One hundred years ago today, 21-year-old Edward 'Ryko' Reichenbach, arrived at the old Darwin Post Office, having cycled 3,000km across the desert from the post office in Adelaide. Ryko, a keen cyclist and photographer, broke the record for the fastest person to cycle form Adelaide to Darwin, completing the journey in just 28 days. The Northern Territory Library, which is on the site of the old post office, where Ryko completed his journey, is marking the centenary of the occasion with an exhibition of some of the photographs Ryko took during his journey. Ryko is pictured riding his bike through a 'gauntlet of spears', though it is believed the picture was posed and he had a good relationship with local indigenous people. The caption on this picture reads 'Arnheim Land cycling episode - overcome by the Myalls. Running the gauntlet of spears'
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Edward 'Ryko' Reichenback cycled from Adelaide to Darwin at the age of 21
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The 3,000km journey took him 28 days to complete. He arrived at the Darwin Post Office 100 years ago today
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The Northern Territory Library have released photographs of his journey to commemorate the centenary
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The keen photographer took more than 3,000 photographs of the Northern Territory but they were stolen from his apartment and only a few hundred are available to the public, from private collections or libraries
His name was cleared, but by 1917 he had already left the @placeholder.