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Fuel Costs for Sheba Rides Australia

Fuel Costs for Sheba Rides Australia

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...
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Day 40: Sydney to Melbourne - The Final Adventure

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...
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Day 39: Coffs Harbour to Sydney

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...
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Day 38: Byron Bay to Coffs Harbour

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...
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Day 37: Brisbane to Byron Bay

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...
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Day 36: Rockhampton to Brisbane

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...
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Day 35: Townsville to Rockhampton

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...
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Day 34: Port Douglas to Townsville

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...
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Day 30: Cairns to Port Douglas

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...
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Day 29: Cairns City Chain Saga

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...
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Day 28: Normanton to Cairns

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...
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Day 27: Mount Isa to Normanton

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...
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Day 26: Devils Marbles to Mount Isa

Day 26: Devils Marbles to Mount Isa

Dist: 797km Dep: 8am Arr: 6pm Temp: 20-42°C Typical roadsign seen everywhere in Aus. Makes it look like this is a suspicious duo who have escaped. Yes that is a...
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Day 25: Alice Springs to Wauchope (Devils Marbles)

Day 25: Alice Springs to Wauchope (Devils Marbles)

Distance: 412km Dep: 9am Arr: 4pm The thing with mental toughness is preparation. Knowing that I was going to do this route beforehand helped me a lot. I had planned...
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Day 24: Uluru to Alice Springs

Day 24: Uluru to Alice Springs

Dist: 463km Dep: 7am Arr: 2:30pm Temp: 18-40°C For some reason, it felt odd not to go back and say goodbye to Uluru before I headed back up to Alice....
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Day 23: Exploring Uluru

Day 23: Exploring Uluru

Distance: 20km Temp: 20-41°C The plan to get to Uluru before sunrise completely failed. I blame it on my never needing to use an alarm clock for 3 weeks and...
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Day 22: Alice Springs to Yulara (Uluru)

Day 22: Alice Springs to Yulara (Uluru)

Distance: 463km Dep: 7am Arr: 1pm Temp: 17-41°C Having Sheba preloaded with only the necessities, I had a couple bananas and grapes and set off into the sunrise as soon...
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Day 21: Devils Marbles to Alice Springs

Day 21: Devils Marbles to Alice Springs

412km Dep: 9am Arr: 2pm Temp: 25-39°C For some reason, it felt like a good idea to let two dirtbike riders put Sheba on the solid concrete footpath in front...
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