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Thanks everyone for your messages…. wish i was out on the bike today…. looks good from my office window
When I look back on the last year I can definitely say I’ve been living the Adventure Riding dream and doing all the other things that feeds my passions (TB seems to cover them all off nicely)…but you can’t enjoy them without sharing them with friends/mates and family…… thanks everyone….
Hope to see you out there or run into you (like i did to Lotsa, Gav and Jeffro the other weekend) on a ride
Thanks guys…. Kat xxxx
Day 6: Hawker to Broken Hill (472km) ..Depart 8.30am Arrive 4.30pm
Drop Count – Yee HA….’0′ by Kat
Route:
Craddock via dirt
East toward Yednallie Station
South Almost to Clifden
South East (SE) to Glenroy then North East (NE) to Belton, Witchitie
Old Baratta
SE Milang Well (Phone in Old Card)
SE Yunta
SE Danaramatee
NE Manna Hill
NE Outalpa
SE Olary (drink in Pub)
Broken Hill… for New Years celebration..Highlights:
Playing in the ruins and taking funny photo’s
Kat nearly hitting an emu’s arse doing 100km. There were millimeters in it.
Seeing dust twisters in the distance. Then seeing one twister form immediately next to Mick and hit him straight on. Impact was a bike wiggle. This was followed by another twister that was working its way towards us and decided to hit Mick. Two Twisters = Two hits on Mick….. he is a magnet for them.
Olary Pub – publican enjoyed seeing another KTM … he owns one…. and sure enough has lots of folk seal ‘challenges’!!. Plus he had a little pussy that was only 3 weeks old that caught Micks eyes!!. The rum/coke or 3 felt good. One was for the emu nerves, one was for the heat and the last one was for no reason other than I love the taste.
Anyone doing a ride from Broken Hill to Olary…. the publican suggest you follow railway lines rather than do tar
Hitting Broken Hill and knowing that we needed to pack up the bikes, get into our party cloths, drink, eat and dance till midnight….. well it didn’t quiet turn out like that!!
Night at the Musical Club listening/dancing to a band
Going back to caravan park and crashing before midnight…… couldn’t keep eyes open… and we had to get away early for the 12hr drive home the next day.Day 6 photo’s
On our way
Kat enjoying the easy pace
Lots of ruins
Sheep were everywhere… fat and happy with all the feed around
Dry river crossing
Kat taking in the view
Lizard thingy in the middle of the road
Car ruin… Creative shot by Mick
Lots of bullet holes
Kat’s creating her own track…we got bit lost
Twister forming to Kat’s left
Last of the red dirt roads back to Broken Hill
Day 7 – Broken Hill to Central Coast (by car/trailer) Depart 08:30 Arrive 20:00 – 1114km
Highlights
Mick sleeping most of the way in a reclined position
Enjoyed the last chapters of the audio book
Kat dodging goats and sheep.
Mick finding creative ways to make time pass slowlyGeneral Stat’s:
Total of 3968km traveled in 7 days (car and bike)
Two days of driving in car – 2249km
Five days on bike – 1719km
Average Km per day over 5 days – 345km
480 litre’s of fuel consumed (car and bike)
Average Temp: 35 degrees
Dam Water Temp: bath water temp
Cost about $152.00 p/d per person for everything (fuel, accommodation, drinks and dinner)
Total Accommodation p/d average $80 (ie $40 each)I have to take this opportunity to say a big thank you to Mick for coming with me. It was a last minute hair brain idea of mine to go. I’ve worked out that its not safe doing these things on your own and its more fun when you can share it with a mate. Thanks for picking me up, dusting me off and not complaining when you had to walk some hills to bring my bike down and lastly putting up with my sick behaviour / humour.
Kat
Day 5: Hawker to Port Augusta (308km) and back to Hawker ..Depart 9.30am with hangover Arrive 4.30pm
Drop Count – 1 blonde moment by Kat………. put it down to the hangover and heat
Highlights:
Hookina (5 ways)
Followed Railway line with Wyacca Range on left to Port Augusta….. Kat mounted the XR on a mound for a rest (NOT)
Port Augusta
Quorn
Warren Gorge
Mawson
Cradock
Hawker – pool, rum/coke, BBQ then early to bed.Day 5 photo’s
Ruins in the middle of know where
On our way to Port Augusta
Creative shot of bikes thru the windows of some ruins.
Mick at the ruins..
Kat mounted the XR …. didn’t need a side stand..
Mick didn’t have any rope to tie me up…. so I pretended!!
