We headed out from Southern Cross at 7am. It was a very cold morning. I explained to Sean that I didn't think the crowds would be out today given the cold, windy weather! We were forced to pull over at one stage on the road when two over sized semi-trailers came through. Their cargo was a tray of a mining truck. They were massive and took over the two lanes of the Great Eastern Highway. The 185km ride ended in Coolgardie. Again Sean had had the wind at h...

We hit the road by 7am. The wind was in Sean's favour on day 2 as it was on day 1. Sean had a few comfort stops along the way and was taking in plenty of food and drink. We either drove behind or went on ahead. David took heaps of photos and I was doing "Tour de France" type cheering on the side of the road. Sean made great time to his destination of Southern Cross. Again they booked into the hotel for the night, so we set up at a roadside rest ar...

We left Perth and took the same route that Sean had taken to the town of Tammin. We had stopped along the way at a town called Bakers Hill. I said to David that there would have to be a good bakery in this town and I was kind of right. David said the pie he had was good but the pastie I had was pretty bland and the sausage roll we were to share wasn't too great either. By the time we had arrived in Tammin, Sean had already finished for the day. They all stay...

We arrived in Perth on Monday 8 September to surprise my brother Sean at the start of his ride from Perth to Melbourne to raise awareness for Huntington's Disease (see his website www.genepositive.com). We stayed with my cousin Linda, her husband Glenn and their three sons, Sam, Ethan and Kalen. Linda's house would be full later in the week with all those arriving for the ride. My brother in law, Shane happened to be in town for work on Tuesday so he took us o...

Breakfast Sunday morning we treated ourselves to some bacon and egg toasties from the take away shop across the road. Sometimes you wish you had just cooked your own! We left Moora and headed to New Norcia. This town was set up as a Benedictine monastery town. It is still in such use now and some of the old buildings are amazing. Old schools and orphanages. It was kind of surreal to see such a place in regional Australia. The Monks have an operational b...