Sep – Oct 2016

Australia 2016 by motorcycle

A 26-day adventure by Klaus Read more

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September 8, 2016
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- Day 1
- Thursday, September 8, 2016 at 8:35 PM
- 🌙 7 °C
- Altitude: 29 m
- New Zealand Duck Creek -36.81249, 174.7053536°48’45” S 174°42’19” E
Start an Adventure
September 8, 2016 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌙 7 °C
Preparing for the trip
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- Day 2
- Friday, September 9, 2016 at 4:45 AM
- 🌙 7 °C
- Altitude: 8 m
- New Zealand Stoke Point -36.82821, 174.7485436°49’42” S 174°44’55” E
on the way
September 9, 2016 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌙 7 °C
OMG 3am 😎
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- Day 2
- Friday, September 9, 2016 at 4:49 AM
- 🌙 7 °C
- Altitude: 10 m
- New Zealand Auckland International Airport -37.00587, 174.7828837°0’21” S 174°46’58” E
WHAT !!!!
September 9, 2016 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌙 7 °C
Flight cancelled 🤐
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- Day 2
- Friday, September 9, 2016 at 4:57 AM
- 🌙 7 °C
- Altitude: 12 m
- New Zealand Auckland International Airport -37.00606, 174.7830737°0’22” S 174°46’59” E
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All good
September 9, 2016 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌙 7 °C
Flug 1 1/2 Stunden später 😀
Traveler I was in your country of Germany while you were in mine if Australia!!!
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- Day 2
- Friday, September 9, 2016 at 9:49 AM
- ⛅ 20 °C
- Altitude: 6 m
- Australia Sydney International Airport -33.94643, 151.1807533°56’47” S 151°10’51” E
Touch down
September 9, 2016 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
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- Day 2
- Friday, September 9, 2016 at 11:25 AM
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Altitude: 166 m
- Australia Holman Park -33.69996, 151.1008133°41’60” S 151°6’3” E
Bikes!
September 9, 2016 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Picking up the bikes 😆
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- Day 2
- Friday, September 9, 2016 at 6:51 PM
- ☁️ 15 °C
- Altitude: 438 m
- Australia Lawsons Creek -32.59059, 149.58932°35’26” S 149°35’20” E
Mudgee
September 9, 2016 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Sydney
Windsor
North Richmond
Lithgow
Mudgee

289km 👍

Blue Mountains
Wollemi national park
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- Day 3
- Saturday, September 10, 2016 at 1:56 PM
- 🌧 14 °C
- Altitude: 156 m
- Australia O’Reilly Park -31.5628, 147.1955831°33’46” S 147°11’44” E
Coffee break in Nyngan
September 10, 2016 in Australia ⋅ 🌧 14 °C
Tested range of the bikes today. Very disappointing!!
320km range? WTF!, We need to take some extra fuel for the longer routes in the Northern Territory.
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- Day 3
- Saturday, September 10, 2016 at 5:33 PM
- ☀️ 17 °C
- Altitude: 103 m
- Australia Bourke -30.09168, 145.9375630°5’30” S 145°56’15” E
Bourke
September 10, 2016 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
2nd leg
Mudgee
Wellington NSW
Dubbo
Nyngan
Bourke
520km

300 km straight stretch after Nyngan.

My best friend today "Cruise Control"

We found a Pub/Hotel right in the middle of nowhere "Mulga Creek Hotel"
Felt surreal, Casablanca on the TV, a boy from Thüringen works there, work and travel Australia like 😂

Those red babies will solve our range problem. 20 ltr should almost double the range of our bikes.Read more
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- Day 4
- Sunday, September 11, 2016 at 9:36 AM
- ☀️ 16 °C
- Altitude: 111 m
- Australia Darling Shire -29.84396, 146.0120829°50’38” S 146°0’43” E
Bourke to Cunnamulla
September 11, 2016 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
A short ride today.
Tempertures around 20 degress, perfect! 😆

Last night for dinner in a pub. A nice steak and a few beer and my but doesn't ache anymore.😜
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- Day 4
- Sunday, September 11, 2016 at 12:33 PM
- ☀️ 20 °C
- Altitude: 184 m
- Australia Paroo -28.29268, 145.7498228°17’34” S 145°44’59” E
Welcome to Queensland
September 11, 2016 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
We made it to Queensland.
Roads are empty and straight.
We have to be careful with road trains. They ain't brake for anything.
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- Day 4
- Sunday, September 11, 2016 at 7:15 PM
- ⛅ 20 °C
- Altitude: 178 m
- Australia Cunnamulla -28.06348, 145.6898728°3’49” S 145°41’24” E
Cunnamulla pub night
September 11, 2016 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
3rd leg
Bourke
Cunnamulla
255 km

A hike to the famous Cunnamulla Sandhill 😉 chasing some Kangaroos.
Route planing, dinnner and some beer.
Feels good and the Aussies are quite nice too.
How ya goin' mate!
Half of the pub is from New Zealand. Dunedin and Te Atatu 😲
Watching Warriors rugby.Read more
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- Day 5
- Monday, September 12, 2016 at 10:39 AM
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Altitude: 235 m
- Australia Wyandra -27.24632, 145.9806327°14’47” S 145°58’50” E
Wyandra
September 12, 2016 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Wyandra Post & General Store.
Very unique, has its own cups, prison and theater (the shed behind the pickup)
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- Day 5
- Monday, September 12, 2016 at 3:19 PM
- ☀️ 17 °C
- Altitude: 366 m
- Australia Augathella -25.79563, 146.5839325°47’44” S 146°35’2” E
Augathella
September 12, 2016 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Short ride today.
Cunnamulla
Wyandra
Charleville
Augathella
285 km

