Australia – motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Prehistoric settlers arrived in Australia from Southeast Asia over 40,000 years ago. In 1770 Captain James Cook arrived on the east coast and claimed an area he named ‘New South Wales’ in the name of Great Britain (all of Australia was claimed as British territory in 1829). The population of about 23 million is highly […]
Day 490 Sydney – Moscow (Russia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 7th August 2015 Miles rode – I left ‘on a jet plane’ I woke up at 35,000ft, an hour later and it was time for a quick change of plane in Abu Dhabi and 5 hours later I saw Maria with her beaming smile waiting for me in the arrivals hall at Domodedovo […]
Days 484 – 489 Sydney (Australia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 1st – 6th August 2015 Miles rode – 94 (150km) I only bloody made it to Sydney! London to Sydney overland, I didn’t put my motorbike on a plane and only used boats for the shortest essential sea crossings. When I left England it was unimaginable that I would be able to achieve […]
Day 483 Walcha – Sydney (Australia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 8am 31st July 2015 Miles rode – 313 (501km) A slightly longer ride than usual today, a very special day today, I had wondered whether it might be foolish to envisage such a day. I was riding into Sydney. It was cold outside so I wrapped up warm, 2 pairs of socks, thermal long-johns, […]
Day 482 Ballina – Walcha (Australia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 8.45 30th July 2015 Miles rode – 247 (395km) I had a great few days with Mark and his friends, having met Geoff 2 weeks ago in a campsite in Northern Territory I have stayed with mark and Geoff for a number of nights, been fed, introduced to many bikers and had beer […]
Day 481 Gold Coast – Balling (Australia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 11.45am 29th July 2015 Miles rode – 99 (158km) Mark invited a crowd over last night so I woke with a hangover! After a lazy start to the day Mark & I headed south over Mount Nimmel, twisting around great mountain roads, is there a better way to ‘blow away the cobwebs?’ Mark […]
Day 478 – 480 Brisbane – Gold Coast (Australia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 11am 26th – 28th July 2015 Miles rode – 74 (118km) A short ride down the highway to Gold Coast this morning to stay with Gary & Vicky form England who I’ve known for about 25 years, they moved to Gold Coast 3 1/2 years ago and are making a new life for […]
Day 477 Brisbane (Australia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 25th July 2015 Miles rode – Glen loves his bikes and is a mechanic so a day of sorting my bike out before we headed out to see Brisbane by night. I need a new bike chain but that will have to wait until Sydney (1,000km away) other than that everything is ready […]
Day 476 Noosa – Brisbane (Australia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 9am 24th July 2015 Miles rode – 155 (248km) Waking up in a warm comfy bed was great, I wasn’t completely awake when I walked into the living area and wow, the view through the massive windows which stretched all the way along the length of the room was amazing, from the vantage […]
Day 475 Gladstone – Noosa (Australia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 10.45am 23rd July 2015 Miles rode – 260 (416km) It’s not often I wake up on the floor of a boardroom. I couldn’t say the roads were busy but there wasn’t a time today where there wasn’t another vehicle in sight. Ive arrived at the east coast of Australia which means I’m on […]
Day 474 Emerald – Gladstone (Australia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 10.00am 22nd July 2015 Miles rode – 235 (376km) As I pulled out of Noel’s drive there were grey clouds in the sky and it looked like there was a distinct possibility of rain, add to this the fact that I wasn’t feeling very positive about going home to a my new life […]
Days 472 & 473 Emerald (Australia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 20th & 21st July 2015 Miles rode – 26 (16km) Noel offered me a bed for a few nights which was a welcome relief after spending the last week or so in the cold tent. I needed to buy some stuff so at 11am I went out, shortly after the police pulled me […]