Roger van Kollenburg

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Traveler A Big Lap of Australia
- Oct 6, 2022, 12:04pm · ☁️ 15 °C Altitude: 12 m
  Australia Victoria Melbourne Dandenong -37.989689, 145.21522237°59’23” S 145°12’55” E
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Day32
Day 32 Haddon to Home
October 6 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Day 32, ahead of schedule we’ve made it all the way around Australia! Over 16000k’s, some dramas, some awesome catch ups with friends, many new friends and additions to the motorbike riding family. We’ve found some fantastic service centres that make what we have at home look even more woeful. It’s been wet, then clear, then clear and hot, hotter and then bloody hot!!! Then it was wet again! We got smashed coming across the bottom of the country in SA and into Vic, but Melbourne turned on an awesome day to finish on.
Some learnings are: whom your friends are will surprise you! Whom you can count on in times of true need will surprise you! How those you thought would always be there to support you and be there will so quickly turn and try to derail what you are doing out of pure spite when they can’t have it their way and the three year old style dummy spit was worth videoing OMG.
This trip has been a roller coaster of emotion, pain, joy and achievement that I will never forget!! Thank you John for being my voice of reason, wisdom and my mentor! You made OUR adventure better than greatRead more
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Amazing trip. Determination and friendship around the whole country. Well done to you both. Fantastic adventure and a story for the grandchildren! Well done 👍
10/6/22Reply
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✔️ - another bucket list item ticked off. What an achievement which the both of you can be so proud of. Amazing opportunity that so many can only dream of. Welcome home. 🏍🏍🥃🥳
10/8/22Reply
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Wow! Mum & I loved riding with you! Thank you & well done!
10/9/22Reply
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Traveler A Big Lap of Australia
- Oct 5, 2022 · 🌧 12 °C Altitude: 379 m
  Australia Victoria Golden Plains Haddon Haddon Recreation Reserve -37.590888, 143.71511137°35’27” S 143°42’54” E
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Day 31 Hahndorf to Haddon
October 5 in Australia ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
A lazy start and breakfast in Hahndorf, fuel in Tailem Bend and on to Boarder town for a break. Just clocked over 40747k’s which marks 16000k’s from District 8 HQ in a month! WOW, we’ve been on the road that long. Got away dry but smashed by rain most of the day and had a scare when the back end broke free passing a caravan. Stayed with my brother last night (thank you Cassy and Leon for the bed and dinner ❤️)Read more
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Traveler A Big Lap of Australia
- Oct 4, 2022, 10:53am · 🌧 16 °C Altitude: 327 m
  Australia South Australia Mount Barker Hahndorf -35.021686, 138.79917435°1’18” S 138°47’57” E
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Day 30 Ceduna to Hahndorf
October 4 in Australia ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
Today is a big one! 809k’s to smash out and no guarantees the weather will hold…. We set off at 7am Adelaide time (which is very early for those of us who’ve just acclimatised to Perth time lmao) a fuel top up in Ceduna and Kimba will be our next stop! Half way point across the continent. A few pictures with the big Galah (John stayed out to avoid confusion lol) and off to Port Pirie for the next top up! We have chased the rain all day and stayed dry! Hahndorf at 5pm here’s to our second last night on the road 🥃🥃🎉🎉Read more
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Wow!
10/4/22Reply
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Traveler A Big Lap of Australia
- Oct 3, 2022 · ⛅ 21 °C Altitude: 4 m
  Australia South Australia Ceduna -32.108602, 133.66971132°6’31” S 133°40’11” E
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Day 29 Cocklebiddy to Ceduna
October 3 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
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Day 29, Cocklebiddy to Ceduna. Well the weather finally got us - almost a full day of rain! We are wet through but still some awesome sights. We stopped at a lookout over the bight and around the roadhouse at Eucla. With luck some better weather tomorrowRead more
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Fantastic!
10/4/22Reply
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Traveler A Big Lap of Australia
- Oct 2, 2022 · ☁️ 15 °C Altitude: 75 m
  Australia Western Australia Dundas Cocklebiddy Cocklebiddy Tank -32.037657, 126.09681732°2’16” S 126°5’49” E
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Day28
Day 28 Esperance to Cocklebiddy
October 2 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Day 28, WOW I can’t believe it’s almost done! Today was the run to Cocklebiddy from Esperance, some 670ish K’s after detours! Weather has mostly been kind but cold - really cold. Wet weather gear has helped keep us warm and dry for the few spots of light rain we had… much better than the forecast. Big run to Ceduna SA tomorrowRead more
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Huge ride. Have done it several times, over to Victoria and back … never on a bike!!! Did it when it was a dirt road though!!!! Great job, Roger.
