Back down to Katherine today and the right hand turn on to the Victoria Hwy which will take me in to the west to my planned over night stop at Kununarra. Timber Creek was my first fuel, about 285k’s. I was about 200k’s into it, cruising in perfect conditions, just doing my thing when out …
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Day 12 – 15
The run from Katherine to Darwin’s outer suburbs is only 3 hrs. It wasn’t what I would call busy, but there was always traffic in sight front or back, compared to nothing as previously. It was fun riding at around the legal speed limit of 130kph, gathering up and sliding past everything in front. Most …
Day 11
Another sunny, crisp morning. I was off the Barkly Hwy and on the Stuart Hwy heading due north. Today had a bit of a planned destination which was to reach Daly Waters for a stop and maybe stay there. It’s about 270k’s up the road and 5 or so k’s off to the left. I …
Day 10
This day has the longest stretch on the whole trip without a fuel pump, 296k’s. The first run is 195k’s to Camooweal. I had a full tank and a fuel light which when it comes on, I know for sure does 30k’s. I thought, as the conditions were so clear, no traffic, excellent vision to the …
Day 9
A relaxing start to the day, fully fed and fuelled, I was on to Mount Isa, maybe. The road is straight with long rises and falls. The scenery is changing from orange to more of a red and the vegetation is thinning out, moving further away from the road edge and giving good clear vision. …
Day 7 – 8
A good night sleep, no hurry to leave, breakfast, sunshine and crisp air, a bit of a bike check and shuffling luggage, I was on the road at about at about 10am. It was 100k’s north to Biloela and a fuel top up. I took the local tip I was told at Monto last night …
Day 6
Leaving this morning I felt that this was the real start for me, with Darwin being my next major stop. My old school mate Ernie was getting a visit. It was the first time I had to make a decision of planing a route, stick to the coast, mountains or inland. The coast is busy …
Day 4 – 5
This region of NSW has great roads in all directions and worth a look if you have the time. From my home town of Lismore, with my mate Graeme coming along for a part of today’s ride on his Ducati 800 sport, it was north over the Burringbar Range and lunch at The Mount Warning …
Day 2 – 3
From Wingham I headed north on the Comboyne Rd which included 40 k’s of forest mountain dirt. The road wasn’t too bad for dirt but with a few pot holes and loose gravel sections, I was slowed to an average speed of around 40 kph. But it was fresh mountain air, sunny and crisp and …
Day 1
Starting in Sydney on the 23rd of June 2018, with the bike fully serviced, new tyres, full tank of fuel and loaded up with 2 panniers for riding gear, tools, clothing for all seasons (over packed of course), a gear sack with camping gear sitting on the seat and tank bag with a few daily …
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