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December 16th, 2011 | Australasia

Forbes to Melbourne… Finally all over in Oz…??

After another long ride, I arrived in Melbourne late yesterday afternoon…

This reminded me of a horse that ran in the 1976 Rothman's July… My Dad lost a packet on Wagga Wagga…!! It was one of the favourites that year, as I recall, and the bloody thing failed to live up to the […]

December 14th, 2011 | Australasia

South to Forbes – Another 1000 km ride…!!

Great ride today, clocking up over 1000 km for the fourth time in Australia and the seventh time on my World Tour…

Final chin-wag with Mark as I prepare to leave Brisbane…

By the end of the day, I would have ridden far enough to reach Sydney if I had chosen […]

December 12th, 2011 | Australasia

Australia: The High Cost of Leaving…!!

“Crikey…!!”

Mark insisted I try the Bundaberg Rum and Coke mix, to wash down my Nie Goreng with… Aussie meets Indonesia…!!

Getting out of here is going to cost me a bomb…!! A huge dent to the ever dwindling contents of my “War Chest”….!!

Demonstrating the green fingers I inherited from […]

December 10th, 2011 | Australasia

Motorline BMW, Brisbane…

I had booked the Big Fella in for what was supposed to be his 120 000 km service, but by the time I reached Brisbane, his speedo was reading a lot closer to 130 000 km…!!

Peter McEwan of Motorline BMW.

Motorline Motorrad has only been operating for a few months, but it […]

December 8th, 2011 | Australasia

All Over Down Under…!!

Today I completed my final ride in Australia…!! (When I wrote the original short post stating this, little did I know there was still many more miles to cover before I could safely pack helmet and boots away, and bring the curtain down on my ride here…!!)

Early morning in Springsure, and another […]

December 7th, 2011 | Australasia

Things Fall Apart…!!

Today was one of those days that I would rather forget, but probably never will…!!

Before I had even left Townsville, things had begun to go pear-shaped…!! I guess it all started when, on pushing my right foot into my boot, I discovered that I had actually forgotten to put my sock on first…!! Off […]