Gypsy Biker

I am spending the “down time” while waiting to ship the bike to South America, by catching up on a few posts I have meant to publish… Some of them are no longer on the “Home” page, because they occurred on dates that preceded the last five posts that are automatically loaded when visitors log [...]

I have spent an awful amount of time checking prices for the flights I will need in the next few days, to get myself to Santiago in Chile… Using the Sky Scanner website, I am able to access a list of all the flights going to wherever it is I need to get to… I [...]

There has been a number of “comings and goings” over the past few days…!! Three Jeeps, three trailers, thirteen people and a 3 60o km, four day drive to Perth…!! I think I’d rather receive a poke in the eye with a sharp stick…!! How many “Are we there yet…??” and “How much longer’s…” can [...]

After another long ride, I arrived in Melbourne late yesterday afternoon… My route took me from Forbes through West Wyalong, where I refueled and took a short break while trying to decide whether to go to Melbourne via Wagga Wagga and Albury, or take the more direct route south via Gillenbah… I chose the latter [...]

Great ride today, clocking up over 1000 km for the fourth time in Australia and the seventh time on my World Tour… I left Brisbane at 6.30 am, and arrived in the small town of Forbes at 7.30 pm, but this time, unlike last week’s long ride that finished in complete darkness, the sun was [...]

“Crikey…!!” Getting out of here is going to cost me a bomb…!! A huge dent to the ever dwindling contents of my “War Chest”….!! Flying from Brisbane to Santiago is proving to be a difficult proposition, and with time running out, I have regretfully canned my plan to ride in New Zealand…!! Just getting the [...]