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
A dawn departure from Apollo Bay on motorbikes more than up to the task, saw us in Murray Bridge with 680 effortless kms behind us by sunset. On day two we tracked north through the Barossa on as direct a track to Hawker as the winding roads could accommodate. The GPS allowed us to stay … Continue reading BMW R1200 GS Motorbike Ride to the Flinders Ranges, South Australia April 2022
Kanyaka Station Ruins on Kanyaka Creek In the South Flinders Ranges about 25 kms south west of Hawker in late 1851, Hugh Proby, the well-educated and wealthy young son of an Irish Earl secured land for a cattle run. He was the first to take up and stock Kanyaka station. Proby had arrived in Australia … Continue reading Flinders Ranges and the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia May 2022
I did this ride solo on my BMW R1200 GS motorbike. I've owned it since new (2008). The bike had its 230,000km routine service just before this ride. The engine is original and has never been overhauled. It performs as it did when new. But a thorough wash and polish no longer brings it up … Continue reading Solo Motorbike Tour of the Flinders Ranges, South Australia April 2021
On 11 June 1978 I was pilot in command of a light aircraft for a routine cross-country flight in South Australia, which turned into an unforgettable flight. I penned an account of this flight many years later, and it was published in an Australian flying magazine. The text of that article is reproduced below under … Continue reading Bush flying in South Australia in the 1970s
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