British boy cycled across Australia in record time

April 5 (UPI) -- A British boy traveled thousands of miles from Eastern to Western Australia in a record time of about a month.

Si-am Juntakereket, who turned 14 during the cross-country trip, traveled about 100 miles per day and arrived in Perth after completing the record-setting 29 day journey.

Juntakereket managed to travel 3,000 miles from Sydney to Perth in the fastest-ever cycle time after narrowly dodging an oncoming truck and spending a day in the hospital being treated for insect bites, as his mother Tania Jeffery followed in her Land Rover.

"It was arduous and grueling but he has kept his spirits high," Juntakereket's stepfather Simon Gillett, 53, told STV. "They're relieved to have got to the end. Si-am is so pleased that he's done it - he wants to keep on going."

Juntakereket began cycling four years ago and was inspired to make the trip across Australia by his coach, endurance athlete Bob Brown.

The teen ended his trip by dipping his toes and his bike in the ocean and said he hopes to become a professional cyclist.