Day 471 Longreach – Emerald (Australia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 9.30am 19th July 2015 Miles rode – 262 (419km) I emerged from my tent to be greeted by a Brolga, a massive bird that stands over 1 metre high, it was about a metre from my tent, motionless and just staring at me. It was very cold again last night so a quick […]
Day 470 Mckinlay – Longreach (Australia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 8.45am 18th July 2015 Miles rode – 269 (430km) Again it was cold last night but thanks to Andy & Vicki who gave me the blanket I was warm. As I ventured outside my cocoon the cold morning air hit me like a roadtrain! As I headed further southeast into Queensland the landscape […]
Day 469 Camooweal – Mckinlay (Australia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 10.30am 17th July 2015 Miles rode – 263 (421km) It was cold again last. I woke at 7am but didn’t feel like venturing outside so stayed in my sleeping bag for another hour. I needed to do some checks on the bike and make some adjustments so it was 10.30 when I left […]
Day 468 Threeways – Camooweal (Australia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 9.15am 16th July 2015 Miles rode – 278 (445km) I was so cold last night even though I had put on thermals, a hat, all my clothes and I was in my sleeping bag! The weather is coming from the south (Antarctic) and bringing weather not experienced before in these parts. I see […]
Day 467 Larrimah – Threeways (Australia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 9am 15th July 2015 Miles rode – 288 (461km) I had a long ride today and as I knew the road was good and there would be no traffic I assumed it would be easy. Within minutes I was passing roadkill, everything from wallabies to big cows laying dead either on the road […]
Day 466 Katherine Gorge – Larrimah (Australia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 10.30am 14th July 2015 Miles rode – 135 (216km) An easy start to the day with a hike into Katherine Gorge, easy walk and great views. I then rode south to the thermal pools at Mataranka and had a great few hours relaxing in the oasis. Back on the bike again and at […]
Day 465 Kakadu National Park – Katherine Gorge (Australia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 9.30am 13th July 2015 Miles rode – 174 (278km) It was cold today! I hadn’t been cold for many months and had to put a warm top on, I’m in northern Australia and didn’t expect this. As I rode down straight empty roads there was dry red earth all around me with thousands […]
Day 464 Lichfield National Park – Kakadu National Park (Australia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 9.15am 12th July 2015 Miles rode – 247 (395km) Waking up in the outback to the sound of birds singing is great, the prospect of leaving the security of my small tent to venture out into the wilderness wasn’t so good. I wondered what insects and animals had been in close proximity to […]
Day 463 Darwin – Lichfield National Park (Australia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 1.45pm 11th July 2015 Miles rode – 96 (154km) As I was heading into some remote areas over the following days I fitted a new rear tyre, battery, replaced the broken power / charging socket and went shopping for supplies (pasta, tinned food, water…) before I headed the short distance to Lichfield National […]
Days 454 – 462 Darwin (Australia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 2nd – 10th July 2015 Miles rode – My daughter Beth had been ill with glandular fever and had spent the previous few days in hospital, I told her not to come to the airport to meet me but she did, having not seen each other for six months it was wonderful being […]
Indonesia – motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
I loved my time in Indonesia. I love Indonesia. Laying along the equator for over 5,000 km Indonesia is an archipelago comprising over 17,000 islands of which over 6,000 are inhabited, add a population of 252 million (4th most populated country in the world) of which 85% are Muslim with over 300 languages and you […]
Days 428 – 453 Bali (Indonesia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 6th June – 1st July 2015 Miles rode – hundreds on a scooter 3 1/2 weeks being lazy with Maria again. Bali demands laziness and I wasn’t about to disrupt the equilibrium. With my brother and his wife visiting, making new friends and weekends away to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Ubud, the cultural […]