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Leaving Derby the real riding experience begins on the infamous Gibb River Road. And what an experience…..along its 650 km. Creek and river crossings, gorges and vast vistas of mountain ridges of shattered limestone coloured by blue/green algae and rust-red leaching. Heaps

Its been a while between blogs as most of the places we’ve been riding in the Kimberleys have had no internet access. After a few splendid days in Broome (the last night spent at the wonderful Cable Beach Club) we headed to Cape Leveque,spending 2 nights right on the beach

Spending a few days in the lovely WA town of Broome. Fixing the motorbikes as well as the  support truck before we venture up the Kimberly coast and then onto the Canning Stock Route. Broome is proving to be a super-friendly town and we are getting to know our neighbours at the

We have now crossed 6 deserts recently including Simpson Desert, Central Desert (Around Alice Springs) and Tanami Desert.  The Simpson Desert has been by far the most challenging to date but what shock me what how beautiful it is. We are in Broome and are all tried from riding so

Over the past few days we have been riding the Tanami Track, across the Tanami Desert. Long desert tracks of red sand and tricky waterholes to negotiate. The vegetation is monotonous as is the riding. Its possible to turn a corner and see the track extend as far as the

After a rest day and a good cleanup (ourselves,clothes,bikes and truck) in Alice, I have had time to sit and savour my special memories of the Simpson Crossing. After an uneventful first 120km, which included the deviation around the flooded Eyre Creek, we were getting into the

Another day in Birdsville…..but freedom and escape  is nigh!  Andy and Rudi have made it onto the Birdsville Track, arriving at Mungerannie yesterday. Hopfully onto Birdsville today with food supplies and news from the outside world! In the meantime I popped over to the

We are in Birdsville waiting for our support vehicle to return after getting its gear-box replaced.  With some recent heavy rain many of the roads are closed and the vehicle is trapped in Maree.  To date we have crossed the Strzelecki, Tirari and Sturt Stony Deserts. The riding

Woke to clear skies and a chill in the air. Town quiet with very little traffic and flights in/out. All roads to Birdsville closed – from North, South, East and West. Might be a few days before we see Rudi and Andy with the truck, as they are stuck in Marree, 510km down the

Spent a wonderful day yesterday at Pandi Pandi Station attempting to muster cattle. Thanks to Clayton & Lou, we were able to show how green we were at conquering this unforgiving terrain on the motorbikes. We managed to get all but 2 of the cattle into the adjoining paddock