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 […]
East Timor (Timor Leste) – motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
East Timor / Timor-Leste comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor and was colonised by Portugal in the 16th century, they invested little and withdrew in 1975 but Indonesia invaded within days of the Timorese declaration of independence. International pressure increased and finally persuaded Indonesia to allow an independence referendum in 1999. The […]
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 […]
