Malvern Star

  • Riding A Bike Is The Cycle Of Life

    My life has been filled with great loves, some enduring, most fleeting, but few can compete with the relationship I have with cycling. Most Japanese kids can cycle before they reach school, but I was one of the few in Australia who did that. I didn’t know it at the time, but I grew up in a cyclist’s paradise, filled with hills and winding roads and delightful scenery. There were a few people who were really keen on riding–the Kaye brothers and Dean Fay are the ones who come to mind–but for the most part, road cycling wasn’t that prominent a sport. This is despite Australia punching above its weight…

  • There And Back Again: Oz 2022

    Kangaeroo made it back to Oz for a while in 2022. The circumstances behind the trip weren’t the greatest. But the time spent Down Under was fruitful and poignant. Kangaeroo got to catch up with lots of childhood friends. And deeply explored the places that had played an enormous role during the formative years. Thanks to an enormously kind and helpful seller on gumtree, Kangaeroo also got to move around outer eastern Melbourne on a Malvern Star! In many ways, the time spent in Australia was magical and Kangaeroo extends his deepest gratitude to all the friends, family, people, places, critters and creatures that made it that way (even the…