Category Archives: 2011-04: Crossing Australia

… the 3201km from Melbourne to Cairns and the 3201 CHF spent to the WWF would not have been possible or not have been as it was thanks to a lot of people, I’d like to thank a lot here: … Read More »

…or why do something easy if you can take the challeng, e.g. like staying at home?😉 Distance: 3,200.69 km Elevation Gain: 10,346 m Time: 161:59:45 h:m:s Calories: 99,738 C Avg HR: 124 bpm Max HR: 192 bpm Avg Distance: 114.31 … Read More »

The End…. the night was very nice: no car or truck noise, just the wind blowing in the banana tree just at my right. Knowing that that would be to 99% now my last day of riding into Cairns was … Read More »

Not a too long day and highest road of Queensland… As usual, it is difficult to sleep long on camping park: others gets early up and don’t seem to really care about others. The night was a little better… I … Read More »

“Must be” stop and first goal reached. The wind had changed already in the morning (strong and more from the front). Due to the humidity of the night, I had to wait until the tent was dry because it looked … Read More »

Nice “Crest”… This was the third night in the row of bad sleeping – only few hours – still mainly due to personal stuff. After a little breakfast at the restaurant with lot of coffea, I had a talk about … Read More »

My first accident…Because the emotional issues at home are/were not solved, I had again a bad night with waking up to often and bad dreamings. When it started to light up, I decided not wait anymore, so I stood up … Read More »

After a bad night due to some emotional issues at home – yep, not everything is best as well when you are travelling – the wake up was early: I still was at the ugly caravan park of Hughenden.Anyway. I … Read More »

Just enjoying the warm temperature (33°C) and the light wind…. Cheers, Georges

Hi Again… Sorry, it was a bad day… with only few positive points. It started with the first fog I had in Australia. Quite special.. and therefor I got up late and started late as well as I had to … Read More »

Hi all The night was quite good, even some late arrivers making some noise. After the repetivive matinal proceedure, I started on the road. Great morning: the wind was pushing me quie good towards Winton. I had decided to check … Read More »

Back on the road…What a nice pleasure to sleep again in a real bed. Even I woke up at 3 in the morning and could not good sleep again, I had slept well and stood up at 7h15 for breadfast. … Read More »

What a day full of up and downs!Yesterday night, after writing the blog and during preparing my dinner, the sky was just beautiful. Unfortunately not on the pictures: Dark blue sky full of rain, dark brown earth and in between … Read More »

Not perfect wind…but not bad Today I changed my way: first get out of the tent and then have breakfast. It seems that I could save some time as I was on the bike already at 8h50 (ok, I woke … Read More »

One tire less… Yesterday’s resting day was good.. I felt much better when standing today morning. Even the garbage people did empty the container between 6h45 and 7h15… what a nice morning.But then I could have breakfast at the Windorah … Read More »

The message of the my muscles from the last two days was clear: we need rest.So today, I spend some good time with doing some laundry and setting up the wireless internet for the local pub… Look forward for tomorrow… … Read More »

After the nice sleep in the middle of “no-where”, I as usually had some breakfast and packed everything together.I went back on the road with the some bad feeling: my legs had no power… my bottom was feeling not well … Read More »

Real bushman-pushbiker! I slept not so good and wake up at three in the morning, trying to sleep agsin. In the morning the worker staying at the hotel started really early and with no thought about other still sleeping. After … Read More »

What a good day… when you start with a goood breakfast and the wind is helping you! Ok, the very first moment was not sooo funny: As I had washed my clothes yesterday evening, I had put them outside of … Read More »

The last day was quite hard – today would be worse. The first 15 kilometers were again sand and I had to push once again (just 30m). And the wind was again blowing from north. Then the underground switched to … Read More »

The day started for me quite late with packing every thing, buy some rice, cookies and others stuff for the next days and having a big breakfast at TJ’s, as  I could put my tent for free on their camp … Read More »

After the last days I need a day off for resting my “two engines” (two legs), do some repair at the bike (want to be sure the cut in tire is sealed and swap front and back tires) and plan … Read More »

What a horrible and nice day.Today was one of the hardest day up to now. I started as usual with some breakfast and packing all the stuff together. Everything went well. Some guys from Telstra, the other and better fone … Read More »

Hi all!Don’t ask me why, I couldn’t sleep well that night. May be because I had to much to think about and to do on the internet while it was possible to do? Any way, I went quite late to … Read More »

Hi all, fortunately, I stood up in a quite good mood – especially regarding yesterday when I was really tired. So drove back the 1.5km to the main road and enjoyed the bitum instead of the dirt road. Quite a … Read More »

Hi all, after yesterday’s “Day off” for my muscle I started early again: it was not clear if we (the bike rider and me) would get breakfast or not.So after standing up (to early due to time saving changes), I … Read More »

Hi all, I spent the day to let my muscles and bottom some rest. After yesterday’s 172km, it was time to have break.So writing some blogs, washing some clothes and meeting new people: A groupe of 7 motocross bikers arrived … Read More »

I first woke up at 4h30… jet-lagged. So after some checks on the internet, I went as sleep again, waking up very late: 10h30! 🙂 So the day would be short… I took the B75 to the north… watching at … Read More »

Hi allJust arrived in Australia that morning, built up the bike and bought an Australian number @ Freddie’s Tele Choice Shop:-) in Sunbury (VIC) Thanks for the help!I’ll be reachable under:+61 (0)401780050Cheers, Georges Sent by mobile phone http://www.georges-bike-trips.blogspot.com/

Arrived in Dubai my wrench tool was taken: they “scan” you just after disembargment, not right before going on the plane. Hanni and me walked around, trying to find ourself in between all the different gates and shops and enjoyed … Read More »

With some delay…Friday, 25th in the evening I started with the “usual” sad part: saying goodbye to my beloved ones and going to the airport.Before boarding the plane, I saw that I had forgotten to let the wrench tools at … Read More »

… and I just need to test it a little bit.Here the picture: Let’s go for the first ride… 😉

Hi all time is passing fast; the start of the journey is nearing. Since I took the decision to cross Australia by bike, some changes happened: – Australia was visited by strong storms and big fires. – North African country … Read More »

Dear all,now the first months of my partial work are over, I had to think about what to do with my extra vacation and decided to full fill one of my other dream: crossing Australia by bicycle after I travelled … Read More »

Hi folks,jep, now the flight to and back Melbourne are booked. Just need the one to get back to Melbourne from where I will finish my journey. And that is my for now unsolved question: where should I stop? One … Read More »