Kat chasing Mick
Kat having a rest in 40 deg heat
At Port Augusta after enjoying an air conditioned pub with rum/coke (or two) with something to eat
So we drunk too many drinks at Port Augusta and got to Quorn … hot, dehydrated and just wanted to hug something cold…. I was thinking of wrapping my arms around a bag of ice….. Mick was happy to just sit.
Warren Gorge…
Warren Gorge… a must to camp at
Warren Gorge
Warren Gorge
I went from this…..(relaxed taking off helmet… feeling very hot)
too….. this…. on my arse…. sort of laughing.. .NOT…. Mick was more interested in getting the photo rather than getting the bike up.
Me walking around counting to 100 whilst my butt was screaming in pain.
Day 4: Copley to Hawker (417km) Depart 6.30am Arrive 4.40pm
Drop Count – 4 by Kat (2 bad rut experiences that broke both mirrors and bent the gear lever, one bad sand moment and one dumb blonde drop)….. Mick was entertained…. NOT ….. having to pick my bike up and walk up/down hills riding two bikes…. including taking on/of tool kit
Highlights:
Copley Rd
Owieandana
Yankaninna
Umberatana
Nooldoonooldoona Waterhole
Arkaroola Village
30km loop that took 2 1/2 hrs taking in Ochne Wall, Welcome Pond, Tillite Gorge, Mt Jacob Backtrack
Tea Tree Outstation
Wirrealpa
Flinders Ranges National Park
Wilpena
Hawker
Ghan Restaurant dinnerDay 4 photo’s
Early start… sun just coming up
Dodging Emu family
Giving an emu run for his money
Wild horses
Rockie river crossing
Had to fix the sign to work out way to Arkaroola
Meet Chris the owner of a property in Umberatana
Mick being a gentleman and riding my bike over a river crossing
Nooldoonooldoona Waterhole – what a mouthful
Kat getting out of the Nooldoonooldoona Waterhole
The Pinnacle’s
Kat took a walk
Kat lubing up her lips…
On the road to Arkaroola
Kat got a ‘little’ stuck…
One of the lookouts
Kat contemplating things…….. life has got so much better…. bring on 2012
Most amazing loop around Ochne Wall, Welcome Pond Tillite Gorge and Mt Jacob backtrack
A rut got my lever
Mick coming down a tricky section
Dinner in Hawker at the Ghan Restaurant… this turned out to be an interesting night
Enjoying civilised dinner
After all other patrons left we ended up drinking with the owner Rob, son Wade and their mate Larry till midnight and was shown the hidden route to downstairs!!!
Interesting photo’s downstairs!!!
Mick made friends with Borris
Even got a showing of some history artifacts …. at midnight i wasn’t taking much in that was being shared… the homemade port was taking affect
Day 3 – Hawker to Copley (356km) Depart 6.30am Arrive 5.00pm
It was an early start but it paid off seeing the sunrise hitting the mountain ranges. Two emu’s decided to get up close and personal with me to have a head on…. but Honda won the face off.
Anyone going to Flinders MUST do Bunyeroo Gorge… the hoolie doolie counter went off the rickta scales
We meet a lovely couple in Wilpena Pounds on Yamaha TDM 850. Wife was on L’s and rode her bike from Adelaide to Quorn but got a bit tied. So they left her bike there and doubled up to Wilpena. He was trying to entice her into Adventure Riding so we shared a cuppa and told her what its like ……I don’t think she was convinced…. but Paul her husband was hoping my words of wisdom would help (hopefully not scare her).
Highlights:
Moralana Scenic Drive
Wilpena Pound
Bunyeroo Valley
Parachilna – no fuel
Old Beltana – Ghan Railway dirt road
Leigh Creek
Aroona Dam
Myrtie Spring Gorge
Copley PubAnother wonderful day followed by pub drinks, dinner and yak to the locals…. and a nice comfortable bed to sleep in…. this adventure riding is REALLY tough.
Early departure for the day
Tar to Moralana Scenic Drive
Start of Moralana Scenic Drive
Moralana Scenic Drive – learnt how to ride over dry river beds with LARGE boulders
Mt Ide
Tar to Wilpena Pound
Turned into Bunyeroo Valley
Razorback Lookout
One of only a handful of river crossing that actually had water in it
The ‘hoolie doolie’ count was high…. the rock formations were amazing
No fuel at Parachilna – thanks to some tips from the locals we found a dirt rode to get us up to Leigh’s Creek rather than fang it up the tar
The old relics from the old Ghan Railway
Swim in Aroona Dam (sorry no bikini shots available)
Mick in action shot
Coming out of Aroona Dam we found some rock formations worth climbing!!! (on bike and by hand!!)
Doing some single track out the back of Copley
Myrtie Spring Gorge – went for a blast to this gorge to kill some time otherwise it was back in the pub drinking!!
