... 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:
Franziska & Heidi
Brechbühler AG with especially Peter, Robert, Beni, Richard
Chris, Brigitte, Renate
Markus, André, Rocket-g.
Reto from Thömus
Fabrizio
Thomas, Urs, Karin
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Anni ! ! ! :-)
Evan & Fran and Family
The Shamrock Hotel and pub in Echuca
Jane Wright
The Information in Hay
The pub of Ivahoe
Honor from P&J's Underground B&B
The Family in Tibooburra
The service station & camp ground in Tibooburra
John O from the Police
The hotel at Eromanga
Mark the Policeman
The Pub and motel of Windorah
The Pub of Stonehenge
Robyn Redmond from Rockhampton
Annette & Coralee from Longreach Motel
Bernhard Phillips from Sydney
Jeanne from Ravenshoe
Patrick and the crew of the Hilton Cairns
Swissbatteries.com for their ideas and products
Schwalbe for their support and products
Primus for their stove
Vaude for their tent and gear
Ortlieb for their gear
Rohloff for their perfect Speedhub (*love*)
Odlo for their perfect, sunproof and non-smelly Shirt and t-Shirt
X-Bionic for the good throusers
and a lots of more...
and sorry, it has to be said: NO thanks, especially to
)-: Hughenden Caravan Park :-(
)-: Optus Australia :-(
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Melbourne to Cairns by the outback in numbers (3201km)
...or why do something easy if you can take the challeng, e.g. like staying at home?
;-)
;-)
Tuesday, 27th of April: arriving in Cairns (99km)
The End....
the night was very nice: no car or truck noise, just the wind blowing in the banana tree just at my right
the night was very nice: no car or truck noise, just the wind blowing in the banana tree just at my right
Monday, April 25, 2011
Monday, 25th of April: passing Ravenshoe (90km)
Not a too long day and highest road of Queensland...
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Friday, April 22, 2011
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Thursday, 21th of April: leaving Hughenden (134km)
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.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Wednesday, 20th of April: Day off... Subtotals: 2560km, 6213 postive Meter
Just enjoying the warm temperature (33°C) and the light wind....
Cheers, Georges
Cheers, Georges
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Tuesday, 19th of April: arriving in Hughenden (137km)
Hi Again...
Sorry, it was a bad day... with only few positive points.
Sorry, it was a bad day... with only few positive points.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Monday, 18th of April: passing Winton to Corfield (134km)
Hi all
The night was quite good, even some late arrivers making some noise.
The night was quite good, even some late arrivers making some noise.
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Sunday, 17th of April: Leaving Longreach (133km)
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. Hmmm scrambled eggs with ham, Muesli and good coffee! :-)
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. Hmmm scrambled eggs with ham, Muesli and good coffee! :-)
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Saturday 16th of April: To Longreach (92km)
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 at the horizont a cloud free section of an intense orange... magnificant!
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 at the horizont a cloud free section of an intense orange... magnificant!
Friday, April 15, 2011
Friday, 15th of April: Passing Stonehenge (129km)
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 up around 7h).
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 up around 7h).
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Thursday, 14th of April: Leaving Windorah (108km)
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.
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.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Wednesday, 13th of April : Day-off
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... hoping the muscles are fit again! :-)
Cheers, Georges
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... hoping the muscles are fit again! :-)
Cheers, Georges
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Tuesday, 12th of April: to Windorah (115km)
After the nice sleep in the middle of "no-where", I as usually had some breakfast and packed everything together.
Monday, April 11, 2011
Monday, 11th of April: Eromanga to the north (103km) in direction of Windorah
Real bushman-pushbiker!
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Sunday, 10th of April: Noccundra - Eromanga (178km)
What a good day... when you start with a goood breakfast and the wind is helping you!
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Saturday, 9th of April: Naryilco - Noccundra (120km)
The last day was quite hard - today would be worse.
Friday, April 8, 2011
Friday, 8th of April 2011: Tibooburra - Naryilco (108km)
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 ground the last two nights. I also filled my two spare water bags with nearly 2 x 8 liters of waters.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Thursday, 7th of April: Day off in Tibooburra
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 the next days where to go north.
Tuesday, 5th of April: White Cliffs towards Tibooburra (123km)
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 bed and woke up early.
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 bed and woke up early.
Monday, April 4, 2011
Monday, 4th of April: Somewhere before Wilcannia - White Cliffs (137km)
Hi all,
fortunately, I stood up in a quite good mood - especially regarding yesterday when I was really tired.
fortunately, I stood up in a quite good mood - especially regarding yesterday when I was really tired.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Sunday, 3rd of April: Ivanhoe - before Wilcannia (146km)
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.
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.
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Saturday, 2nd of April: Day off....
Hi all,
I spent the day to let my muscles and bottom some rest. After yesterday's 172km, it was time to have break.
I spent the day to let my muscles and bottom some rest. After yesterday's 172km, it was time to have break.
Friday, April 1, 2011
Friday, 1th of April 2011: Hay - Ivanhoe (172km)
What a day... a tougher one than yesterday!
As I needed to have a whole day of rest for my muscles, I wished to have it in a "town" or so. The best solution seemed to be Ivanhoe, meaning a ride of over 170km with the full load on the bike.
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