5 of the best Cycling Holidays in Australia

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If two wheels are your preferred way of getting around then then these adventurous cycling holidays will definitely have you in a spin (part of from Natural Australia: 16 Ultimate Escapes)

Pedalling panorama, Flinders Ranges, SA

Mountain bikers will be in a spin over the Flinders Ranges By Bike cycle track, a three-and-a-half day, 200km journey from Wilpena Pound to Blinman. For beginners, there are plenty of shorter and gentler trips to soak up the outback scenery (from Rawnsley Park Station). More, Ultimate Escapes: Flinders Ranges

Biking into the Blue (Mountains), NSW

Bushwalking is big in Sydney’s Blue Mountains but have you tried bushbiking? A professional guide from will demonstrate how to handle your bike and you can access bushland that walkers rarely see. For experienced cyclists, try a tour with Life’s An Adventure to ‘Narrow Neck’, with plenty of undulating trails and views across the famed Megalong Valley. More, Ultimate Escapes: GreaterBlue Mountains

Pedalling in gourmet produce, King Valley, Victoria

Based in Milawa, Adventure Victoria’s ‘Pedal to Produce’ self-guided bicycle tour has nine gourmet food and wine stop-offs, for all your cheese, mustard, chocolate and wine needs. The King Valley cycle includes a night at a lovely country house – and Brown Brothers winery is right nearby. More, Ultimate Escapes: Australian Alps

The cyclist from Snowy River, Victoria

Whizz through banksia woodlands and along beaches on a 25km bike ride to the Point Hicks Lighthouse in Cape Conran Coastal Park, where the Snowy River meets the sea. Snowy River Cycling’s five-day Wilderness Cycle Tour is an adventure for keen cyclists, and includes accommodation in comfortable guesthouses and even a stay in a lighthouse keeper’s cottage. Not up for that? Try one of the gentler day rides around Orbost (for all levels). More, Ultimate Escapes: Victorian Coastal Wilderness

Outback cycling, Uluru

Outback Cycling has recently launched bike hire at the base of Uluru, so you can see the sights from your seat (from $30). Alternatively, head to Alice Springs where they’ve just opened new mountain biking trails, although you don’t have to contend with too many mountains.

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This geological wonder is hiding in the heart of Victoria

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    Mythical, historical and most of all, spectacularly beautiful, Buchan Caves demands you take your time – and a tour. 

    In the pools of water, so still they could be mirrors, the reflections of the stalactites make these limestone towers seem even taller. Almost 400 million years ago, an underground river carved through the rock to create the Buchan Caves. Now, artworks created by dripping water adorn these subterranean galleries: stalactites hanging from the ceiling, pillars connecting some to the ground, even curtain-like wave formations clinging to the stone.

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    Visit the caves for the day or stay onsite in the campground or at the self-contained Caves House. (Image: Ben Savage)

    “This is called the Fairy Cave because it’s full of fairy dust,” a guide tells visitors as they enter a cavern glittering with “calcite that’s solidified into thousands of tiny little diamond shapes”.  Buchan Caves is Victoria’s largest cave system, but Fairy Cave is a highlight and, along with nearby Royal Cave, is accessible only by tour. Naturally cold, naturally dark, these caverns deep below the surface light up as the local experts tell their stories. 

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    You’ll need to book a guided tour to see the caves. (Image: Tourism Australia)

    Among the hundreds of caves, some can be easily accessed from the surface. For instance, a casual stroll along the FJ Wilson Interpreted Walk, as kangaroos watch on from beneath acacia trees, leads into the 400-metre-long Federal Cave and its natural steps of white limestone. A slightly longer track, the Granite Pools Walk heads through soaring forest down into moss-covered gullies where the calls of lyrebirds trill through the leaves. 

    A quick history lesson on Buchan Caves 

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    Buchan Caves are a must-visit attraction in Gippsland. (Image: Tourism Australia)

    Among the geology and the nature are millennia of history. This part of East Gippsland connects the high country to the coast and was long a place of refuge for the local Gunaikurnai people on seasonal migrations to the mountains. Archaeological studies show humans lived here up to 18,000 years ago, with artefacts such as small stone tools found around the site. But not too far into the caverns – oh no! The Gunaikurnai didn’t dare venture deep into the dark at Buchan Caves, telling stories they were inhabited by gnome-like nyols (small grey-skinned creatures that could steal memories). 

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    The Buchan Caves Hotel was rebuilt after burning down in 2014. (Image: Jess Shapiro)

    By the early 1900s, more people had started to hear about these incredible caves and so the Moon family set up home at the site and started to run tours below ground for intrepid visitors. More than a century later, their historic residence is available as accommodation, with the three-bedroom house sleeping up to eight people and now equipped with modern amenities the Moons could only have dreamt of. 

    But whether you stay overnight or just spend the day here, it’s worth taking your time to explore more than just the main caves, to get a deeper understanding of one of Victoria’s fascinating geological attractions. 

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