From Straddie, I headed back south to Byron Bay. If you like dreadlocks and not showering, this is the place for you!
OK, so it’s not that bad…it’s pretty great, in fact.
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10/12/2014 – 465 days/42645 miles
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10/08/2014 – 461 days/42514 miles
After the Horizon’s Unlimited event, I didn’t have any specific plans…the only thing I had scheduled was the shipping of my bike from Brisbane to Auckland, which isn’t until the 21st. So, my friend Peter, who I met at the Horizon’s gathering offered to show me around North Stradbroke Island (or Straddie, as they call it).
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10/05/2014 – 458 days/42414 miles
My reason for going to Beaudesert was for the Horizon’s Unlimited gathering in Queensland. If you have any interest in overland travel, check out Horizon’s Unlimited, as there is loads of information shared on their website and forum. Or better yet, if you can get to one of the weekend events, it’s a great way to meet other travelers, hear & share stories, and get information that could help with future travels.
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10/03/2014 – 456 days/42414 miles
From Sydney, I headed north to Beaudesert, which isn’t far from Brisbane. I had some route recommendations which turned out to be great…some nice paved roads, with a good amount of dirt added into the mix, and even a few river crossings.
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09/28/2014 – 451 days/41530 miles
I took backroads from Canberra up to Sydney, and had some wonderful riding, except for the last 30 minutes or so when a downpour hit me hard.
I stopped to take a quick picture, just as a couple rain drops started coming down.
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09/24/2014 – 447 days/41231 miles
From most people I spoke with, Canberra got a pretty bad wrap as far as Australian cities are concerned. I guess I can understand this from the point of view of someone living there, but for someone just traveling through for a few days, I think it’s a great place to stop.
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09/21/2014 – 444 days/40958 miles
From Melbourne, I took a couple days to ride up to Tottenham, a small town that wouldn’t typically end up on the list of places to see in Australia.
I took the scenic route on the way up, via the Great Alpine Road
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09/17/2014 – 440 days/39984 miles
Just wanted to post up a few pictures from around Melbourne, which is my favorite city I’ve been to for quite some time.
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09/12/2014 – 435 days/39951 miles
Outside of the Flinder’s Range, I made my way towards the Grampians National Park. On the way, I passed Pink Lake…pretty creative name!
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09/09/2014 – 432 days/39095 miles
I’m out of National Park territory and heading back south.
Rather than going back down the Stuart Highway (the main north/south road through the middle of Australia, and the road I took north through Coober Pedy and to Uluru) the whole way, I headed east off of it, on the Oodnadatta Track, a dirt track, which was smooth, fast, and nearly empty (there was a period of over 3 hours where I saw only 3 cars). The route it follows is the Old Ghan Railway, so you can often see the old track bed or small bridges from the road.
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