Published on May 12, 2010 in Australia

You may have just read that I recently duct taped my own walking treadmill. Whilst driving home I realized a reward would be nice to encourage me to keep going, instead of just crawling into bed with my laptop. Sydney's winter is coming, and while not as cold as back home, it is colder than you might think. Plus, our house doesn't seem to provide insulation (is reverse insulation possible?) - so it can hit 5-8C inside.

The deal I made was this: if I can walk to Melbourne, I'm allowed to buy an Android phone/tablet. Walking to work or hiking doesn't count, only the time inside on the TreadDesk.

We created a simple spreadsheet on Google Docs to track our progress. I'm contemplating making a little map that shows how far our virtual walking has taken us, but that's pretty low on my list of personal projects.