It's the warm welcome home you want after five months on the road - a friendly detention notice. Followed by two weeks in "jail".
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But Kye A'hern is back home in Canberra now, with his two weeks' hotel quarantine done and dusted after being released from "detention" on Wednesday.
It definitely feels like jail. There's no windows open and no fresh air for two weeks.
- Kye A'hern
Not that the downhill mountain biker's complaining. He's willing to do whatever it takes to chase his passion.
Including receiving the Victorian government's present, which lets you know in no uncertain terms your journey's come to an abrupt end.
Then came the two weeks stuck in his hotel room away from the fresh air and adrenaline he's used to in the world of downhill mountain bike racing.
A'Hern laughed about the "aggressive" detention notice he received when he got back into the country.
While it's far from jail, the 20-year-old joked it certainly felt that way.
But he knows it's the price has has to pay if he wants to go overseas. The language used could be a little more positive though.
"It definitely feels like jail," A'hern said.
"There's no windows open and no fresh air for two weeks."
He wasn't allowed any deliveries either, which meant he couldn't even jump on the saddle of an exercise bike to do some training.
After nearly five months' travelling around Europe and North America, it's probably a good thing.
The UCI Mountain Bike World Cup series saw the former junior world champion compete in events in Austria, France, Slovenia and Switzerland before the final double leg event in the USA at Snowshoe, West Virginia.
A'Hern had his two best results that week in Snowshoe, a 22nd and 19th which will keep him happy over summer.
The former Erindale College student also competed in the Mountain Bike World Championships in Val di Sole, in Italy, at the end of August where he looked good through qualifying but ultimately crashed out.
Clearly a sport of fine margins, A'Hern said he was happy to get pretty much a full season in and felt good to be back racing consistently after an interrupted 2020.
"Apart from some empty airports, it felt like a normal year again," he said.
"A few races didn't have as many spectators as normal but then we got to Snowshoe and it was packed, it felt like 2019 again."
Out of quarantine and back in Canberra, A'Hern was looking forward to riding with his mates on the many trails the capital has to offer as well as the ones in his backyard.
He's also be keen for the snow to melt so he can venture up to Thredbo and attack the steep downhills there.
While he carves up his home trails over summer, A'Hern will be keeping an eye on Europe and afar for the 2022 UCI season which will be his third racing with the big boys.
His next race will be the Gravity Enduro National Championships, which will be held at Green Valleys MTB Park, in NSW, on December 18-19.