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 Well here we are, about as close to the halfway point in actual days that you will get for the Around Australia Ride. And what a journey it has been of over 8,000kms to get this far. To date we have seen weather extremes of hot and cold, dry and wet. We have had beautiful scenery and boring highways. We have seen big trucks and bigger trucks and have jousted against the wide loads. Continue reading the full Day 17 Carnarvon to Geraldton post.   This is it, the big one, the largest day of the Around Australia Ride with the Steven Walter Foundation. 870 kilometres – a big day in what, we are told, will be big heat. Continue reading the full Day 16 Port Hedland to Carnarvon post.  Day 15 of the Around Australia Ride, it’s funny how the scenery changes from day to day. Before reaching Broome it was a mix of not too bad, to boring. From Broome to Port Hedland, however, it was mostly a mix of boring and boring. After a nice relaxing break we had 613km to push through to meet the predominantly mining town of Port Hedland. As a result there wasn’t so much scenery to capture as there were things that travelled along the road itself. Continue reading the full Day 15 Broome to Port Hedland post.  So we have reached Broome and now it was time to have a break. And a forced break is just about what it was. We got to Broome on Friday afternoon, Saturday saw shops shutting up at 12 and Sunday the town was practically empty. I’ve mentioned it before but we got here in the low season so a lot of the normal activities and tours are suspended. The most notable thing for me in Broome was the final night when a number of us went down to Cable Beach with our motorcycles to watch the sunset. It is the done thing with the beach thickly covered in 4WDs and tourists being led on the back of camels – all waiting for the burning sun to kiss the sea. Continue reading the full Days 13 and 14 Rest Days in Broome post.  Fitzroy Crossing to Broome was a short day of 400kms and by now I was genuinely ready to just blaze through to Broome and get off the bike for a few days. We were mustered out the front of the Fitzroy River Lodge (another generous title methinks) for another videoed group start and were soon on the way. It was a slow ride up the road in formation past the camera and then we were left to our own devices for the open road. We all had Tony Roberts in our thoughts as we passed a sign for Fitzroy Hospital. Continue reading the full Day 12 Fitzroy Crossing to Broome post.  Day 11 of the Around Australia Ride took us from Kununurra to Fitzroy Crossing. Another large day of 650kms and after the previous day I was keen to just burn straight through to Fitzroy Crossing as quick as I could. Thankfully this was not to be. Continue reading the full Day 11 Kununurra to Fitzroy Crossing post.  Day 10 of the Around Australia Ride. What can I say about it? Well not much to be honest. This was a tough day of 620kms with I would reckon about 400km of that in the wet. Wet weather riding can be very fatiguing, you have to be hyper alert the entire time. Your whole body is tense, you continuously scan the roads for standing water which you can aquaplane in and if the bike twitches in the wet, well lets just say if you had coal you could make diamonds… Continue reading the full Day 10 Mataranka to Kununurra post.  Day 9 of the Around Australia Ride was a designated rest stop in Mataranka. There was talk the night before of group doing a run up to Katherine to see Katherine Gorge. I liked the idea of a rest day, and another 300kms on the bike plus a day in the heat didn’t sound too restful. But then again I was so close to one of the more picturesque things I might see on this trip, and I can probably rest another time, so what the hell I was convinced to go. Continue reading the full Day 9 Rest Day Mataranka post.  Day 8, or the first day of the second week of the Around Australia Ride began, believe it or not, by waking up at 6am. Because I felt like an early start to Mataranka I was packed and out the door at 6:30, not too long after sunrise. And what a great decision it was. The morning, while a little warm, still had that early crisp feel to it like freshly laundered sheets. The sky was clear and the road wide open. Continue reading the full Day 8 Tennant Creek to Mataranka post.  For day seven of the Around Australia Ride I find myself getting into a rhythm. The night before I will pack all my gear, lay out everything I will wear the next day, ensure I have cleaned up all my possessions so I am ready to pack the bike and go the next morning. I’m normally up by 6am for whatever timezone we happen to be in, and will generally be on the road by 6:30 to 7am. Continue reading the full Day 7 Mount Isa to Tennant Creek post. |  You can donate to the Steven Walter Foundation at the following link. | |||||
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