August 2012 archive

BDR Day 13 Bourke – Home

It was almost a shame to leave my cabin this morning, but I’m missing home and wanna be there tonight.The routine of unpacking, repacking and loading up Angel I now have down pat, so it’s doesn’t take long to get on the road. But before I get going I just have to take some more …

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BDR Day 12 Barcaldine – Bourke

Yep, well it was supposed to be Cunnamulla, but you’ll have to wait to see why. OK, so in yesterdays update I forgot to tell ya’s all about the road kill. The FarRider forum was a great help in preparation for this ride including advising me of the dangers certain sections of road may hold. …

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BDR Day 11 Cloncurry – Barcaldine

Anny & I are riding our own rides today and we agree to meet up in Barcaldine, so Anny heads off while I’m just finishing getting ready. Start of the day and what a georgeous one, hopefully it what get toooo hot. The roads from the bushfires last night are open again thank goodness (I …

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BDR Day 10 Tennant Creek – Cloncurry

Another beautiful morning, we have truly been blessed this trip so far. Anny needs fuel before we can head off, so as I wait for her I watch the sun rise. Bit of wind today but that’s ok. Not far up the road and there are cows on the side of the road, gotta love …

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BDR Day 9 Glen Helen – Tennant Creek

Another sleep in “NOT”…lol, you’d think I’d get used to it but am just accepting that the sleep in will have to wait until I get home. Ghosty, Carsten & Lionel (3 FarRiders) asked Anny & I to witness documentation last night for their attempt at a SS1600. So this morning they are up early …

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BDR Day 8 Alice Springs-Glen Helen Resort

It’s the morning that I wish wouldn’t come. The saying hooroo to all my new friends, and to my new best friends Phil & Kim. So hugs all round and Kimmo & I just put the inevitable off as long as we could.  It was a teary “catchy later”, this woman Kimmo, I swear Darani had in her …

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BDR Day 7 Alice Springs

Our day off today, well after the official ride through Alice’s Todd Mall anyway. What a great nights sleep, but I think I’m just used to waking early that I can’t sleep past 6:15am grrrr. Had been teed up to meet with Phil, Kimmo, Noel & Audrey for breaky down at the Tavern. My first real …

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BDR Day 6 Coober Pedy-Alice Springs

It’s surprising how good I slept last night in our bat cave (3×3 room carved into rock) to wake to only a few bikes this morning as CH9 were doing broadcasts from where we were staying. Martin the manager has got fire pits going all over the grounds for us as it’s a bit brrrrrr. Hundreds …

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BDR Day 5 Port Augusta-Coober Pedy

Well shit happens,  wrote this great blog and accidentally hit the delete key before it saved, AAARRRGGGHHHHHHH I did take pics today but the loader still is having problems, so they’ll have to wait. What a great sleep but was woken at 5:00am by the rumble of eager engines wanting to get their mugs on …

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BDR Day 4 Broken Hill-Port Augusta

Dark o’clock, even earlier than a sparrows fart is what CH9 asked for so we can be on the Today Show with Steve Jacobs (my new friend). Anny & I had some confusion with the whole time difference, anyway set the alarm waaaaaay to early needless to say we were the first on site at the Pig & …

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