Australia and New Zeland - Motorcycle - Travels / Adventures
= Australien- und Neuseeland Motorrad-Reisen (German)

Welcome on this site!
Bem Vindo ! Benvenuti ! Bien Venido ! Bienavenue ! Bom Bini ! Dobrodosli ! Huan yin (CN) ! Namaste ! Tanastalink ! Välkommen (S) ! Velkommen (N) ! Welkom !  Willkommen (G) ! Bienvenue (F) !
Do you know this in other languages?

DID you see the "Yowie" yesterday? Everybody is looking since years for the monster "Yowie" in Australia....



How to see and print out (free of charge) or to buy maps for your mc-tour ?
See a good view for all continents or countries at: http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/Maps

< Bernd Tesch in Australia

Copyright Bernd Tesch. Motorcycle-WORLD-Travel-Expert.   It is free for you to read this and learn out of it. It is not allowed to take off or to publish any information of this without written permission of Bernd Tesch. This all is a part of the books in work "Süd-Amerika Motorrad-Reisen" = South-America Motorcycle-Travels. ISBN  3-9800099-4-7 and "Nord-Amerika Motorrad-Reisen" = North-America Motorcycle-Travels. ISBN  3-9800099-4-9
GLOBETROTT-ZENTRALE Bernd TESCH. Grünentalstr. 31, 52152 Simmerath-Hammer, Germany. Tel 0049(0)2473-938686. website:http://www.berndtesch.de

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Australia and New Zeland - Motorcycle - Travels / Adventures
= Australien- und Neuseeland Motorrad-Reisen (German)

Summaries of motorcycle-travellers riding
overland from Europe to Australia
in and around Australia

For the part overland from Europe to India / Nepal / Singapore see Asia as well

First list in Internet about "Australia-Motorcycle-Travels". A part of this you find already published since 02.1998. (>http://www.berndtesch.de >NEWS).  Start of this list in Internet: 28.05.2000 (>http://www.berndtesch.de >Englisch or German version>countries or Staaten>Australia). I would be grateful if you could help to keep this update ! So far you find many language and grammar mistakes inside because of lack of time. Pardon. Will be corrected and updated with more travellers in future.

Bernd Tesch has been travelling in Australia / Tasmania 14.000 kms until 2000 himself. But much more important is that he knows a lot of Australia-Motorcycle-Travellers himself. He is working in this field since 1970.In this times I had to write letters and to phone or to visit the World-Around-Travellers to get contact / informations. Later Fax helped. In 1991 I visited the most famous motorcycle-travellers in Denmark, in 1993 in Britain, in 1994 in USA, in 1999/ 2000 in Australia and in between many in Europe (France, Germany, Netherland, Switzerland). Many of  famous Australia Motorcycle Travellers have been at my yearly Motorcycle-Meeting for World-Travellers in april. I own the largest archive of  oveland to Australia-Travellers and Around Australia Travellers. Especially I am as well best  informed the history: "Discovering Australia by Motorcycle in 100 years 1900 -2000". In 2000 Bernd Tesch is preparing an article about this. In 02.1998 I started in internet to publish informations about Motorcycle-World-Travellers

To find all this and all my activities was a "life-long job" and cost me a lot of money. Since many years I am working in a two new book called "Australien-Motorrad-Reisen = Australia Motorcycle Travels" and "Australien Motorrad Abenteuer" = Australia Motorcycle Adventures. Nearly all books about "Australia by Motorcycle" which have been published until 1994 are published in my in German written, but very international understandable book called "Motorrad-Abenteuer-Touren" (432 pp, 500 pictures / drawings. About 264 Motorcyle World-Tours. ISBN 3-9800099-55-5. DM 38.90). I own all this books in all languages.

I am very grateful to all the individuals who knew that I am working in this field. They informed me worldwide by sending letters, later faxes and emails since 1994 about World-Around-Travellers. Without their help I could not get to this level. This internet-list had to be done very quick, because I did not have enough time. So please give me your "pardon" that there are mistakes inside of the informations and a lot in my language. At least you will never have seen such a huge collection of informations.

If there is shown "Book:" under the traveller and you want to read / order this you can check if it is still available: >> http://www.berndtesch.de >> German or English version >> Bestelliste or order. If you find this book there you can order it. I offer about 183 international available Motorcycle-TRAVEL-Books for sale.

If you are a Australia-Motorcycle-Traveller or plan to do this or "on the road" already or know anyone who is not listed here, please send my any details, addresses, publications, homepages and most important: best pictures.

PLEASE give me at first a complete view like this EXAMPLE in this STILE in English:
01.10.1980 - 27.10.82
Müller, Sven (German)   your http://www.???
Solo Australia with BMW R 100 GS. 50.000 kms. Rode together with Susan Smith (British) who rode a HONDA 500 XL.
Route: Europe 12.000 kms (Germany - Austria - Switzerland - Italy - Greek - Turkey ....) - Asia 15.000 kms (Iran - Pakistan - India - Nepal. Bike solo by plane to Singapure. I flew to Singapure. Malaysia - Thailand - back to Singapure). - Australia 16.000 kms (I flew together with bike to Darwin. Around  Australia 16.000 kms. Or offer names like: Darwin - Adelaide - Melbourne - Sydney ...) - North-America (I flew with bike to Los Angeles. LA - New York) - Africa - Europe (Bike by ship to Netherlands / Amsterdam - Germany / Cologne).
The best: I wanted to find myself. Freedom. Sun. Friendship of  Turkey people. invitation by Pakistani. Climbing the Himalayas........)
The worst: I got Malaria in Nairobi. Attack of soldiers with weapons in Iran.....)...
Important useful informations for others:...
Book or publication (about your tour):...


Overland to, in and around Australia by Motorcycle

How to inform about your own motorcycle tour overland Europe > Australia or in Australia easyly ?
Who has been traveling overland to Australia or in Australia already ?

1. You can read this website carefully free of charge. It is a Bernd Tesch-Service.
It is the worldwide largest view about "Australian-Motorcycle-Travellers".

2. You can come to the "worldwide oldest and largest Motorcyle Meeting for WORLD-Travellers". There you find about 300 Motorcycle-WORLD-Travellers including those guys and girls who have been there or plan to travel there.

3. You can buy books about motorcycle- travelling in Australia

4. If you plan to travel to Australia or in Australia visit Bernd Tesch for Beratung or Recommendation.
The advantage for you would be that you can get all information from one person with >30 years of experience in Motorcycle-WORLD-Travelling. And you can speak about the equipment you need and buy this from Bernd Tesch.

5. In any case please send me your plan or experienec-overview about your Autralia-Plan like example "Müller" below". THis overview possibly could even help you to get information about your tour and contacts.


How to organise a flight to Australia easy and cheaply??
Wenn man sich per websites erkundigt, enthält man unterschiedliche Auskünfte, aber die Größenordnung dürfte stimmen. Es gibt ca. 400 Airlines und davon fliegen ca. 30 nach Australien. Der Preis richtet sich nach der Saison. Im eurpäischen Sommer ist in Australien Winter (und zum Teil Regenzeiten) und deshalb sind die Flüge preiswerter. Die australische Airlines Qantas bietet in dieser Zeit Angebote mit Flügen hin ud zurück für € 999,00. Im europäischen Winter ist die australische Saison und dieselben Flüge werden viel teurer. Die presiwertesten Economy-Flüge liegen dann um € 1200-1300 per Person für Hin- und Rückflug.
Wie findet man den eigenen passenden und besonders preiswertesten Flug zunächst einmal herraus ??? Es gibt jede Menge websites über welche man sich eine Übersicht verschaffen kann. EINE davon ist www.billigflieger.de Natürlich kann man bei diesen websites auch buchen.
Die Flügzeit von Deutschland nach Australien / Melbourne beträgt ca. 22-24 Stunden. Es gut dort bereits ein Zimmer zum Ausschlafen zu haben !

Eine andere Information ist die eigene Erfahrung mit Airlines. Patricia und Bernd Tesch sind 1999 - 2000 mit
EMIRATES Airlines www.emirates.de geflogen.
Wir wußten damals nicht viel von dieser Airline und haben sie zunächst ausgewählt wegen der guten Preise. Wir waren dann erstaunt zu erfahren, wieviele Auszeichnungen diese Fluglinie laut offiziellen Umfragen hat und dass sie danach zu den allerbesten Fluglinien der Welt gehörte und noch gehört. Wir können diese Linie nur bestens weiter empfehlen. Zusätzlich mußte man ein Visum für die Vereinigten Emirate haben und in der sehr interessanten "hochmodernen Wüstenstadt Dubai" mindestens eine Nacht übernachten. Von Dubai ging es dann über Singapur mit kurzem Zwischenstop nach Melbourne. Trotz dieser Zusatzkosten war die Airline preiswert und super gut im Service.


How to organise a flight to and a bike in Australia easy and cheaply together??

