Heading east – part 2

There’s something very beautiful about the Nullabor.  Many just see the long drag that you have to take when going across the country.  However, it isn’t like that. The landscape and vegetation changes many times as you move through the countryside, often with little or no transition. Trees, no trees, scrub, plains, rolling hills. And…

To Ride

Riding through the countryside the other weekend, through the fog as it burns off in the morning sun, past the hundreds of birds as they take flight, and through main streets of small country towns that time has forgotten. Do car drivers see this? Do they feel the towns they pass through? Or are they…

Hawaii – The Big Island

this has taken a few days to get to … I’m not sure where that time has gone but our time exploring Hawaii’s Big Island is over.  While we haven’t had much of a chance to just sit we have taken an awful lot in in our time here.  The Big Island has something for…

Weekend ride in the mountains

There’s something empowering about riding alone.  Setting you’re own schedule, changing plans on the fly, not having to come to consensus on decisions, and overcoming obsticles as they arise.  Don’t get me wrong, hanging out in a group is good but you have a lot of different issues to contend with. Maybe its the introvert…

Broken Hill – day 10

Coober Pedy welcomed me with another great start to the day and another great sunrise. Today is more heading south and with that I am joined by my riding buddy.  Together we ride across South Australia. Past the wide open pasture lands and past the various lakes that I will need to look up the…

Coober Pedy – day 9

I woke up early this morning to cars and bikes leaving.  I lay there contemplating all the traffic so early and then it hit me.   Sunrise viewing.! I lay there some more.  More cars leave. It’s only sunrise after all and I did see the sunset over the rock last night.  I do need to…