Well I arrived home on Thursday afternoon at 5:30pm (a bit later than I had expected), with some 7229.4 kays travelled in the 13 days (average 556.1 kays per day). I could’ve ridden for more to be honest. When an event finishes and you start to head home it does seem to take ages, but …
Category: Black Dog Rides
Sep 02
Updated Days 4,5 & 6 with pics
I’ve finally updated days 4, 5 & 6 with the missing photos. Sorry it took so long, but it actually takes a while to resize all the pics, then upload them to photobucket before loading them into the blog (which takes longer than I thought) and then resizing them again, so thanks for your patience. …
Aug 31
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 …
Aug 31
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. …
Aug 28
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 …
Aug 28
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 …
Aug 28
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 …
Aug 26
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 …
Aug 26
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 …
Aug 24
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 …