Weidner, Kurt   BIKE TOURS AUSTRALIA   http://www.biketours.com.au
Australia +  USA +  Canada    Organised Tours + Buyback (Mietkauf) + Rental (Verleih)
The German Kurt offered as the first firm since 1982 organised Motorcycle-Tours in Australia. In the meantime you can book organised Motorcyle- Tours in Australia, USA and Canada, rent / buy / buyback motorcycles / cars. His firm name worldwide is BIKE TOURS AUSTRALIA. In Germany the same firm is known as TRAVEL ACTION as well. You can get more information about mc-tours by his homepage  http://www.biketours.com.au  You can order prospects of his tours by email in Germany: travelaction@t-online.de In Australia:  bike@biketours.com.au  or  car@carconnection.com.au  Address: TRAVEL ACTION Kurt Weidner. Einsiedeleiweg 16. D-57399 Kirchhunden. Tel. 02764-7824. Fax: 02764-7938. The Dutch woman Evelyn speaks German, English and Dutch.

Kurt owns uo to 50 Motorcycles YAMAHA XT 600 E in Australia. Each months they start an organised mc-tour for three weeks. One enduro-tour is five weeks. The areas in Australia are different concerning to the climate. In total they ride eight different routes. As well the difficulties are from just hard-road-tours to expeditions. This camping-tours are accompanied by a leader in a service-car, who takes your luggage and buys the food.  Normally this is always smiling and very experienced Hardy. If you have friends who would not like to ride a mc (sometimes women like this) but accompany you there are always two seats available in the leader-car. Minimum for each tour are three motorcycles, maximum are about 10 normally. "On the road" you can go yourself with your own speed or in a small group and the car will come behind you and meet you in the evening. So in reality you have a lot of freedom as if you would travel alone. They could organise the flight with Quantas or Singapure-Airlines for you as well. Flight costs depend on the season and are about DM 2000 to DM 2300 both ways. Because of the season in Australia most customers book tours between october and march.

As well interested for you is that Kurt offers bikes and cars for your individual tour as well. For short tours he asks for one XT 600 E  $ Au 65/day or only $ Au 1950 as long as six months (1 $ Au is about DM 1,06). This is extremly sheap, because one flight with your own motorcycle will cost you more than to rent his motorcycle up to six month.  You can get more informations about how to rent a bike for yourself:  homepage: http://www.carconnection.com.au

The reason that inform you about Kurts firm so detailed is that we help each other: Kurt offered in 18.08.98 Bernd Tesch and Patricia Govers two YAMAHA XT 600 E for our  Round-Australia / Tasmania tour 25.140.1999 - 26.01.2000. We had no problems with both YAMAHA XT 600 E. I think that these are very good bikes for Autralia. You can ride with comfort on the long sealed road and are able to ride off-road everywhere. If you would have any problems with the bikes you can call his firm by Tel and handy. Seeing personally his firm we liked very much his and Hardys personal handling of his customers. So you are very well "personally protected" during your trip.

If you want to travel by mc / car in Australia with an organised tour or as an individualist I can recommed his firm very well. Especially if you just have 2-6 weeks holiday do NOT bring your own bike to Australia. You will save a lot of trouble here and in Australia organising all this AND will save a lot of money. Just relax: Fly to Australia (Melbourne), get your bike there, have fun riding in Australia, return the bike and fly back. All together very easy and cheap.

How to ship a travel by bike from Australia to NZ or GB or the other way?
If you can arrange to ship your bike in special times of David this probaly will help you to save a lot of money!
David Milligan. Boss of firm Superbike & Grand Prix World Tours. Event Specialists Exclusively for Motorcyclists the Aussie & NZ Isle of Man TT Festival specialists & Bike Shippers to NZ & UK/Europe. P.O.Box 167, Moonee Ponds, VIC 3039, Australia. Ph/fax + (61 3) 9331 0947 Mobile Ph. 0412 689 849. Email: dmilliga@wingdriver.com.au
David started in 1996 to take Australian motorcyclists to World Superbike and MotoGP race meetings in Europe. But now it has been evolved into a business which ships (by shipping container) Australian registered motorcycles for their owners to go touring in New Zealand and the UK/Europe. We put 20 bikes in one container and unload them at our destination (Christchurch in New Zealand and Ipswich in England) so our clients can go touring for 1 month in New Zealand during the southern summer and 3 months in UK/Europe during the northern summer. We also take 1 tour each year with clients (on their bikes shipped to England) which includes England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man (for the TT Festival). This tour is for 43 days and all accommodation (B&B) is included.


The wordwide largest overview of Motorcycle-Travellers

All the great Motorcycle-Travellers who rode / ride Around-The-World and possibly crossed this continent as well are not included here. See http://www.berndtesch.de >Englisch or German version >continents >world

This collection of summarieses is uncomplete because of time so far. I know many Australia-Mc-Travellers.

10-20 billion (= Millarden) years ago
The universe started to exist somehow.4.5 billion years ago
The Sun and Earth were created. The earth is one of nine big planets of the sun. Possibly out of change of gravity in the universe it was caused that dust attracted each other at first to smaller parts which are getting bigger and bigger. Finally becoming big rocks which attracted each other to big planets. Most of them were attracted by the biggest part which is the sun. The nine planets could escape somehow the gravity of the sun and started to circle around the sun. All of the men / women who have been in satelits speak about the "blue planet earth" because about 70 % of the earth is water.

1 billion years ago
First signs of life on the earth.

40.000 Mio (?) years ago
"Australia" splitted up from Gondwanaland as an own part and drifted north.

170.0000 The One-Piece-Continent separated in two big blocks. The southern part was called Gondwana.25.000 years ago
The "homo sapiens" exists.

800 years before Christ
The world-map of Greek writer Homer did not contain India and Australia. 549-486 years before Christ
The world-map of Greek writer Hekatäus did contain India. 450 years before Christ
The "father of the history of knowledge of the earth" the Greek Herodot includes India in his worldmap.

1927 
Birtles who drove a Bean (car) from London to Australia in 1927
15.11.2003 Information out of Motorcycle magazine "Motorcycle Sport", August 1972, p 296. ROUND THE WORLD ON A RUDGE.

06.06.1929 - 16.09.1930
Bendle, Fred (born 03.08.1906 - 12.07.1998, Australian, Melbourne) and Harry Hobson (Australian, Melbourne)
+ Around Australia. Fred (HD from 1924) and Harry (HD from 1923) circled 10.000 miles Australia with two Harley-Davidson sidecars. Their intension was as well to find work.
Fred (Frederick Harold Charles Bendle) was born on 3rd August 1906 the eldest of 4 children to to Harold and Laura. They both came to Australia from England as small children with their families in the 1880's. Stanley died after a long illness, when Fred was in his teens. He left school at age 13 to go to work, to help support his mother and younger siblings. He had many jobs, and became a self educated motor mechanic. On his return from his trip, he began a business in Fern Tree Gully, selling petrol out of a drum and repairing cars. He became a very successful businessman, and retired at the age of 60, having a large new and used car dealership, and service garage. He married Fay in 1935 and had 3 sons: Roger, Robin and Gary.
Route: Melbourne - Sydney (575 miles) - to Bourke (505 miles) - to Longreach (652 miles) - to Camooweal (760 Miles) - Katherine (742 miles) - Wirrulla (03.09.1930 (arrival at Wirrulla)) - and 500 kms back to Melbourne. In total 3234 miles = 5.174 km. In the HD.magzine it i said that they made 10.000 miles. I do NOT know which part of route is missing above. I own a map of their tour which is a total round.t
Book: No. Publication in "The Harley Davidson Enthusiast" magazine Jan. 1931 with and some original photos. The story was told to Steve Hayward. Another member of the HD-Club.
12.08.2001 Cristopher Hirt informed me at first about Mr. Fred Bendle. He met the son Robin H. Bendle.
04.02.2002 Robin (60) and Sandra (59) informed me by email with a total report of 12 pages which I printed out.
12.02.2002 From Robin and SandraI I got the publication in "The Harley Davidson Enthusiast" magazine, a route map and some original photos.
12.10.2004 Tried to send them an email. This came back. Tried to find out if the address is correct by Chris Hirt.

1929
BOWERS, Jack (Australian)
"Around Australia the hard way in 1929". The story how Jack Bowers and and a friend circled Australia in 1929 by a Harley Davidson-Sidecar. Travel-Report. In English. TG Softcover.
Book: Bear Face Books. Fax: +61 2 9223 5116 Tel: +61 2 9223 5113 E-mail: thebear@zip.com.au
PO Box 2066, Boronia Park NSW 2111 Australia
B.T.: I found Jack Bowers in 1999 and wrote him a letter. His daughter Antonia told me that he read my letter and "was waiting for me". But Jack died in august 1999. Only some months before I wanted to see him in Australia.

