Fuel is one of the top concerns for traveling Australia. Run out of fuel and you will find yourself in hot water quickly. Being new to the Outback lifestyle meant...
Fuel Costs for Sheba Rides Australia
Day 40: Sydney to Melbourne - The Final Adventure
Distance: 990km Dep: 530am Arr: 630pm at Broadford, 8pm in Southbank (home) Riding is the greatest escape. Anyone who spends most of their time on two wheels will tell you...
Day 39: Coffs Harbour to Sydney
Distance: 531km Dep: 930am Arr: 3pm I woke up to sunlight hitting my face through a crack in the curtains. I slept in a sofa-bed that felt more comfortable than...
Day 38: Byron Bay to Coffs Harbour
Distance: 240km Depart: 9am Arr: 1pm Temp: 15-25°C The Sun is about 150 million kilometres from the earth, and its rays travel about 8 minutes at the speed of light...
Day 37: Brisbane to Byron Bay
Distance: 166km Dep: 930amArr: 3pmRiding long distances is easy once you get used to it. It's the moments between rides that make traveling alone challenging. Throughout the trip, there are...
Day 36: Rockhampton to Brisbane
Distance: 651km Dep: 6am Arr: 5pm Today I woke up with a slightly different feeling than usual. It was no longer a sense of wonder and excitement, but more of...
Day 35: Townsville to Rockhampton
Dist: 720km Dep: 630am Arr: 430pm Temp: 30-33°C The thing I noticed about Queensland and its residents is that they have the word "resilience" plastered all over them. The northeast...
Day 34: Port Douglas to Townsville
Distance: 415km Dep: 7am Arr: 2pm Temp: 30-33°C The scenery overlooking from Cardwell - the A1 highway gets amazingly close to the ocean! An appropriate plan of action post-holiday-within-a-trip would...
Day 30: Cairns to Port Douglas
Distance: 194km Temp: 30-33°C To self-celebrate entering the final year of my twenties and the bonus of having a brand new chain, I decided to finally go for a quick...
Day 29: Cairns City Chain Saga
As someone who have lived in Vancouver and Melbourne, it was a confusing feeling to be able to Google Map any location in central Cairns and find out everything is...
Day 28: Normanton to Cairns
Dist: 708km Dep: 630am Arr: 7pm Temp: 25-38°C Not being able to sleep from the humidity, I sat on the little deck outside my hub and watched the sunrise. The...
Day 27: Mount Isa to Normanton
Distance: 500km Dep: 10am Arr: 5pm Temp: 30-37°C + humidity Kirbie is a little 10 year old Bichon-Maltese cross who becomes a small white fluffball when he sleeps in his...