No engine this time! My next trip is going to be carried out relying on pedal power. I said I'd never do it but the lovely Sandi has convinced me to try a bicycle tour. The picture shows me 'training' watch this space for more news soon

Hello again, this time from Kununurra. I trust this entry will be more interesting than the previous one, typed at Darwin airport on a faulty keyboard. Today sees me back in Kununurra and with a few things to write about. Sandi, Kylie, Jonah and I had a really terrific time in Darwin after the first night, when the backpackers kept us awake. We lashed out and rented a series of rooms in a caravan park, where we managed to accommodate ourselves for all but the la...

Hello from sunny Darwin! Yes, unlike Santa in 1974 Kylie, Jonah and myself made it into Darwin. We hit town and bookd a site just before Sandi flew in so all ended well. We only covered 350km the last day but Kylie was glad to get off the bike for a few days. Today I type this from Darwin airport on a terrible keyboard while we wait for Blue to turn up. He missed the original flight so I hope he's on this one. We will do a quick lap of townwhen he lands, before r...

Hello again. i bet you all thought we'd ridden off the end of the Earth - no blog for three days! We're still all alive and well and generally managing to keep the 'rubber side down'. Since my last blog in Broome our trip has continued to get better and better. We took the detour into Derby after leaving Broome and experienced our first truly warm weather. The picture on this blog was taken in Derby as Jonah and I borrowed a 4wd vehicle to transport our lunch ac...

Yes, we've made it to Broome! Yesterday we got off to our usual lazy start and made the 610 or so km trip from Hedland to Broome. We had hope to call in on our friends at deGrey, but a combination of our need to get north quickly and worries about the dirt road riding capabilities of one of the riders resulted in our deciding that i would call in on the way back all being well and we pushed on toward Pardoo roadhouse. Pardoo was the site of Kylie's 20th birthda...