1930
Gill, John (Total RTW) with Walter Stephens (British. GB > Australia) and Phil Irving (replaced Walter Stephens and Phi:i Australian > Rest of the world)
England - Asia - Australia - England.
Route: England - 02.1930 they reached Australia after 19.000 kms - with Phil Irving then Canada - England (London). Finally 37.000 kms with HRD-Noxal- sidecar.
Quelle Martin Franitza. Die großen Motorradreisen unseres Jahrhunderts. ISBN 3-9801491-3-7.
22.08.1993 1st information by Martin Franitza
22.05.2000 I do not know more details. Who knows them, their earlier or present address of relations or publications about them??
This story is high interesting. I do not know if they managed to ride overland through Iran-Pakistan / Afghanistan to India. If YES this would be a sensation because the so far wellknown first motorcycle-tour overland from Europe to India was made from Austrian Max Reisch in 1933 !
31th.07.04 Ian told me that he owns more infmation including a picture of their start in GB or Australia.
He knows the address of the second wife and her daughter in Australia / Melbourne.
Phil Irving is the designer of the B-seriees of Vincent-motor in 1946.
17.11.2005 Next request to Ian McDonald in Australia.
05.01.2006 Next request To Ian McDonald.
16.11.2006 Next request to Ian McDonald in Australia.
12.12.2008 Next request to Ian McDonald in Australia. Could you please send me the addresses of the relations !!!
14.12.2008 Internet: "Fate next took a hand. One John Gill commissioned from Vincent a motorcycle that he and Walter Stephens would ride around the world. Stephens quit in Australia and a young engineer, Philip Irving, replaced him. Back in the UK, Vincent and Irving formed the working partnership that would create their greatest motorcycles (Quelle: http://www.roadrunner.travel/article-6042.php )

1932 - 1939
Speck, Oskar (German, died 1996)
Germany - Australia by Faltboot (Kajak). Oskar did not get a job in Germany. So he decided to travel solo by Kajak from Germany (Ulm) by rivers and along coasts finally to Australia. He arrived in Australia (Tatura) after 7 years. There he was arrested as the first German as a prisoner and stayed in prison until 1945 (Tatura). Oskar stayed in Australia and was digging for Opals. He became a billionär and died in 1996 in OZ.
Oskak made a documenatary film about his "overwater" tour which was shown in German TV ZDF 24.-25,11.02, 24.15 o´clock in "History".

1951
PFIRRMANN, Gustav
"Feuerschlucker in Afghanistan".  € 15,90

01.1995 - 03.1995
Böll, David (German, born 06.05.1965) with Volker Beek
David rode 20.000 km in Australia with KAWASAKI Tengai. Volker rode three weeks with David with a YAMAHA XT 600 Teneré.
Route: Melbourne - Great Ocean road to Adelaide - Maree - Birdsville - Mount Isa - Alice Springs - Ayers Rock - Williams Creek - Port Augusta - Nullarbor - Perth - Broome - Darwin - Kakadu Nat. Park - Alice Springs - Adelaide - Great Ocean Road - Melbourne. Sold bike in Melbourne with buyback garanty.
Purpose of Travel: Wanted to have experience in deserts and with "the wild contry and rough people".
The best: Birdsville trek. Alice Springs. Desert.Kakadu Nat. Park. Diving near Perth
The worst: "500 kms" straight without a curve riding to Perth via Nullabor. In Darwin the bank stopped credtcard. So David had only money left for petrol and US $ 2,00 for living a day.
Useful tips for others: I liked th desert-tour but I did not feell great to ride solo for five weeks so long distances. I paid about US $ 500 for using the bike and so it was no problem to buy or sell the bike. But the Tengai was not agood choose for off road.

19.03.1996 - 29.07.1997
Bovin, Anette (Swedish) no www.
Europe - Asia - Australia. Anette (28) and her ex (Ola Bovin) rode on one BMW R 80 GS  50.000 kms. Both shared riding the bike.
Route: Sweden - Germany - Austria - Hungary - Rumania - Bulgaria - Turkey - Iran - Pakistan - India - Nepal - India. By plane from New Dehli to Bankok. Thailand - Malaysia - Singapore - Malaysia. We shipped the bike from Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia because it was cheaper than in Singapore. So from Darwin in Australia down to Brisbane and flying back to Frankfurt.
The best: Hospitalty in Iran and the wild and amazing scenery in Pakistan.
The Worst: That must be the crazy driving in India. Still suffers from nightmares about TATA-truck drivers.

01.08.1996 - 20.09.1996
Fischer, Dagmar und Udo   no www
Third ride in Australia about 10.000 kms (6.500 km outback: 3.500 km "zivilisation" and 1.700 km gravel roads). Dagmar and Udo rode 5 weeks together with German mc-friends Jens Günther and Hanka Liß on 2 BMW R100 GS Paris/Dakar, 1 Yamaha XT 600 E, 1 BMW K100 LT, 1 BMW R1100 RS (1 day), 1 BMW R65 (1 day), 1 Toyota HiLux, 1 Toyota Corolla. Dagmar and Udo rode two weeks alone.
Cost of flight with Quantas ca. 2.500 DM incl. no stoppover in Bangkok and no inland flight.
We bought 1 GS In Sydney from Tom Byrne MC and we left it in a workshop for the next trip. We made a good buyback agreement with BIKE TOURS in Glenluce (the XT 500 for Dagmar). Jens and Hanka rented a bike. But it was already  "kaputt". So Jens rode the other bikes and the cars.
Route: Flight by airlines Quantas Frankfurt - Sydney. Sydney/Blue Mountains - Albury - Shepparton - Melbourne - Shepparton - Nyah - Adelaide - Flinders Ranges NP - Marree - William Creek - Oodnadatta - Uluru (Ayers Rock) / Kata Tjuta NP - Watarrka NP - Mereenie Loop - Palm Valley - Wallace Rockhole - Alice Springs - Henbury Crater - Coober Pedy - Adelaide - Coorong NP - Beachport - Warrnambol - Great Ocean Road/Cape - Otway NP - Shepparton - Mount Buller - Melbourne - Shepparton - flight by airlines Qantas Melbourne - Frankfurt.
The best : Dagmar could ride again after she had a leg broken 3 months before. Because we had some punctures we got more contact to Australians and are grateful for their help.
The Worst: We lost a lot of time through many punctures with the bikes. See more 1991 + 1994.
Dagmars and Udos experience to rent, to buy or to fly a bike:
Bikes 1991: When we came the first time to Australia we did not know that we would like this continent so much and we will come back for two other travels. We had "only" 8 weeks time. So we wanted to avoid to ship our own bikes to Australia. Out of our knowledge in 1991 (without internet) the costs to ship our own bike two ways would not have been much cheaper. And to ship a bike cost some time in Australia to get it out of the harbour. Of course we would have liked to rent a bike in Darwin. But to fly a bike directly to Darwin was imposibble at this time. And to rent a bike in Darwin as well impossible.
Bikes 1993:  To fly a bike (with e.g. airlines Lufthansa) is possible to Sydney and Perth. Because we wanted to start in Darwin again and to transport our bikes by lorry to Darwin would have been too exepensive. Therefore we bought the bikes in Darwin.
Bikes 1996:  Because we want to travel again in Australia we bought a BMW RGS in Sydney and left in Australia for the next tour. For Dagmar we made a buy back agreement with Kurt Weidner which is a cheap and fair solution.
Bikes 1999: Jens Günther and Hanka Liß flew their motorcycle BMW in 1999 from Germany to Australia. Comparing our costs with them we did not spent much more money in 1991.

06.12.1996 - 10.07.1997
Didier, Martin (living in Australia but born in France 1957)
+ Australia - France. Didier rode solo from Australia to Paris France on a Yamaha XTZ 660, 35.000 kms.
Route: Australia (Melbourne to Darwin via Adelaide and Alice Spring (4.500 kms)) - shipped the bike to Singapor, I flew to Timor and made my way through Indonesia to Singapor on busses and ferries - from Singapor rode through Malaysia and Thailand (3.500 kms) - flew over Burma to Bangladesh with the bike - then rode to Nepal - India - Pakistan (including the Karakoram Highway) - Iran - Turkey - Bulgaria - Roumania - Hungaria - Austria - Switzerland - France (Paris, 27.000kms)
Purpose of travel: Fun and adventures.
The best: The friendliness of the people in Bangladesh, trekking in Nepal, Muharram festival in Pakistan, the smuggler Bazaar in Peshawar(Pakistan) and reaching the Eiffel tower in Paris.
The worst: Crashing the bike in Bangladesh, all of the punchers I got in Iran.
Book or publication: Australian Motorcycle News.
Useful informations and TIPS for others: Get to the countries borders early in the morning while you are still fresh from a good night of sleep, travel as light as possible.
B.T.: Martin plans a tour RTW in 10.2002: www.ride4kids.t2u.com
02.07.2002 1st contact
06.04.2008 2nd request for a n update on this planned wolrd-tour

15.09.1997 - 15.03.1998
Meier, Michael (born 18.08.1968, German)
Australia. The Schreiner (furnitsher maker) Michael, called Mike-Mike, rode solo in Australia with HONDA XRV 750 Africa Twin. 35.000 kms. Mike-Mike makes often his decisions "where to go" where he is. And the ditances between sightseeing places in West Australia are much bigger. This explains that he rode 35.000 kms. Rode 5 weeks together with Roland Roski (German) who rode a YAMAHA XT600.
Route: Darwin - Kathrine - Derby - Broome - Port Hedland - Tennant Creek - Cairns - Brisbane - Sydney - Melbourne - Adelaide - Perth. The best: Friendly people. Wounderful West Australia.
The worst: A flat tyre between Esperance and Albany.
Important useful informations for others: Big fuel tank in West Australia and the outback...Wants to go back to Austraaaaalia 18.08.2001. See there.

