Posted in on Dec 23rd, 2012 1 Comment »
We get up early and leave the hotel without breakfast. We have a long way to go to go. We’re headed for Katoomba in the heart of the Blue Mountains. It’s a long but not very notable ride until we get nearer the mountains. It’s mostly a two lane road through land that looks like […]
Posted in on Dec 23rd, 2012 2 Comments »
We’re up and out early and on the way to a World Heritage site, the Dorrigo Rain Forest. The Dorrigo is on the eastern slope of the coast range about 50 miles from Coffs Harbor. We head south down the coast and then turn inland. The road starts to climb and gets very narrow and […]
Posted in on Dec 21st, 2012 Comments Off on Finally, On the Road – 12/19/2012
With the car safely moved to Global 4X4 & Performance, we’re finally leaving Brisbane. Up early for breakfast and out to the car. Load up and head south out of Brisbane. The first stop is, wait for it, Global 4X4 & Performance. I have a bag full of goodies for the trip with John and […]
Posted in on Dec 21st, 2012 Comments Off on Brisbane, The City – 12/17/2012
On Monday we finally got to see a bit of Brisbane. Brisbane is a large city with older colonial buildings dwarfed by new glass-walled skyscrapers. It’s a city of just over a million people and it has the energy and vibe of a big, modern city. Our hotel, the Manor Apartment Hotel, is just lovely. […]
Posted in on Dec 18th, 2012 Comments Off on Getting the Car out of Quarantine – 12/18/2012
We’ve been waiting for Ivan from Bikes Abroad, who are our importers, to call and tell us that the Cherokee has been released from quarantine and that we could pick up the car. Finally, I paid Ivan 1775 AUD for his work. As soon as I put the money in Ivan’s account (another story in […]
Posted in on Dec 16th, 2012 1 Comment »
Landing in Brisbane – 4/16/12 Not the least of the weird things that happens on a flight like this is the time confusion that takes place when you travel very long distances. I don’t mean the jet lag. That comes later when your circadian clock is totally flummoxed by the the local time at your […]
Posted in on Dec 11th, 2012 Comments Off on It Looks Like the Car is in Brisbane
I haven’t heard anything official yet but the Maersk Line tracking page shows this: We’ll know pretty soon. Obi-wan
Posted in on Dec 9th, 2012 1 Comment »
Here’s the GPS tracker site for the continuation of the Great Cherokee Trip: http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0trb9G0ZQsWqr8htEqob4SECoABHiqdaI More info in a bit. Obi-wan
Posted in on Nov 26th, 2012 Comments Off on The Voyage of the Cherokee
This just in from the Maesrk Line Container Tracking page: The life of adventure for the trusty Cherokee, leaving Busan, South Korea for Brisbane, Australia. Whoo-hoo! Obi-wan
Posted in on Nov 26th, 2012 Comments Off on Here we go again
On November 11th, our trusty Cherokee Sport departed Vladivostok in a container bound for Brisbane, Australia. It’s due to arrive on the 10th of December and my wife, Barbara, and I are going to down to retrieve it on the 14th of December. We arrive in Brisbane on the 16th, a Sunday, so we should […]