10/4/22Reply
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Traveler A Big Lap of Australia
- Oct 1, 2022 · ☀️ 18 °C Altitude: Sealevel
  Australia Western Australia Esperance Esperance Bay of Isles -33.868057, 121.90019233°52’5” S 121°54’1” E
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Day 27 Albany to Esperance
October 1 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
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Not much sleep, the other guests were quite noisy over night, up early to grab a coffee and do a little sight seeing before leaving. Nothing opens early so we looked at some sights before coffee with a plan to see more after!! Best laid plans right, John had a broken bracket on his exhaust. What a joy to discover a Harley dealer in Albany!! But it opens in Half an hour 😔 Nope, they opened early for us and helped us with parts. John has V&H slip ons but we found a genuine bracket we could make work. Problem solved and we could head off! Thank you Sharelle and all the team at Great Southern Motorcycles you are number 1 ☺️🏍🏍🇦🇺🚒Read more
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Interesting Weather Cock
10/4/22Reply
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Look at that weather!!!
10/4/22Reply
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Traveler A Big Lap of Australia
- Sep 30, 2022 · ☀️ 19 °C Altitude: 9 m
  Australia Western Australia Albany Seppings Lake Seppings -35.009663, 117.91281135°0’35” S 117°54’46” E
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Day 26 Busselton to Albany
September 30 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
WOW, the roads ara amazing! However things happen that are beyond explaining
Anyone who knows me understands me! Today I turned off route for lunch which endend up as a 60km detour! I stopped once to confirm John was okay and found a park to sit in for lunch. A young man and his mum where driving a remote control car in the park and after it broke and they where headed out we had a conversation! He has aspirations to go into a field of work like I do and I spent about an hour talking career lines! I was put where I needed to be to help! We then found our abode for the night and went out for dinner with a past work mate and his wife - incredible day for me!Read more
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Amazing roads and photos again Roger. I know that pier too!
10/4/22Reply
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Traveler A Big Lap of Australia
- Sep 29, 2022, 9:46pm · 🌙 16 °C Altitude: 22 m
  Australia Western Australia Capel Gelorup -33.414353, 115.63317533°24’52” S 115°37’59” E
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Day 25 Gidgegannup to Busselton
September 29 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 16 °C
Day 25 Gidgegannup to Busselton - no pictures from me today! Late start after breakfast and a leisurely ride down today and visited John’s friends from BDR and work. Nice people and had a great day ending at the Paradise hotel for dinner in Bunbury. Found a Harley dealer in Bunbury (more poker chips) awesome day and off the Albany tomorrowRead more
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I lived in Bunbury for 10 years, a long, long time ago. Been back several times. It’s a special place for me. Glad you got to stop there. This has taken me on a trip down Memory Lane 😎
10/4/22Reply
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Traveler A Big Lap of Australia
- Sep 28, 2022, 10:25am · ☀️ 21 °C Altitude: 224 m
  Australia Western Australia Swan -31.713772, 116.1552531°42’50” S 116°9’19” E
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Day 24 Rest day in Perth
September 28 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Day 24, a rest day in Perth, found a place I’ve wanted to visit for awhile (and just around the corner),some old haunts and a few places I couldn’t get near due to crowds lol.
1. The corner Peter Brick died on and a little memorial
2. Perth Harley for more Poker chips
3. Little creatures brewery in Fremantle
4. The Bon Scott statue just up the road from the brewery
However I couldn’t get near the Maritime museum (I guess the holiday crowds don’t help. Then I juist enjoyed a little ride around Perth
Nice easy day before we set of again tomorrow 😎Read more
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Traveler A Big Lap of Australia
- Sep 26, 2022, 7:17pm · 🌙 22 °C Altitude: 232 m
  Australia Western Australia Swan -31.713634, 116.15560631°42’49” S 116°9’20” E
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Day22
Day 23 Hamelin Pool to Perth
September 26 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 22 °C
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Day 23 and the run into Perth! A long ride to cover but a stop or two - Northampton is beautiful and the coffee was to die for, the HMAS SYDNEY 2 memorial is in readable (as is all of Geraldton) the road alas was much of the same! A rest day tomorrow with a few surprises for everyone (you’ll have to wait lol)Read more
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Geraldton is famous for White Crayfish. On my travels back in 1963 every white cray that was caught could not be sold in Australia. All of them were exported to the USA, well their tails were anyway. Not sure what happened to the rest of the cray. Might be different now.
9/27/22Reply
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Wow!
9/29/22Reply
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Lind straight roads and the biggest skies ever!! Absolutely beautiful ☺️
9/30/22Reply
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