This was my first motorbike ride to the Flinders Ranges without my Nikon camera and telephoto lens. My 150-600mm telephoto lens has seized up and can no longer be satisfactorily focussed manually, and the auto-focus no longer functions. All photos in this post are iPhone photos. This is why there are no eagle photos on … Continue reading Six day ride to the Flinders Ranges in South Australia in late Winter 2023
In May 2023 I did a solo motorbike tour of the Flinders Ranges and the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. I was away for 14 days and I clocked up 4070kms in total. 370kms was on dirt roads in the Flinders. I bought my BMW R1200 GS motorbike new in late 2008. On the second … Continue reading 14 Day Solo Motorbike Ride around the Flinders Ranges and the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia
Saturday dawned bright and still over on the edge of the Great Australian Bight. A powerful and glassy swell was rolling in, to be perfected an hour or so later by a light offshore wind. I knew that all along this coast local surfers would be paddling out at remote breaks not marked by signposts … Continue reading Big clean swell at a remote break on the Great Australian Bight May 2023
In selecting the dates for this motorbike ride through the Victorian high country, late November seemed ideal as it carried a low risk of bushfires, snow and ice. But a series of cold fronts crossing the state a few days before our departure brought sub-zero temperatures, ice and snow to the alpine roads we planned … Continue reading Four Day Ride in the Victorian High Country, November 2022
There are quite a few photos in this post - an iPhone might not be the ideal device on which to view them. Without a whole lot of planning I decided to do a solo road trip from Apollo Bay to South Australia and back on my 14 year old BMW R1200 GS motorbike. I … Continue reading 12 day solo motorbike ride – Apollo Bay to South Australia return August 2022
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