Straight from Peter Heal’s site on Sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/PoitAroundOz/: Pete Heal is attempting to beat the record for cycling solo and un-supported around Australia. The current record of 51 days and 47 minutes was set by a Danish cyclist, Erik Straarup, in 2008. The distance is approx 15,000km following sealed roads as close to the perimeter as possible. [...]