Nathan's health update
Thought I would let you all know how Nathan is doing since returning home. We have been to the GP and had x-rays. He has a grade 3 AC joint separation which should heal completely in time (we hope) and a chip off the right thumb base joint, which is now starting to...Read More »
Day 11 - Dubbo to Home
Final Day – Sunday, 15 April 2012
Km’s done: 350
Mick: Freezing cold ride from Dubbo through to the Blue Mountains, we had a few mornings like this as all our riding clothes were geared up for hot desert riding. With frozen butts coming down the Lapstone hill on the M4, Buckets...Read More »
Day 10 - Broken Hill to Dubbo
Saturday, 14 April 2012
Km’s done: 753
Mick: We got to Dubbo for our last night before making it home, this was a massive 11 hrs in the saddle and going dark, with about 50km to go the bloody roos started coming out of the wood work. Headlights and helmet visors covered...Read More »
Day 9 - Parachilna to Broken Hill
Friday, 13 April 2012
Km’s done: approx. 600
Nath: It was a nice ride this morning even with a sore arm and the three of us enjoyed coming through the Flinders Rangers. Big sweeping bends and a few dips through creek beds. Arriving in Hawker for our morning coffee, we swapped stories...Read More »
Day 8 - Mungerannie to Parachilna
Thursday, 12 April 2012
Km’s done: 387
Mick: Phil had rung through to Marree another 200kms down the track asking the nurse to hang around for an extra couple of hours to have a look and Nathan’s shoulder while I lazed around in the hot spring. Then I went and got a...Read More »
Day 7 - Big Red to Mungerannie
Wednesday, 11 April 2012
Km’s done: 315
Mick: Up early and back into Birdsville feeling like a bunch of failures, first stop into the info centre to hand our sat phone back to where we hired it from rather than Mt Dare on the western edge. Not feeling bad enough when I...Read More »
Day 6 - Birdsville to Big Red
Tuesday, 10 April 2012
77km done
Nath and Mick: Windy as in Birdsville this morning. We had an easy start to the day with a bit of a sleep in then blew over to the famous Birdsville bakery for a curry camel pie and coffee for breaky “well Buckets had bacon and...Read More »
Day 5 - Innamincka to Birdsville
Monday, 9 April 2012
502km done
Nath: A late start to the day as we all slept in a bit due to the servo opening at 8:30am SA time. That’s 9am off the time we are running on. Any who, we packed up, pumped some juice into our bikes and headed for...Read More »
Day 4 - Tibooburra to Innamincka
Sunday, 8 April 2012
Happy Easter All.
360km done today.
Nath: Cool start to the morning again and we were back on the road by around 7:30am. Lots of kangaroo’s, emu’s and bird life around. The landscape has change to red dunes with lots of greenery around due to all the water running...Read More »
Day 3 - Wilcannia to Tibooburra
Saturday, 7 April 2012
Km’s done: 460
Not sure what time we started this morning but by the gods it was freezing on the bikes and lots of emu’s about. Once into Broken Hill we ran into some local’s, Axle, Johnno and “old mate” on the boulevard, at the coffee shop. They...Read More »
Day 2 - Dubbo - Wilcannia
Friday, 6 April 2012
Start time: 7.30am
Km’s done: 605
Finish time: 5.30pm
Nath: Got up, packed a bit, ate our pre-packed cereal with powdered milk “not too bad too”. Finished packing and back on the road at 7.30am.
It was very windy on the first leg and Mick and I were trying to test...Read More »
Day 1 - Home to Dubbo
Thursday, 5 April 2012
Start time: 4pm
Km’s done: 435
Finish time: 11pm
Nath: Arrived at Lithgow at 6pm for a Macca’s dinner. Mick had forgotten his phone and had no liner in his jacket. It is freakin cold! Pulled up at Mudgee Driver Reviver at 8pm as we all needed a break from...Read More »
Pre-trip Diary #2
25-Mar-12
Mick: Sunday morning ride to test out the new tyres and where else would we go but to the local motorcycle accessories store MCA down at Auburn. Nathan and I grabbed some new ventilated gloves to help deal with the hot weather riding, some more spare tubes as we punctured one...Read More »
Pre-trip Diary
18-Mar-12
Nath: We spent the day changing tyres over to ensure we are capable on the day if needed in the outback. Mick’s front and my 2 tyres have now been swapped over.
Buckets lent me a whole bunch of gear (boots, pants, pannier bags) cause I’m to cheap to buy it...Read More »
Boys Bike Trip - Simpson Desert 2012
It’s the boys turn to do a trip and write the blog so buckle in for some crude fun and probably a few spelling mistakes.
It was a ways back Michael, Buckets (AKA Steve) and I (AKA Nathan) bought Suzuki DR650’s with the intentions of getting out into some remote locations...Read More »