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 […]
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 […]