<1998
Reise-Bericht. Australien. 1998.
Bichler, Manfred
Deutschland - Australien
In 19 Wochen per Bike auf dem Landweg nach Sydney. Manfreds Bichlers Solo-Tour mit einer BMW R 100 GS überland nach Australien. Diese bisher unveröff entlichte Reise-Erzählung von 40.000 km gibt es erstmalig in kopierter, gebundener Form bei Tesch. Manfred Bichler hat von 1971-1987 zuerst 76.000 Reise-km in Europa und N-Afrika "geschnuppert" bevor er dann 1988 bis 1995 mit BMW-Enduros in allen Kontinenten 143.000 km rundum zurückgelegt hat.
DM DM 39,90

24.05.1998 - 07.06.2000
Kaufhold, Gerd (DER GERD)
Europe - Trans-Asia - Australia. The mechanical engineeer Gerd rode about two years solo Europe - Asia - Australia with YAMAHA SR 500. 60.000 kms.
Route: Germany - Tchec Rep. - Slowakia - Hungary - Romania - Bulgaria - Turkey - Iran - Pakistan - India (3 months) - from Delhi to Bangkok (Aeroflot) with mc by air-cargo (Air India) - Malaysia - Singapore - mc by ship to Australia, Gerd flew with Malaysia Airlines to Australia (Sydney - Cairns - Cape Tribulation - Darwin - Broom - Perth - Adelaide - Melbourne - Tasmania (3 months) - Sydney) - mc by ship to Antwerpen, Gerd flew to Amsterdam.
The best: To be "on the road". To meet people allways if you are in case of emergency. 3 months sailing in the Pacific with friends. Flight over Vanuatu islands.
The worst: Singapore: The inhabitants only have $ signs in their eyes.
Gerd from Aachen met Patricia Govers and Bernd Tesch by accident "on the way" from Australia to Tasmania.24.05.1998 - 07.06.2000

07.11.1998 - 22.11.2000
Easter, Cathie (born 22.07.1967) and Marcus Easter (born 26.04.1966) (Australians)    http://photos.yahoo.com/ntx650
+ Australia - England. My wife and I left Australia on November for our trip to Sydney. Together we travelled 25 months. We spent exactly 12 months in S.E. Asia and 13 months travelling from India (Madras) to England (Winchester). We travelled 67,500 km in 21 countries on our 1989 NTX 650 Motoguzzi. We carried all spares, tools, camping gear etc in soft bags protected by steel rucksack bags.
Route: They flew from Sydney to Bangkok. The bike was shipped to Singapore. We backpacked through Vietnam, Burma and Cambodia, before picking the bike up in Singapore and spent 6 months in Thailand, 2 months in Malaysia and 2.5 months in Laos before flying out of Panang to Madras in India. After 5.5 months in India, we rode to Nepal - Pakistan - Iran - Turkey - Syria - Jordon - Egypt - Isreal - Greece - Italy - Switerland - France - UK.
Purpose: Fun
Best Time: Seeing Ankor Wat, the Indian Himalyala's, the Taj Mahal, Nemrut Dagi and Luxor.
Worst Time: Lost in a mine field, Cambodians attempting to kidnap us, landing my wife in hospital after my front tyre exploded.
PHOTOS: http://photos.yahoo.com/ntx650
Book or publication (about your tour): ....... They have a whole collection of emails which you possibly could get from them.
07.2002 1st contact

03.12.1998 - 25.01.1999
Schmidt, Markus (German)
+ New Zealand.  In 7 weeks Markus rode 5.500 kms on both islands. Wanted to buy a used Honda XR 250, endet up with an cheaper Suzuki LS 400 softchopper. Very hard riding, and only 5 cm suspension.
Route: Auckland, Kauriforests, Cape Reinga, Auckland, Wellington, Westcoast, Queensland, Arthurs Pass, Wellington, Auckland and much more inbetween!
The best: The northern Kauri-forests are great and the south is beautiful.
The worst: At the end he liked his Suzuki .... .
Book or publication : Not yet
Useful informations and TIPS for others: Good hostel in Auckland is Oaklands Lodge. Best Place in New Zealand is "The Royal Hostel" in Okarito, small Town with nothing and 11 inhabitants.

07.06.1999 - 09.01.2000
Simon, Birrer  http://www.freysicherheit.ch/~.birrer
+ Switzerland - Asia - Australia. Simon rode overland from Switzerland to Australia.
01.2000 We met him in Australia at Ayers Rock.

03.08.1999 - 02.03.2000
Tremmel, Tobias  (German)
Nearly around Australia. Tobias (25 years) rode solo Around Australia with HONDA CX500 24.000 kms.
Route: Australia 24.000 kms. I flew together with my bike to Perth on the Westcost - by bike from Perth - Kalbarri - Exmouth - Tom Price - Broom - Alice Springs - Ajers Rock - Threeways - Towswille - Cairns - Great Tableland - Brisbane - Blou Mountailns - Sydney and Millenium Party 2000 - Canbera and high Mountains - Meulborne - and after an exident back home.
The best: I wanted to find myself. The Friendship of the people are grate!!! And realising a long dream - riding with my bike around Australia.
The worst:  I had an accident with a car before I finished my trip back to Perth.
Feature: I come back to OZ and finish my trip!! Dont dream it, just do it !
12.1999 Tobias was the first Mc-Traveller Bernd Tesch met in Australia touring himself.
2001 + 2002 visitor of TTTreffen
23.04.2002 1st personal visit of Tobias.

25.10.1999 - 26.01.2000
Govers Patricia (Dutch) and Bernd Tesch (German)
+ Around Australia and Tasmania.  Patricia Govers and Bernd Tesch rode somehow around Australia (13.000 kms) and Tasmania (1000 kms).
The two sponsored YAMAHA XT 600 E from BIKE TOURS AUSTRALIA (http://www.biketours.com.au and email-address in Germany: travelaction@t-online.de) did not have any problems. Bernd did not fall down from the bike, Patricia just made one test in soft mud off-road. It was the most luxury trip Bernd T. ever made: No mc-problems/punctures. I could share all with the wonderful Dutch woman Patricia. Amazing how only 18 mio Australians can build such huge long good sealed roads AND keep the off-roads in excellent conditions as well. Never problem with orientation, to get petrol, water, food, to find accommodation. We spend 2,5 times more money than Bernd planned without a woman and with African/Russian money-scales. It was Bernds first long distance-tour with a woman and a motorcycle. So I had to sleep first time in a motel and to offer Patricia a shower more than all 6 weeks. We slept 70 % outdoor. We travelled through big cities, along empty beaches, through endless savannah, bush, deserts and rainforest. You find all this in ONE continent ! We liked the wild Koalas, Emus, cangeroos. Bernd even liked the scorpions and snakes we met. Patricia preferred to go in the tend at night after meeting 3 scorpions. In 3 months we met about 15 Mc-Travellers. With four of them we celebrated chrismas at an open fire with the view on Ayers Rock. Patricia and I celebrated new year in the desert at Coward Springs, a hot spring on Oodnadatta-track with the milkyway in the sky. Unbelieveable wonderful.
Highlihts: We flew like queen and king with inexpensive EMIRATES Airlines. One of the best airlines in the world we can highly recommend:
Australia and ist people. Especialy all the Australian and international motorcycle-travellers we met.
One highlight for me was to visit the planned 25 addresses of motorcycle-travellers/specialist who could add important informations to my research "Conquer of Australia by motorcycle-TRAVELLERS 1900-2000". I will write about this in future in mc-magazines in Australia and here hopefully. These Australians mostly gave Patricia and me a very personal and heartly reception for what we are very grateful.
Route: Melbourne - Sydney - Cairns - Bay - Karumba (at Gulf of Carpentaria) - Tennant Creek - Alice Springs - Ayers Rock - via Oodnatta Track to Porta Augusta - Adelaide - Melbouren - via ship to Tasmania - 1.000 km around Australia.
Book: Australia by motorcycle. Dicivering Australia by motorcycle 100 years.

