Posted in on Jan 20th, 2013 3 Comments »
The plan is to start heading east and the route can either be all the way to Tennant Creek and turn east on the Barkly Highway or turn of the Stuart Highway about 40 kilometers north of Alice Springs and head northest into the outback. With the new repairs done to the car, we decide […]
Posted in on Jan 20th, 2013 Comments Off on To Alice Springs – 1/18/2013
We’re ready to at about 8:00 when Rowan comes by with a stack of news clippings and photos. It’s an amazing random glimpse of the history of Curtain Springs. Running the cattle station. Fighting the bush fires with a shot from a video showing a spiral of flame reaching almost a 1,000 feet in the […]
Posted in on Jan 18th, 2013 2 Comments »
One of the many unique things about the outback here in central Australia is the clearness of the air. I had expected there to be more dust and haze. But there isn’t. The air is so clear that at dawn the temperatures are down in the high 20’s. As soon as the sun comes up, […]
Posted in on Jan 17th, 2013 Comments Off on Into the Outback (No, not the restaurant) – 1/16/2013
It’s not possible to determine what time it is when you awake if you’re sleeping in an underground room with, obviously, no windows. Wake up. Fumble for watch. Only 5:30. Go back to sleep. Wake up. Fumble for watch. Only 5:40. Really fall asleep this time. Wake up. Fumble for watch. It’s still only 6:00. […]
Posted in on Jan 16th, 2013 Comments Off on Plane Henge – 1/15/2013
After a night of ‘roos slinking by the temp, I climb out of the tent to occasional piles of ‘roo poop. Apparently, paper maps contribute to a healthy, regular and happy Skippy. Make coffee, check email, load and leave. We’re headed for the Oodnadatta Track, a gravel road through the outback. But first we have […]
Posted in on Jan 16th, 2013 Comments Off on To Flinders Range – 1/14/2013
Last night during the Great Reminiscing Bout, Tom plotted out a route for us to get to Maree which is the starting point for the Oodnadatta Track into the outback. The route went north and avoided the standard motorway route up to the Flinders Range, following smaller roads through the Clare valley wine region. There […]
Posted in on Jan 14th, 2013 Comments Off on To Adelaide – 1/13/13
We up and gone early. We’re headed to Adelaide today and the ride is through the inland flatland that leads up from the coast. It’s not much of a ride but it is a long ways. We’re headed to Adelaide to meet up with a couple of Aussie motorcycle riders, Stuart and Tom, that we […]
Posted in on Jan 14th, 2013 Comments Off on The Great Ocean Road – 1/12/13
It’s a beautiful, almost calm morning in Torqauy. I take a walk on the Surf Walk which is a cliff top path that overlooks the beach and headlands. The path is maintained for bicycles and goes on for some kilometers all the way to Bells Beach, the surfers mecca. The walking is very easy and […]
Posted in on Jan 13th, 2013 Comments Off on Torquay – 1/11/13
The appointment to fix the brakes is at 8:30 somewhere south of the Central Business District so we head out at 7:30 to find it. I go to put in the address for the ABS shop and the address an intersection of two streets one of which isn’t in the GPS index. There are times […]
Posted in on Jan 12th, 2013 1 Comment »
It’s less than 200 kilometers from San Remo, across the bridge from Philip Island, to Melbourne and there’s not much to see. The road is first two lane and then soon turns into 4 lane and then to motorway. We’ll be in Melbourne is just a couple of hours. We have a hotel reservation in […]
