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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 breakfas
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 fli
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 stayin
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 crac
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 th
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
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
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 w
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. Smal