Sep 20
Today is a cruisey day, a tidy 700km odd day to meet a bunch of like minded long distance riders for dinner in Cobar before heading out tomorrow morning for the Memorial at Netallie Rest Area just west of Wilcannia NSW. A beautiful day to be out on Dudley a little fresh so the heated …
Aug 11
Surprise, surprise My Sweety Karl is joining me on this years adventure….YAY Are we ride fit, ah that would be a definite NO. Does it bother me if I don’t get a start docket …maybe, but let’s wait til the journey begins. Does Karl mind, well let’s just say he is a little concerned about …
Feb 28
Plan in place, start docket acquired from the local servo and off I go in the general direction for the 1st Southern Cross Distance Riders SA ride to Mannum – SCDR 01 SA. Now to make things interesting am going Silo hunting along the way. It’s quite windy and you can see the smoke & …
Aug 09
Huntly Resort VIC – Home-Corryong VIC Another sleep in morning in a comfy bed….YAY!!! The final leg today and it’s a short 392 kms to get home. Mick & Lynne are coming out for a ride too this morning and we decide to have breakfast in Violet Town. It’s still fresh so we don our …
Aug 08
Mildura tVIC o Fatman & LTP Huntly Resort VIC Thankfully this morning there was no frost and I got my sleep in til 7am which I thought was a bit rude as I could’ve slept a bit longer. All packed up again and load Dudley before getting away around 8ish into another beautiful sunny but …
Aug 07
Wudinna SA to Mildura VIC To say it was cold overnight was an understatement – poor Dudley froze at -2deg. No amount of clearing the windscreen or mirrors helped as they just refroze, as for the seat…it was rock hard. It really was a lovely mornings sky though with the pink streak and moon shining …
Aug 06
Border Village to Wudinna SA All the time zones messed with my head and I didn’t get the greatest nights sleep. Was eventually woken by the music of exhaust tunes. Waves from rooms across the carpark and the banter and comradery is fantastic. Had to put a little air in Dudley’s rear tyre and then …
Aug 05
Ceduna to Border Village – The Event!! Got a good night’s sleep and woke to the alarm. Get ready but tummy is not happy so wait another half hour before heading out the door at 6:30am. Noticed a friends bike parked up next door but considering the hour and not knowing when they got in …
Aug 04
Renmark to Ceduna Woke early, porridge for breaky and just got going, left Renmark about 6am in a clear and warm morning, lights blazing. Still required the heated suit though. Noticed the sun starting to rise in my rear view and couldn’t resist at least having a crack at getting the pic without stopping and …
Aug 03
Home to Renmark Now the time stamps on the camera photos are wrong as I forgot to set the time before I left, however the time stamp on my phone pics are correct. Surprisingly, I was out the garage on time and up to get fuel and my start docket before 7am. The fog, potholes, …