??.??.2000 - ??.??.2000
Stefansson, Thorvaldur (Icelander, born 20.08.1955)
Crossed the Australian Continent from Darwin to Adelaide and back again in 10 days with my wife Sigridur on a BMW R1150GS.
30.08.2005 2nd request

??.??.06.2003 - ??.??.2003
Stefansson, Thorvaldur (Icelander, born 20.08.1955) www.simnet.is/tf3mm
Thorvaldur rode a BMW R1150GS from Darwin to Broome and back through the Kimberleys on the Gibb River Road. Went too fast through water and got water into the engine. Had to be rescued from Kununurra 360km away. Engine damage not fully known at this time - most likely a bent connecting rod.
Accident-story: The storyThe BMW trained mechanic in Darwin diagnosed the problem as a bent crankshaft and I should buy a new engine because the engine would not turn. I contacted BMW in Munich and they said that they trusted the mechanic. I could not accept this diagnosis and I sent the bike 3.500km by truck to Adelaide in South Australia. where they diagnosed the problem. I had made the mistake of trying to start the engine with water in the cylinders (Yes I know that fluids cannot be compressed, but I thought that the water had gotten into the electric system of the bike..). When I tried to start the engine, the starter broke a tooth on the starter ring, this broken piece then jammed the engine and it would not turn. The problem now was that the Darwin mechanic had thrown the pistons rings and the pistons into a box and they were now ruined. So there was nothing wrong with the engine, but because of the incompetence of the Darwin Mechanic - BMW trained! , I had to pay for the road transport of 7.000 km and a full rebuild of the engine. Now the truth must be told. The Telelever of the BMW motorcycles channels water into the air intake if you go too deep. It is easy to say that it was the my mistake, but I consider this to be a major design fault of the motorcycle. I am very disappointed with BMW.
The result of this experience is that when I got home to Iceland, I purchased a Mercedes 320S instead of a BMW.
Iceland-Info. Motorcycle tours in the Western Fjords of Iceland: I have left the UN service after 11 years in hell broken in mind and body, and purchased a large farm property in the wild Western Fjords of Iceland. I hope to build my health back by developing a forest on my farm along with a nesting colony of wild Eider Ducks. I can also offer winter hunting of the Arctic Fox in my valley.
This is an area of exquisite beauty and quite remote. The area is not seen by many tourists and I wonder if you would like to organize tours of the area for motorcyclists. I run a small hostel at my farmhouse - online booking at www.otradalur.is and I can accept up to 4 persons in luxurious beds, and 3 more in sleeping bag accommodation. My farm is 1500 hektares, there are no neighbors and there is a mix of dirt roads and bitumen in the area.
I have an outbuilding of 200 square meters. www.simnet.is/tf4m

Please look at my other website at where I have some photos of the area. I wrote to Edelweiss tours about my idea of but got no reply. This was disappointing because I think there is great potential here.
26.06.2002 1st contact
27.06.2002 1st request for more update
30.08.2005 2nd request

24.07.2000 - Ca. 02.05.2001
Minig, Gernot (13.05.1952, German)
Europe - Asia - Australia. The teacher Gernot rode solo with HONDA Africa Twin RD 04 from Germany to Australia 25.000 kms to Australia, 24.000 kms in Australia.
Route: Deutschland - Frankreich - Schweiz - Italien - Griechenland - Tuerkei - Iran - Pakistan - Indien - Nepal - Thailand - Laos - Kambodscha - Malaysia - Singapur - Inonesien (Sumatra, Java, Bali) - Australien.
Earlier experiences: Africa + Australia.
Purpose of travel: just for the fun of it
The best: Karakorum Highway. Sumatra.
The worse: Traffic in Jakarta
Useful tips for others: How to get into Indonesia.
1998 1st contact
1998, 26.03.99, 2000 Visiter of Motorcycle Meeting for World-Traveller
B.T.: 07.1999 Gernot passed bye and we fixed a Tesch-rack to the HONDA Africa Twin 1997. Gernot has been living for a longer time in Australia before. Now he wants to visit this country again starting overland in june 2000 with an Australian Mc-friend. Gernot met this Mc-Traveller by the Australian motorcycle-club ULYSSES CLUB for members over 40 years (1999 more than 17.000 members). Both exchanged their houses and motorcycles for holiday-time already. So Gernot could ride in Australia. Gernot can afford this one year tour as a teacher, because he is working full time but get´s paid only 3/4. He can save all the time and take off one year in 2000.

23.11.1999 - 03.02.2000
Schmidt, Markus (German)
Australia. Markus travelled 14.000 kms. Great travelling, hot in the outback, cold in Tasmania (called Australien - Siberia).
The best: Australia is great. Especially Tasmania is nice, and small. Australia has some longer distances.
The worst: Missed Bernd Tesch and Patricia Govers on the Oodnadatta-Track by 100 Meters (they left the road, that´s not fair).
Book or publication (about your tour): Not yet... (Acknowlegdement from Bernd Tesch: BUT good fotos!)
Useful informations and TIPS for others:  Bike-Transport Germany-Sydney with Schenker Cargo (Export Seefracht: 06107-74268, good service) in a Crate.

14.04.4.2000 - Plan 25.04.2001 - reality 06.07.2001
Conny Mueller (German, born ??? and Dirk Meifort (German, born ???)
+ Australia. Since April 2000 "on the road", since June on two XT 600's in Australia. Dirk has crossed Africa already on a BMW R80 GS in 1994/95. Conny crossed Africa on a truck in 1990/91. Now they travel a year in Australia on two motorbikes. Conny made her motorcycle-license just half a year before the trip... now learning by doing.:
Route: Brisbaine - Cairns - CapeYork - back by boat to Cairns with a freighter (22.07.2000) - Kununarra - riding in the outback to Perth - Ayers Rock - Broome - Perth - Warburton Road to Ayers Rock - Coober Pedy - Adelaide - Melbourne - >Tasmania to be continued.
Highlights: - CAPE YORK (worst-best Offroad and Rivercrossings...) - BROOME (nicest Beach) - NINGALOO REEF (Scuba-Diving) - AYERS ROCK (not because of the thousands of tourists, but because of the thunderstorms over the rock when we saw it!) - TASMANIA (great Motorbike roads and beautiful nature for hiking).
The best: - to just do it !!!!
The worst: Hundreds of stinking dead kangoroos on the road.
Book or publication: Regular "Reiseberichte" by Email
P.S. Back after 14 months, elven days, five hours and 33 minutes.
22.04.2007 next request for update. Please answer the ?? and please send only the VERY BEST foto of you both and the bike in Australia

Ca. 01.11.2000 - 07.06.2001
Kellner, Klaus (German, born 23.09.1976)
Around Australia. The Diplom Betriebswirt Klaus planned 20.000 kms in Australia. But finally he rode 30.000 kms around Australia and through the centre as well on a Yamaha Thunderace. Only 600 kms of gravel, the rest on bitumen.
Route: I shipped my bike over from Hamburg to Sydney-no problems. Sydney - Byron Bay - Moree - Albury - Mount Gambier - Great Ocean Road - Melbourne - Snowy Mountains - Canberra - Sydney - Albury-Snowy Mountains - Melbourne - Mildura-Port Augusta - Kalgoorlie - Northam - Albany - Margaret River - Perth - Coral Bay - Exmouth - Tom Price - Karijini NP - Broome - Kununurra - Gibb River Road (northend) - Kathrine - Litchfield NP - Darwin - Kakadu NP - Alice Springs - West MacDonnel Ranges - Ayers Rock - Mount Isa - Normanton - Karumba - Cairns - Port Dopuglas - Cape tribulation - tablelands - Mackay - Whitsundays - Rockhampton - Moree - Albury - Snowy Mountains - Sydney. Ship bike back on the 7th of June.
The best: Karijini NP. Gibb river Road. Whitsundays. Tablelands. Red centre.
Worse thing: In the middle of the flood in november (afterwards good fun as well!).
Useful tips for others: It was absolutely fantastic and Australia is as you said a very easy country.
Earlier experiences: With 16 he rode 80 ccm HONDA Enduro. With 18 HONDA CBR 100 35.000 kms in two years. First tour in the Alps.1997: With YAMAHA THUNDER ACE 1000 ccm 70.000 kms.
01.2000 1st contact. Januar 2000

19.11.2000 - ?
Olstad, Arne Kristoffer (Norwegian, born 17.09.1966)
NZ - Australia - Asia - Europe. 19.11.00 - 10.04.01: The engineer Arne rode solo around New Zealand. 20.04.01 - ? Planning around Australia (until 09.2001) and then overland Asia back to Europe with BMW R1150GS. 60-70 000 kms.
Route: All over New Zealand 14 500 kms. Shipped the bike from NZ (Nelson) to Australia (Sydney). Followed the coast around Australia + the middle with Alice Springs aprox.20 000 kms. Sydney - Blue Mountains - Dubbo-Broken Hills - Port Augusta - Norseman - Kalgoorlie -Yellowdine - Hayden - Albany - Perth - Broome - Darwin - Cairns - Brisbane - Sydney - Canberra - Melbourne - Adelaide - Alice Springs and most likely up to Darwin and ship the bike over to Malaysia. Do a tour around Malaysia, Kambodia, Laos and Thailand. Fly the bike over to Nepal (Katmandu). From Nepal to India, Pakistan, Iran down Syria and Jordan to Egypt Back up to Turkey, Greece, Italy Austria, Germany, and use Colour Line to Oslo Norway.
Purpose of travel: Doing something different, have fun, meeting good friends. I have no idea when the trip will be finished.
The best: Until May 2001: Southern part of NZ with different dirt tracks. Working a few weeks on Nic's fishing boat. Good fun!!! Test drive on a road train in NSW Australia. One of my big dreams came thrue.
The worst: Nothing till now.
Useful informations and TIPS for others: Might be easier and definetly quicker to ship with plane. Be aware of high port charges in Sydney.
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: Traveled around Europe a few times with MC.
12.05.2001 First contact.

