Travels
Cruzin around the World with Geoff & Susan
You are more than welcome to take a look into our lives as Geoff and Susan travel around Australia and the world.
Phuket Day 2
Saturday 7th May 2016 Another glorious day. We rose early and went down to the beach to do our stretches and then went jogging along the beach – Geoff managed 3 circuits (up and back), I did one. We took a dip in the surf afterwards and Geoff kept a
Phuket
Friday 6th May 2016 Today has been a busy day settling into resort routine. 7am – Yoga 8am – Breakfast 10.30am – Tamarind Body Scrub and manicure for Susan & Sesame and Herb Body Scrub for Geoff 1:30pm – Lounging by the pool with a G & T and lunch
Bangkok to Phuket
Thursday 5th May 2016 Before moving onto Phuket we did enjoy one last look at Bangkok from the 82nd floor of our Hotel – Baiyoke Sky. Being the tallest building in Thailand we were afforded some great views and the sunset looked great. The mojito was very refreshing especially in
Bangkok Day 2
Wednesday 4th May 2016 Now for the 3rd Thai experience – a visit to the Grand Palace. Actually we visited 3 temples. The first temple – Wat Traimit or Temple of the Golden Buddha. The statue is about 6 centuries old but was only discovered as a golden Buddha in
Bangkok
Tuesday 3rd May 2016 We were very tired last night and slept like babies. We are already relaxed and in a very lazy mode. So all we have managed so far is a shower and breakfast. Ventured out onto the street and attempted to catch a taxi over to the
Charters Towers to Bangkok in a day
Monday 2nd May 2016 Yes you can travel from Charters Towers in sunny Queensland to tropical and humid Bangkok, Thailand in one day. Early start from home at 6:30am for a 9:30am flight to Brisbane. Smooth change over to the Brisbane International Airport, a spot of duty free shopping before
Gisbourne
Wednesday 14th October We flew from Townsville to Melbourne yesterday, picked up the hire car and drove to Gisbourne – an easy 40 minute drive from Tullamarine. We are staying at the beautiful home of Tony and Lynne Scott. Today after a leisurely breakfast we went exploring Mt Macedon (and
Days 29-30-31. Home
It was a 3 day haul from Maitland to Charters Towers, longer if I stayed on the coast. But there is such a thing as “too much of a good thing”. Even the bike was cracking the sads. After 10,000 km the rear tyre had reprofiled to a shape akin
Day 28
This was a chance to unload the bike and hangout with two amazing people, they even laughed at my jokes. Dale fired up his ST2 and disappeared ahead of me as he lead off through the green hills around Maitland. It took a while but over 5 and a half
Day 27 The Putty Road
With a classic ride on the famous and infamous (3 fatalities in the last fortnight) Putty Road planned for the day, I was keen to get moving early. The pea soup fog of the previous morning was a watery dew compared to the milky mire that hung over the car
Day 26 Cobar to Merriwa
I peeked out at the car park to make sure the bike was happy. And could barely see it as a black blob in a sea of fog. It was a white out! The temperature and time seemed to move in lock step. Once again at 9am it was cracking
Days 25 Broken Hill to Cobar
It was time to “haul arse” as the Americans say. leaving Broken Hill at 8:30 the temperature was touching 10 degrees with forecast showers and 50 km wind gusts. The weather man got it right and the 2 hour run to Wilcannia was a buffeting ride. I had my first
Day 23 and 24 Horsham-Mildura-Broken Hill
the first day of spring started at minus 1 degree and I decided that it was time to point north. From Horsham I headed through the expansive broad acre cropping of the Mallee. Small towns with unusual names like “Speed” flashed by on a whoopy road base that wavered between
Day 22 The Grampians
The day dawned fine but Mr Google told me it was breaking through an overnight frost and it was zero degrees outside. I deliberately dawdled over breakfast, sent emails , lubed the chain , did a pre start on the bike and even tried to post pre start it…..but by
Days 20 and 21 Adelaide Hills to Horsham
i was lucky enough to have a base in Adelaide and in between some amazing meals, incredible red wines and great company there was a chance to loop around “gorge road” on to Gawler and back to Adelaide the next day I loaded the bike with panniers loaded with clean
Days 18 and 19 The Coorong (And a squirt to Adelaide)
I was checking out of the motel trying to ignore a shiver down my spine. the forecast was fine but at 9:00am in Mt Gambier the thermometer echoed 9 degrees C. I reached in the pannier for the 12 volt jacket and rolled out of town toasty warm. The road
Days 16 and17 “The Mount”
No, not the sermon on the mount……this means Mount Gambier where the locals call it “The Mount” I had two days out of the saddle here. The first was a sleep in followed by the obligatory laundromat visit for washing and drying. During the afternoon the cloudy skies let the
Day 15 Port Augusta to Mount Gambier
The morning heralded the first strategic decision in a fortnight. Do I turn west and head to the Eyre Peninsula (the original plan) or veer south towards Adelaide?The rain fronts were awesome and I knew for sure I was going to get wet either way. In the end I decided
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