Famo Adventure Motorcycling Guide

Maree

Maree is situated just on the southern tip of the Birdsville track. Lake Eyre is approximately 90km from Maree on dirt track, and we rode out there on a daytrip to check out the lake (having been riding in the Lake Eyre basin since Longreach, we decided it was worth a look at the lake itself.)

Lake Eyre, definitely more water in it now, innit!

Wilpena Pound

Wilpena pound is a beautiful part of the Flinders Ranges National Park. We rode almost 400km around this place, all on dirt roads. Saw some amazing scenery and had a great steak at a little cafe on the highway.

Riding around the pound is the only way to do it. Park anywhere, go anywhere, see everything.

Barossa Valley

The Barossa Valley is best known for it’s wineries. We went on a wine tour to Penfolds, Wolf Blass, Peter Lehmann’s, but the best was a tiny winery called Gibsons!

The Valley

Wolf Blass

Radelaide!!

We arrived in the city, pulled up at the lights and I made a windy-windy-down-your-window sign to the guy at the lights to ask for directions, he ignored me. Welcome to the big city! Murray and I rode around for ages looking for youth hostels, we got lost, I stood out the front of a big department store dressed head to toe in wet-weather gear, covered in red dust, hairy and looking like some kind of bush-nutter. I got some great stares

The Kindness of Strangers: A big thanks to the Crowsley family for putting me up in Adelaide, I had a great time! A few crazy nights out on the town thanks to Amy and friends.

Coopers Brewery

Muzz trying to put boots on my bike after the Coopers tour.

Fuel Economy vs. Boredom

The faster you ride, the less bored you are. These stretches are 500 or so kilometers with maybe one petrol station in the middle, serious riding. I realised the faster I ride, the more fuel my bike uses. Unfortunately this creates a relationship where bored is the cheapest way to travel…

Coober Pedy

Coober Pedy is nuts, they all live underground!

In the middle of nowhere…

are huts in the desert…

and crazy hills…

and an RSL club…

a bus with a funny backside…

and a crashed spaceship…

they live underground…

I LOVE Coober Pedy!

Seriously cool place

Uluru

Blood of a Lonely Wolf

(in the words of Buck 65)
“It’s an egg and spoon race, slow and steady, desert highway, a biento
still i’m stuck, i cant afford it, picture postcard, small momento
echo, shadow, echo, shadow, sterling silver, burning furnace
frozen nowhere, just a kid, i had a friend named deadly earnest
cross my heart and hope to die, stick a needle in my arm
praise the heavens, call the cops, relax, there’s no cause for alarm
diamond rings and little babies, startlements and miracles
i remember pretty faces so severe and lyrical
i’m talking amelia earhart, neko case and frida kahlo
all alone, the way it should be, i don’t even need a shadow
seeds of wisdom, found no purchase, we don’t even have a chance
birthday party, armageddon, long stemmed roses, avalanche
broken fingers, going nowhere fast and screeching to a halt
all that work for nothin’, uh oh, whipping boy it’s all my fault
zoom, kick, persuasion, tech, zoom, kick, persuasion, tech”

Fooluru i.e. !uluru i.e. NOT uluru

Morning

Day – it’s the bad image resizing that makes the rock look jagged

Afternoon

Ooh, steep!

The Olgas

King’s Canyon

I met a Pommie riding a bicycle around the world, cool guy! Doing it for charity. We rode together for like 10 days, it’s hard to imagine but I just kept meeting up with him.

Craig

Tyre Tree

Alice Springs
I spent a week at the Rex’s place, it was great!

Look After Your Baby (buy her shoes, oil her chains)
Bought my baby a new tyre