Plan 01.2001 for 6 weeks
Ehlers, Carsten (German)
Australia. Carsten (Honda Africa Twin RD 07) and his girl friend Tania Spieß (BMW F 650 GS) plan to ride in Australia for 6 weeks with there own motorcycle so far. Carsten has been already in Australia in 05.12.1993 - 15.02.1994 by car. He liked the landscape and people. Therefore he wants to go back.
Planned Route: Western Australia.
23.06.2000 Carsten visted me for a cup of tea first time.

11.04.2001 - 19.05.2001
Herold, Sonni (German, 28.06.1972) + Peter Lob (Austrian, ) and Joerg Hoppe (German, 09.10.1965) www.ozdyssey2001.de
Plob on a KLX 650 and Sonni and Joerg on a Dominator NX 650 rode their way through the Australian Outback. 8.000 km.
Route: Toowoomba-Quilpie (by train (bikes by truck)), Quilpie - Windorah - Birdsville - Mungerannia - Maree - Wiliam Creek - Cober Pedy - Uluru - Alice Springs - Plenty Highway - Mt. Isa (by bikes) - Brisbane (plane).
Purpose: Meet friends in Australie, see Birdsville, check out the Simpson Desert area for a later propper cross, biking in arid country...
The best: Being there!, Sonni and Plob, Plenty Highway, Simpson Desert...
The worst: Kawasaki KLX 650 and all the repairs it needed.
Useful informations and TIPS for others: Don't go in summer - far too hot - dangerous! Get in contact with the locals - even if they my apear a little stiff on the first - they are very nice and friendly people and they are for sure helpful and make you see more! Don't worry too much about temperatures in winter - it get's coolish during night time, but not very cold - e.g. like in the Sahara. Joerg: Don't ride Kawasaki.
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: (Sahara, Ukraine, most of Europe). Allways have some DIRKO on you ! Saved my as a lotta times.
22.01.2002 1st contact

19.09. - 18.11.2001
Fischer, Dagmar and Udo (Germans)
4th ride in Oz: Australia East Coast. The fans of Australia Dagmar and Udo (see above) tried another part. Udo rode on a BMW R100 GS Paris-Dakar (1991), that we bought 5 years ago in Sydney (used) and that we parked after our tour in 1996 in the workshop of Dagmar´s uncle in Shepparton. Dagmar bought again a Yamaha XT 600 E (1995) from Kurt Weidner. But this time we kept it, too, and the bikes are waiting for us in Townsville. That was about 7.000 km, the BMW did because of some extra trips 1.000 km more than the XT.
Route: Melbourne - Shepparton - Melbourne - Shepparton - Swan Hill - Mungo NP - Mildura - Hattah - Kulkyne NP - West Wyalla - Lithgow (Blue Mountains)- Dunedoo - Warrumbungle NP - Gibraltar Range/Washpool NP - Yugaidir NP (Minnie Water) - Byron Bay - Nimbin with Mt. Warning und Nightcap NP - Chinchilla - Carnavon NP - (Carnavon Gorge) - Blackdown Tablelands - Eungella NP - Airlie Beach and Conway - NP - Townsville - Palmerston NP - Ettie Bay with trip to Atherton Tableland - Townsville - Cairns.
Purpose: Getting off our feeling of "homesickness", meeting old friends and relatives again...
The best: We travelled so slowly, that we could spend really much time in the Nationalparks, walking, watching, enjoying - although the time was still too short! Great feeling in Nimbin during a market day with wonderful music. Except the part at the coast we did not meet very many European travellers! Because we were near by the coast and most of the time in "civilised" area, we could by a lot of cheap food of very good quality, often straight from the farmers or in butcherys, or we bought it from small shops beside the road. We saw some platypusses, one "really" wild in a small river during the day.
The worst: The huge number of dead animals along the road. The 11.9.01, one week before we started, and all the news about it and bombing Afghanistan while we were travelling. Leaving family and friends after this bad day.

11.2001 + 6 months
Kelly, Sean (English, 1964) and Adrian Scott (English,1964)
Plan Europe-Asia-Australia.
Route: Start in UK, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, India, Nepal, ship bikes to Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, ship bikes to Darwin, Sydney and fly home. We will freight the bikes back to the UK. The bikes are two 94 paralever BMW R80GS, with HPN tanks, touratech aluminium panniers, white power shocks, modified front forks, PD single seat and rack, leaky pushrod seals, PD bash plates.. rack, leaky pushrod seals, PD bash plates, driveshafts that make you paranoid and so on.

??.??.2001 - ??
Tonya, Shaughan (Australian ?)
Will circle Australia on a XV 1100 going clockwise from Brisbaine and  being back 15.000 kms later.
13.01.2001 1st contact

04.04.2001 - 05.08.2001
Wacker, Natascha (German. born ??) and Christopher Hirt (German, born 24.03.1970)
+ Australia. The Around-The-World Motorcycle Traveller Chris rode at once after he became a Motorcycle-Mechanic "Meister" (Engineer) with a YAMAHA Tenere XT 600 about 24.000 km in Australia. His sweet girlfriend Natascha accompanaied him for 6 weeks 17.05.-28.06.01.
Purpose: ??
Route: By airlines ??? form ?? to Perth. By motorcycle Perth - Albany - Perth - along the coast north - Pilbara Mountains - Broome - Derby - Gib River Road - Kimberley (BEST !) - Byndhan - Darwin - Kimberleys - Halls Creek - Tanami road - Alice Springs - Kings Canyon - Ayers Rock - Alice Springs - Sand Over Highway - Camooweal - Lawn Hill nat. Park - Cairns - East Coast down until Sydney - Blue Mountians - Canberra (- 5°C) - Can River - Melbourne - Great Ocean Road - Adelaide - Port Augusta - Coober Peedy - Odnaddata Track - Flinders Range - Berrier Highway - Nevertire - Brisbaine. I fFlew home by Quantas and shipped the bike home.
The best: ??
The worst: ???
Earlier experiences of mc-tours: ??
12.08.2001 Cristopher Hirt informed me at first about Mr. Bendle who rode around Australia in 1929 with a friend on two Harley Davidson sidecars. He met the son Robin H. Bendle who will help me to get informations and pictures of this tour.
13.11.2005 2nd request for update.

18.08.2001 - 20.01.2002 Australia and 20.01.2002 - ca. 09.03.2002 New Zealand
Meier, Michael (German)
"Mike-MIke" wants to ride solo Australia and New Zealand with XRV 750 Afirica Twin.
Route: Melbourne - Alice Springs - Broome - Perth - Melbourne - Tasmania - Wellington - Aukland - Wellington - Christchurch.

2002 - ?
Duff, Geoff (American)
- Plan Around Australia. With KTM adventure 640.
05.12.01 Asked for his view.

11.05.2003 - 24.11.2005
Schaller, Daniel (Swiss, born 29.11.1974) www.ichbinweg.ch

