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 […]
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 […]
Days 422 – 427 Dili (Timor Leste) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 31st May – 5th June 2015 Miles rode – My days in Dili were spent cleaning and preparing my bike for shipping to Darwin, Australia. Everything I take into Australia has to be 100% clean, will go into quarantine and then be inspected before I can ride away and start my Australia adventure. […]
Day 421 Atambua – Dili (Timor Leste) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 7.45am 30th May 2015 Miles rode – 95 (152km) The ride today was full of emotions, I was heading to Dili the capital of Timor Leste to ship my bike to Australia. I crossed the Bosphorus In Istanbul 13 months months ago which means I’ve been in Asia over 1 year and what […]
Day 420 Kupang – Atambua, Timor (Indonesia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 8.45am 29th May 2015 Miles rode – 189 (302km) The boat to Timor left Lembata at 3.30pm the previous day and I was told it would take 24 hours so I was shocked when at 3.30am a very annoying Indonesian voice started screaming through the tannoy. It was time to disembark, 12 hours before […]
Day 419 Whale Hunters of Lamalera, Lembata – Savu Sea (Indonesia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 9.30am 28th May 2015 Miles rode – 22 (35km) I set the alarm for 5.45am but I was awake from 4am eager to see the Whale Hunters prepare their boats and leave for a days hunting. I was at the beach for 6.15 and over the next 30 minutes about 15 boats headed […]
Day 418 Larantuka – Whale Hunters of Lamalera, Lembata (Indonesia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 6.45am 27th May 2015 Miles rode – 53 (69km) The small, wooden boat I had been advised to get to Lembata was old, it had no ramp and it took about 6 men to lift my Dakar on and secure it to the front of the boat. I was there early and over […]
