloons, politicians early in the morning, a range of people, people on their phones,
01:07people on their coffee breaks, other cyclists, e-bike, people on e-bikes who just go past
01:14you so easily that it's completely unfair.
01:18They're some of the highlights that you see on the Canberra bike path.
01:24I've now reached my goal of 40,075 kilometres which equals the circumference of the earth
01:32at the equator.
01:35Done purely on Canberra bike paths, I guess I'll be relieved.
01:39It's not something I set out to do.
01:41I might post something on my Facebook page and maybe have something to drink to celebrate
01:49that night.
01:53I've now reached my goal of 40,075 kilometres which equals the circumference of the earth
01:59at the equator.
02:00It's not something I set out to do.
02:02I might post something on my Facebook page and maybe have something to drink to celebrate
02:07that night.
02:08It's not something I set out to do.
02:10I might post something on my Facebook page and maybe have something to drink to celebrate
02:15that night.
02:16It's not something I set out to do.