+ Switzerland - India - Australia - Japan -Russia - Europe. Daniel rode solo with motorcycle YAMAHA XT 600 from Switzerland to Australia. And then Daniel wanted to decide new what to do.... Finally he rode through Japan - Russia back to Europe. in 30 months he rode 98.000 kms. It has been all different during the trip. About 3000km in the air, close to 12000km on boats and, of course, 98000km on the road, the place to be. 927 days of travel.
Route: Europe (Switzerland - Liechtenstein - Austria - Italia - Slovenia - Croatia - Bosnia - Serbia - Kosovo - Albania - Macedonia - Bulgaria - Turkey - Asia (Syria - Lebanon - back to Syria - Jordan - Syria) - Europe (Turkey) - Asia (Iran - Pakistan - India - Nepal - back to India - flight from Bangladesch (Chittagong) to Thailand (Chiang Mai, april 2004) - Laos - Cambodia - Thailand - Malaysia - Singapore - Malaysia - motorcycle by freightrr to Indonesia / Sumatra and I by ferry to Indonesia - Sumatra > Java > Bali > Lombok > Flores > Timor > East Timor > mc by freighter from shippinglines Perkins to Australia (Darwin) - I flew with air north to Australia (Darwin) - 6 months by mc Broome > Perth - Nullabor - Adelaide - Melbourne - Sydney - mc by shipping lines ?? to NZ (Christchurch) - I flew with air NZ to NZ (Christchurch) - South and north Island 2 months - both by German shipping lines Oldendorff from NZ (Tauranga) to Japan (Osaka) - 2 months Japan - both by ferry from Japan (Fushiki) to Russia (Vladivostok) - by mc Transsiberia (MOscow - St. Petersburg) - Estonia - Latvia - Lithuania - Russia (Kaliningrad) - Poland - Germany - Netherlands - Germany - Switzerland.
Purpose of Travel: Can't really tell you why, just felt this urge to do it.
Balkan-Route: I can only recommend you the route through the Balkans to get to Turkey. As a Swiss (and most probably other Western European nationalities) I didn't have to get any visa in advance. I had to pay something on entering Serbia, Kosovo (the insurance only if I remember it well) and Albania. I don't remember if it was for a real visa or just for the immigration formalities. Anyway, you can complete all formalities at the borders. Don't be afraid about your bike. Take the usal precautions. Your bike is probably safer in the Balkans than on any beach road in southern France or so. But go there, see how close the war was to your home (assuming you life in Europe).
Bangladesh to Singapore: I tried to get together with my bike on a passenger ship from Chittagong in Bangladesh to Singapore. I had no success. I was running from office to office in Chittagong for a week but no one wanted to take the responsability and make a decision to allow me on a cargo ship. Unfortunately I was not able to talk directly to a captain. The port is heaviliy guarded for obvious reasons: Every ship setting sail here heads for a more prosperous country than Bangladesh. So I decided to ship the bike by air to Chiang Mai. Thai Airways has three flights a week to Chiang Mai, but only the flight on wednesday can carry heavy freight as the other planes are loaded manually. If you want to go this way, please inquire if Thai Airways still flies this route as I heard it will be dropped due to low demand. The shipping agent I chose is quite reputable as he also handles cargo of any kind for most of the embassies in Bangladesh. Thai Airways' cargo charges are very competitive with US$ 0.64/kg, but it didn't get that cheap in the end. I paid BDT4,500 for the wooden box, BDT13,302 for the Thai Airways' cargo charges (352kg volumetric weight) and BDT15,000 for the agent's services like paperwork, loading, shipping and unloading at the airport. All in all about US$570. This includes "speed money" for the customs authorities as well, but this does not refer to extra speed but to any non-zero speed. So if you want to have something done, you have to pay. If you could do the paperwork yourself, you'd manage to get a very cheap overall price.
But I saw bureaucracy here on getting a visa extension so it's probably a good idea to have an agent for that. Futhermore he justified the big expense for his services with the missing import stamp in my carnet. They didn't ask for the carnet at the border, so I thought it's a good idea to enter the country without that stamp. But even if I had had that stamp, the agent would have found some other excuses to get the money from me. The bike was on the same plane as me (US$183 for the one-way ticket) and I could get it through customs at Chiang Mai within some hours and just the ususal cargo handling charges paid. I really tried to do my trip without flying, but it didn't work out. But at least this is probably the shortest flight across this Myanmar oddity.
The best: There sure is one, the unprecedented freedom I experience.
The worst: There are tough times, but that's life.
2003 Daniel war hier zum Trägerbau.
01.2004 Postkarte aus Indien, dass alles o.k. ist.
05.04.2004 Last update.
2004.12.?? We met Daniel by accident in Australia before the Nullabor.
2005.11.21 Daniel visited us in Hammer / Germany coming von Vlad
03.01.2006 His final letter to all:
It's already more than a month that I'm back in Switzerland. At the end of October, after having crossed the whole of Russia, I left snowy St Petersburg to ride the last kilometers back home to Central Europe. The European Union expanded eastwards during the time I've been away so it was only the short trip to Estonia that brought me back into the EU.
It's still a long way from there but it instantly feels much more like home. This was probably the reason why I rushed through the Baltic states and Poland to get to Western Europe. I slowed down through Germany and Holland to visit some people I met on the trip before I finally crossed the border and got back to Switzerland on November the 24th, after 927 days of travel. Nationality looses some importance when you travel through many contries but I caught myself having some patriotic feelings when I set foot on my homeland. I always hoped to come back home by road, the same way that I left, and it really is special to get into known territory kilometer by kilometer. But all too soon you think you've never been away. Not many things changed in Switzerland, far less than you'd probably think. But this is probably what makes you feel home. Everything is as expected.

It has been all different during the trip. About 3000km in the air, close to 12000km on boats and, of course, 98000km on the road, the place to be. It was a time of constant change, almost every day brought something unknown. New countries, new landscapes, new cities, new people, new climates, new food and sometimes new problems, too. It was a wonderful experience, excitement day by day and above all, unprecedented freedom. Thanks to all the people I met around the world - some of them for longer, some of them for only a very short time - and who helped me along the way. You made the trip!

20.10.2004 - 21.01.2005
Govers-Tesch, Patricia (Dutch, born 28.06.1956) and Bernd Tesch (German, born 20.08.1941)
+ Tesch-Tour "Australia North-West-South". Patricia and Bernd rode 12.500 km with two by BMW-Australia (http://www.bmw.com.au) sponsored BMW R 1150 GS Adventure
Purpose of travel: Patricia and Bernd toured already in 25th.10.1999 - 26th.01.2000 "A Round in Australia and Tasmania": South (Melbourne) > east-coast up to Cairns > west > center down via Alice Springs > Melbourne >Tasmania > Melbourne. About 14.000 kms somehow with two sponsored YAMAHA XT 600 E from BIKE TOURS AUSTRALIA (http://www.biketours.com.au ). In 2004/05 we wanted to see the north, west and more of the south part of Australia and to finish our "Circle Around Australia". Finding and visiting famous historical motorcycle-travellers
It was time again that Patricia and Bernd travelled a bit. Already in 1999-2000 we made very good experiences with Emirates Airline (http://www.emirates.com) and flew with them again. In 2004/2005 we rode the other side of Australia : Darwin in the north > West-Australia > Broome > Perth > Albany > east via plain Nullabor > southern coast > Adelaide - Melbourne.
Our long tour was a mixture: Roaring up the hill and discovering, what was coming behind the next curve or bush. Outdoor-living with cangeroos and snakes. Looking at different landscapes. Visiting Australians and meeting travellers. And loving the freedom with the wind around the nose with two of those technical wonders of two BMW R 1150 GS Adventures by BMW Motorcycle Australia. After this tour I finally will write about "100 years of discovering Australia by Motorcycle-TRAVELLERs".
Do you know other addresses / publications of "Historical Motorcycle-Travellers in Australia" ?
Can you add to this topic an overview about your tour ?? BEST pictures of your tour ?
Route: Darwin > Broome > Perth > Augusta > Esperance > Balladonia Track > Nullabor > Eyre Peninsula > Adelaide > Great Ocean Road > Melbourne > "Tesch´s second Australian Motorcycle Meeting for World-Travellers" in Rubicon Valley > Melbourne > back with Emirates Airline again via V.E.A. (Dubai) - Germany (Düsseldorf).
The best: The trip was a collection of highlights. Especially as well finding and visiting famous historical motorcycle-travellers. The wonderful attitude of Australians to us.
The worst: Patti wanted to travel by herself from Adelaide to Melbourne. Both trips were much more expensive than planned..
Book or publication: In "World of Bike´s year atlas / catalogue 2005": An overview about the Australian trip. 23.04.2005: On the 27th Motorcycle-Meeting for WORLD-Travellers 22.-24.04.205 a slides-show. Brochure / boocklet about "100 years discovering Australia by Motorcycle".
Useful informations and TIPS for others: You don´t have to be prepared for "normal" Australian mc-trips so much as for an "Africa-Tour". But to prepare helps a lot to save money and find out the best times / places for your route. Australia is 21 times bigger than Germany and has only 20 million inhabitans!!
Earlier Experiences of Motorcycle-Tours: B.T. started to ride a bike in 1961. All continents without South-America.


Foto und (C) Jo Deleker : "Über den Wolken muss das Motorradfahren grenzenlos sein.."
Anmerkung von Bernd Tesch 26.08.2005: Bei 47 veranstalteten Globetrotter-Treffen bisher mit ca. 170 Dia-Vorträgen , war dieses "MEIN FOTO".

