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Old 06-25-06, 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by WestOz
You could also try this site in Oz

http://www.bicycles.net.au/index.html

There is a section on tours.
Is that site still updated? It was pretty dead last time I checked (admittedly, a while ago).

In answer to the original question, I second Hoogie's recommendation, but offer a word of caution. In Australia at least, at lot of the catering on these rides is done extremely cheaply with the main focus on stuffing as many people into the ride as possible, and incurring the lowest possible cost in doing this. This basically means that the food and sleeping arrangements aren't always the best, and count on waiting a loooong time for a shower at the end of the day unless you're one of the first riders to complete the stage. The reason a lot of the distances are shorter than what you'd like is because they are trying to cater to the "part time" cyclist, and increasing those would probably scare a lot of people off.

Personally I think you'd be better served organising your own tour.
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