Day 14 Coober Pedy to Port Augusta

Sleeping underground was only slightly novel. In cool weather the temperature underground was similar to surface and the few blustery clouds did not deliver any rain overnight. I h

Day 12 and 13, Yulara to Kulgera to Coober Pedy

An easy 328 km in 3 hrs 15 mins.  The first 2 and a half hours had me backtracking to the Stuart Highway then turning South.  I have left the French tourists behind in their twin

Day 11 – Kings Canyon to Yulara via The Olgas

Monday 17th August After breakfast we packed up and rode back to Yulara, fueling up at Curtain Springs Roadhouse on petrol and coffee.  We discovered the bird aviaries out the bac

Day 10 – Kings Canyon

Sunday 16th August We hopped on the bike and rode 10 kms to the Canyon to tackle the Rim Walk around Kings Canyon.  It’s 6kms round trip with a steep ascent at the beginning

Day 9 Yulara to Kings Canyon

Days 6, 7 and 8 – Yulara

Days 4 and 5 Tennant Creek-Alice Springs-Yulara

Day 4 and 5 were pretty much more of the same. Great roads, clear skies and lots of people. The camp grounds are a joy for social interaction and two couples took me under their wi

Day 3 Camooweal to Tennant Creek

10th August 2015 Day three opened up the Barkly Tableland and after crossing the border into the Northern Territory the speed limit lifted to 130 km per hour. It was interesting mo

Day 2 Richmond to Camooweal

9th August 2015   Day two got a little more serious, 6 hours 19 minutes in the saddle for 606.1 km exposed a stretch of roadside carnage that beggared belief. The road through