the beginning

So today it begins. I'd had this idea that we would go to Europe for their summer, but then I realised it was only about 10 weeks away, I hadn't booked flights, I hadn't saved that much cash and that I really couldn't be bothered going 'Oh look another ye olde building'. So I had a brainwave, typed it into google and next thing I had a little map showing me what melbourne to darwin on a motorbike would look like. That was it. That was all it took. I was sold.

But now the questions start:

'can we turn a streetfighter sports bike into a tourer that will take us 'up the guts' (as the colloquial expression goes) of Australia?'

'can we find panniers that are going to keep all our shit in place, while allowing ro (the head rider) and shaz (the chief passenger) to be in some comfort?'

'how much space will I have for jellybeans and freddo frogs?'

'how many days and how many stops?'

'will i get hit by a) a camel, b) a road truck c) a serial killer?'

'can i swim with crocodiles?'

you know all the burning issues and more. so this is how it begins. it will be about 17 days on a bike, at least 3 states, thousands of kilometres and a sore ass. before that comes the planning, the conversion from sports bike to outback tourer and the millions more questions i will pose.

stay tuned :)