Not much to say about Augathella.
Intercom works like a brise. I've get around 8 hrs music out of it too. However, first repairs on the equipment necessary.Read more
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- Day 6
- Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at 10:10 AM
- ☀️ 16 °C
- Altitude: 393 m
- Australia Tambo -24.88259, 146.2552624°52’57” S 146°15’19” E
Coffee break in Tambo
September 13, 2016 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Tambo, the oldest town in West Queensland
Boab tree in front of the town hall.
The petrol station. LOL
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- Day 6
- Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at 12:20 PM
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Altitude: 274 m
- Australia Blackall -24.42433, 145.4642824°25’28” S 145°27’51” E
Blackall
September 13, 2016 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Short stop for a cold drink.
29 degress!
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- Day 6
- Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at 6:34 PM
- 🌧 23 °C
- Altitude: 178 m
- Australia Longreach Airport -23.44145, 144.2702623°26’29” S 144°16’13” E
Longreach
September 13, 2016 in Australia ⋅ 🌧 23 °C
5th leg
Augathella
Tambo
Blackall
Barcaldine
Longreach
445 km

Up to 32 degress
Nice ride through bush lands
Lucky, rain started after we arrived in the hotel.
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- Day 7
- Wednesday, September 14, 2016 at 6:55 AM
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Altitude: 176 m
- Australia Winton -22.39004, 143.0373822°23’24” S 143°2’15” E
Winton coffee break
September 14, 2016 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Last petrol station before Boulia.
We need to take extra fuel with us as the distance is almost 400km
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- Day 7
- Wednesday, September 14, 2016 at 1:29 PM
- ⛅ 15 °C
- Altitude: 184 m
- Australia Middleton -22.35265, 141.549522°21’10” S 141°32’58” E
Middelton township
September 14, 2016 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Welcome to the Middelton Hotel 😊
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- Day 7
- Wednesday, September 14, 2016 at 4:21 PM
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Altitude: 160 m
- Australia Boulia Airport -22.91089, 139.908322°54’39” S 139°54’30” E
Boulia
September 14, 2016 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
6th leg
Longreach
Winton
Middelton
Boulia
535 km
First time on the way refill.
Need a replacment for my back & bu.. 🙃
Very nice tour though. Dessert impressions.
Started @ 23 degress in the morning, midday 33 degress Boulia 16 degress. Aussie winter.Read more
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- Day 8
- Thursday, September 15, 2016 at 9:21 PM
- ⛅ 20 °C
- Altitude: 367 m
- Australia Lena Creek -20.74378, 139.4858520°44’38” S 139°29’9” E
Mount Isa
September 15, 2016 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Boulia
Mount Isa
315 km
The dog was guarding our bikes in Boulia. 😊
A wet day. 200 km driving in the rain. We had to pass a lot of road floodings. 120 km before Mt. Isa we had to wait almost 2 hrs. till the water lowered enough to pass.
A well earned Kilkenny in the Irish Club.Read more
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- Day 9
- Friday, September 16, 2016 at 12:58 PM
- ☀️ 28 °C
- Altitude: 361 m
- Australia Breakaway Creek -20.7264, 139.4990220°43’35” S 139°29’56” E
Mount Isa - Mining city
September 16, 2016 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Mount Isa is the centrum for mining in Queensland. .
In our hotel mining workers are circulating in three shifts. Sleepless nights 😕
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- Day 9
- Friday, September 16, 2016 at 4:32 PM
- ⛅ 30 °C
- Altitude: 356 m
- Australia Soldiers Hill -20.70242, 139.4863320°42’9” S 139°29’11” E
Hard Time Mine
September 16, 2016 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
We did a 3 hour guided tour in a mine. Exciting!
Copper, Zinc, Lead and Silver are mined here. 300000 tones of Copper in a year 😲
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- Day 10
- Saturday, September 17, 2016 at 3:57 PM
- ☀️ 11 °C
- Altitude: 231 m
- Australia Barkly Airfield -19.71216, 135.8275819°42’44” S 135°49’39” E
Barkly Homestead
September 17, 2016 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
Mount Isa
Barkely Homestead
440 km

We made it into the Nothern Territory.
Never saw so much of nothing.
Looking at the horizon you actually can see Earth's curvature.
Stefan lost a lock which holds the visor in place. Searched for it but no luck. Duct tape for a temp fix.
37 degrees when we arrived at Barkly Homestead. They have a pool ... guess what 😉
Doing the laundry now.Read more
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- Day 11
- Sunday, September 18, 2016 at 5:55 PM
- ⛅ 23 °C
- Altitude: 15 m
- Australia Borroloola Airport -16.07197, 136.3070616°4’19” S 136°18’25” E
Borroroola
September 18, 2016 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Barkly Homestead
Borroroola
485 km

Cloudy day. The Tablelands are really, really, really flat. You can see who comes for a visit a week before they arrive 😅
Later the scenery changed. Bush and trees.
We saw a lot of cows and Kangaroos on the road. 🐮 Haven't seen any camel's today 🐫
No accident but plenty of corpses and smell of rotten meat all along the road showing the fact that roadkill is very common. The plenty termite hills have a darker red colour and are higher up here 🐜

At the end of the day it started to rain 😨
When we arrived at Borroroola Savannah Motel it was pouring down. Trish (the owner) brought us the bad news that the Savannay Way is not drivable. The weather forecast shows the next days heavy rain. The Savannah Way will be 550 km of mud and impossible to drive with our heavy bikes.
What a shame!!!! I'm very disappointed 😔
However, we will not risk broken bones and go for a 1500km detour. Aussie!!!
Hotel bookings are cancelled/ re-booked so looking forward for Normanton in 3 days time 😊Read more
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