Scrolling through the comments on my recent Facebook posts takes my thoughts for a wander. We all tend to share the highlights of our existence on social media. For some of us that’s an amazing meal, a night out with your dearest friends or, as it is for me lately, public recognition of the crazy […]
Gravel’s life lessons
Some recent stretches of challenging, unsealed roads brought back good memories of riding gravel in Australia. Before starting the trip around Australia I had zero experience in riding on anything else than nicely sealed roads. During the trip around Australia I wanted, and had to, learn to ride on gravel. It made all the difference […]
It’s the final count down
My last weekend in Australia I spend in Tasmania with someone who became very special to me. Visiting the last state in Australia made me realise that this part of the journey really is about to end. On the bike I visited 6 states (Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and the […]
Culture and Waterfalls
The last place to visit on this trip, Kakadu national park. Compared to the Gibb river road the riding isn’t anywhere near as challenging since most of it is sealed. But Kakadu makes up for that ten-fold on other things. It is world heritage listed for both its nature and living Aboriginal culture. It has […]
Winning coaches are always right
Let’s find out when it’s low tide. We stopped at Home Valley to see what would be the best time to cross the tidal Pentecost river. We asked the girl at reception when low tide would be. She responded it didn’t make much of a difference, only a few centimetres. We explained that on a […]
Tyre Eater?
“We advise you to take at least two spare wheels” said the woman at the tourist information center. Right, well, the chook chaser only has two wheels… Jack (the 4×4) has no space to put another spare wheel and we (Lisette and Chantal) really don’t feel like we will need more spare wheels… Realising she […]
Water water water
Water 1: Rain. Travelling north from Perth we saw some clouds starting to build up. The first day we dodged the showers… Then Lisette wanted to see some spots I had already been so we agreed to split up, we would both travel at our own pace and meet up again in a week. This […]
Great Roads
Australians like to do things big. That’s probably why they have Great Roads around here. Such as the Great Ocean Road and the Great Central Road. And there might be more, but these are the ones I’ve traveled along. Having lived in Melbourne for a year, I’d been down the Great Ocean Road before. I can […]
Inspiration in the middle
It’s only an hour to Alice Springs the lovely lady at the road house said. Just watch out for the cows on the road. I enquired about the kangaroos but they didn’t see many around here. So although dusk was setting we felt confident enough to complete the last little stretch to Alice. Halfway through […]
Straight through the middle
So when people say they traveled straight through the middle of Australia they usually mean from Adelaide to Darwin. However when I decide to travel straight through the middle of Australia I take the road less travelled, from Brisbane to Perth. On this route there are less people. Also, there are less fuel stations and […]