Nearly a week after entering the Outback I’ve arrived in Coober Pedy, the opal capital of the world (apparently). With a population of 1,695 (and…
I’ve had my differences with the wind before, but the amount of frustration this large-scale flow of gases has caused me since setting out on…
A long and lonely day in the Outback – basically what I have come to expect from this ride. One hundred fifty-five miles (250 km)…
After a homemade breakfast prepared by my new friends the Grey Nomads, I set out into what looks unmistakably like rain. And now it’s raining….
Today is the first full day in the Outback, and the first full day of a constant and unchanging landscape filled with essentially nothing (still…
Today marked a big step in my trip across Australia: my official entrance into the Outback. Basically the moment I’ve been waiting for since this…
It’s only been four days since Adelaide (and my ten-day break), but I have decided to take another day off in Port Augusta to ensure…
A relatively short morning ride brings me to Port Augusta – the last true civilization I’ll be seeing for quite some time. I ponder, as…
The mention of a specific country usually conjures up images, stereotypes, or ideas commonly associated with said country. In the case of Australia, people tend…
Despite last night’s plagues, including train horn blasts, a barking dog, and the much too loud conversation of two German-speaking girls, I wake up refreshed…
Now that I’ve managed to break free of my long and unexpected break in Adelaide, I’m back on the road and heading north (before I…
Adelaide, the capital of South Australia, boasts a population of over 1.2 million and represents civilization’s final foothold before my journey turns northward towards the…
