This morning we leave on a short trip north, why? Because we can! Our plan is to meander up the coast of Queensland for 3 days and then turn around and head home. We packed our bags and put them in the panniers of our TigerXRX 800, we added the new Notebook, wet weather gear and a few odds and ends to the top box and headed out the gate at 9:45am. The day looked glorious. This is the first trip for this computer and the first chance to try our the new travel bl...

We promised ourselves an overseas holiday every second year after the kids flew the coop. So far we are on track with trips to New Zealand, USA and Europe in 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2015. This trip to America is out of sequence but, what the heck, we will bite the bullet and go anyway. The main difference with this trip, is that we are not taking one of our beloved motorbikes. For our last 5 adventures we have packed our bike in to a container 2...