Back in the Real World.

Gus here:  It's been a few days since we rolled back into Sydney and cut the engines on the trusty Suzukis for the last time.  Back at work now and wondering did we really cover 5000kms in two weeks?

It was a packed fortnight of mud, dust, dirt, bitumen, tents, steak sandwiches, road trains, outback pubs, little country towns, great people, brilliant night skies, vast landscapes and roads disappearing into the horizon.

And then there were the wild brumbies running majestically over the hills, emus herding their young chicks, kangaroos aplenty, camels, the desert green and in bloom from the recent rains.

Might have to do it again sometime.




I've got a few people to thank, including some without whose help I'd probably still be stuck in Bedourie.
Mark, of course. Not only a great travelling companion, but the whole Gulf To Gulf trip was his idea and it was his planning and determination that made it happen.  And he asked me if I'd like to join him for the trip.  Who'd say no?!
I spent a day in a phone box in Bedourie trying to find new brake parts and I want to thank Tony from Team Moto and Veronica from Metalgear International, both in Brisbane, for understanding the situation I was in and helping out as much as they could.  Thanks also to Craig in the Bedourie Shire workshop who let me use what tools I needed (all to no avail).
Also a big thanks (again) to Tony of Hepburn Motorcycles in Broken Hill for finally getting the bike fixed and donating his time to Gulf to Gulf.

 Here's a few shots from the trip.