15.01.2005 -18.04.2005
Pütz, Birgit (German, born 1961) with Jo Deleker (German, born 1959 with www.joedeleker.de
+ Around New Zeland. Jo rode 14.000 kms in 3 months around both islands of New Zealand with own motorcycle YAMAHA XT 660 R. Birgit rode 4 weeks with him with a borrowed BMW F 650 Dakar ?? kms.
Purpose of travel: Discoverin NZ. Vacation. An order to wroite a publication about it.
Route:??
The best: Wanderungen im Tongariro NP, Kajaktour im Abel Tasman NP, die Westküste der Südinsel (zumindest stellenweise), die Steppenlandschaft in Central Otago, die großen Seen Pukaki und Tekapo mit mit Southern Alps als Hintergrund, Regen in einer neuen Dimension am Milford Sound, die vielen Cafés mit lecker Kuchen und bestem Cappuccino
The worst: ??
Book or publication: Article in MOTORRAD ???
Useful informations and TIPS for others: Lufttransport der Yamaha nach/von Auckland für etwa 2200 Euro. Äußerst nette und offene Menschen, beeindruckende Landschaften vor allem auf der Südinsel. Erschreckend aber auch, wie wenige Menschen in so kurzer Zeit ein so kleines Land so zerstört haben. Will sagen: Der größte Teil des Landes ist kultiviert, Wiesen, Felder, alles eingezäunt, Baumplantagen, Langeweile. Nur in den Schutzgebieten gibt es noch diese grandiose unberührte Natur. Das Reisen ist sehr einfach, perfekte Infrastruktur, kaum anders als in Kanada oder Irland. Ein prima Land zum "Urlaub machen."
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours:... A lot. Search for Deleker in my website.
Following motorcycle tours: Morgen früh fahre ich mit dem Moped in die frz. Alpen (Story produzieren), Mitte Sept. nach Stromboli (Vulkan gucken und mehr), Weihnachten in die Antarktis (mit WeZwi), danach Patagonien (mit Birgit und Kerstin)
02.10.2004 1st information
02.10.2004 1st request for update, No answer.
28.01.2005 Tried to tel. to Birgit and Jo and spoke on the answering-machine
03.01.2005 2nd request for update
07.01.2004 3rd request for more update
24.08.2004 4th request.
26.08.2005 5th request for update
05.03.2007 6th request for upadte.

03.04.2005 - plus 1 year
Bick, Linda (born 21.11.1945, British) www.haefale.de/linda/index/htm
- Plan overland Spain - Asia - Australia. Linda plans to travel solo overland with a SUZUKI DR 650 (1996. Start 11.500 km).
Purpose: To make another mc-trip and to investigate her pension in Austrailia. Linda has been working in Australia 1969-1989.
Route: Europe (Spain - France - Germany - NL - B - D - Tchech. Rep. - Hungary - Serbia - Bulgaria - Turkey) - Asia (Iran - Pakistan - India - Malaysia - Thailand - Indonesia) - Australia.
The best: ??
The worst: ??
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: Search in ths website with her name: 1971 Nearly around Australia.
27.08.2003 1st information
05.05.2005 Linda has been our guest. Since then she sends news by email.l
21.01.2006 Linda send my a new address of an Indian who crossed overland GB > India in 1961

08.04.2005 - 22.08.2006
Tunick, Erika (American, birthday 08.11.61) and David McMillan (American, birthday 07.04.1969) www.mototrekker.com
+ France - Australia. Dave and Erika rode two-up from Paris, France to Sydney, Australia with one 1989 Honda Transalp 50.000 kms.
Purpose of your travel: Fulfilling a dream, learning a bit more about the world and ourselves and of course, having fun.
Route : Europe (France, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan) - Asia (Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Pakistan, Nepal, Thailand, Laos, Malaysia, Indonesia) - Australia.
Info: We entered China by hiring a travel agency (Caravan Cafe, www.caravancafe.com) to provide us with the necessary documents and the mandatory guide.
We got into China the "legal" way with the Chinese licence and registration and the mandatory guide using a travel agency based in Kashgar, Caravan Cafe.  The cost was approx $1100 USD.  As you know its virtually impossible to get in independently.  If you use a Chinese travel agency, its very easy, but expensive.
Highlights : Way to many to list, but some of our favorites were France, Turkey, Pakistan, Nepal, Laos, Indonesia, Australia.  The hospitality in Pakistan and Turkey was incredible! The worst: The food in Central Asia and having stomach problems.  Hitting a cow and breaking my collarbone in Laos was tough too, although hanging out in Bangkok recovering made it bearable.
Book or publication: Nothing yet, but stay tuned.
Useful informations and TIPS for others: If you are interested in making a big trip, don't put it off, the time to do it in your life is now.  Set a firm date and go, you won't regret it! Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: ...Previous trips include a dirt bike tour of Cambodia, San Francisco to Baja and San Francisco to Western Canada and the Western USA.
19.10.2006 1st summary
20.10.2006 last update.
 

15.10.2007 - + ca. 1 year    http://halbrum.blogspot.com
Barbara Kaltz ( German, 04.04.1966 ) and Michael Narozny ( American, in Germany since 1976 years, birthday 18 . 10 .19 64)
- Germany - Australia . Barbara (HONDA DOMINATOR 650) and Michael (African Twin RD 07) plan to ride overland to Australia in 1 year. Barbara will be first five weeks "on the road" until Turkey.
Purpose of your travel: For health reasons because infected by travel virus !
Route : Europe (Germany - Austria - Slowenia - Croatia - Albania - Greek - Turkey) - A sia ( Syria -Jordan ) - Africa (Egypt - Sudan - Ehtiopia - Djibouti) - Asia (Jemen - Oman) - by boat to India - Sri Lanka - India -Nepal - by plane to Laos - Vietnam - Laos - Cambodia - Thailand - Malaysia - by boat to Indonesia - Timor - by boat to Australia - NZ.
Highlights: plan a foto with bald head and a monk cowl in front of a Buddah-tempel..
The worst:   ?
Book or publication (about your tour): http://halbrum.blogspot.com
Useful / important informations and TIPS for others: .... Small alu-boxes . Drink a lot of beer in bars "on route" to meet interesting people.
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: 02.02.2004 - 20.05.2005 in Africa with a HONDA AFRICA Twin RD 07
22.07.2007 1 st summary while a personal visit at Bernd Tesch
Request a similar blog for the African tour
10.08.2007  2nd summary

??.??.2007 - ??.??.2007
Thomas Nemeth (born ??.??.19??. Luxembourg )
+ New Zealand. Thomas rode solo in 6 weeks with a ??? 8.000 km through New Zealand 's south and north island
Purpose : ??
Highlights : Meeting Rosco Pennell and his friends (Who are this ?????) on the ferry from the north island to the south island with whom I ended up doing the South America trip in 2008. What was the best on the islands for you ????
The worst: The sandflies on the South Island.
Useful tips for others : ?? Costs ? How did you transport the bike ? The person ?? Both ways ? Costs for this ??
Earlier experiences : ??
12.04.2009 1st summary
12.04.2009 1st request for update
17.-19.04.2009 Patricipant of the 51th. Tesch-Travel-Treffen in 2009

04.06.2008 - Open end
Walter Gubler "Gubi" (Swiss, born ??.07.1967)   www.teneretraveler.ch
- Switzerland - Australia - NZ. Gubi plant solo mit einer Yamaha XTZ 750 Super Tenere. Von der Schweiz aus durch Asien nach Australien, Neuseeland.
Zweck der Reise : Spass, Fremde Länder und Kulturen kennenlernen und erleben. Open your mind.
Route : Europa (Schweiz - Deutschland - Tschechien - Slowakei - Ukraine - Russland) - Asien (Sibirien - Mongolei - Kasachstan -Kirgisien - Tschadsichistan - Usbekistan - Iran - Pakistan - Indien - Nepal - per Flugzeug nach Thailand - Laos - Vietnam - Malaysia).
In Phuket werd ich ca. 5 Monate bleiben und als Tauchlehrer arbeiten können.
In Malaysia werde ich mein Motorrad verschiffen Richtung Australien und werde als Backpacker durch Indonesien reisen.  In Australien und Neuseeland bin ich schon an diversen Orten eingeladen. In "Down Under" wird geschaut, was noch in der Reisekasse ist, wie es mir gesundheitlich geht und ob die Motivation zum Weiterreisen noch da ist. Stimmen diese Faktoren werde ich weiterreisen nach Südamerika und auch diesen Kontinent unter die Räder nehmen.
Highlights: Reisen, Menschen kennenlernen, Länder erfahren und die Religionen besser verstehen.
The worst: ??
Useful tips for others: ??
21.02.2008 1st summary
25.-27.04.2008 Walter besucht das 50. Tesch-Globetrotter-Treffen.
20.03.2009 1st request for update
Kilometerstand bei der Abfahrt auf meiner "Dicken" = 80'513 km
Kilometerstand in Moron Mongolei = 95'754 km
Kilometerstand in Amritsar, Indien = 109'902 km
Kilometerstand in Udaipur, Indien = 111'437 km
Kilometerstand in Kathmandu, Nepal = 117'623 km
KILOMETERSTAND IN Phuket, Thailand = 118'840 km,

2008
Alfred Wittelings (NL) und Alwin (NL)
- Plan NL > Australia. Alfred (YAMAHA XT 600 E) and Alwin (XT 600 E) plan to ride overland in 4 months to Perth.
19.02.2008 1st request for summary.
20.04.2008 2nd request for summary.
16.05.2005 Both were here for three days. Bernd build two indivual racks in more than 27 hours.
21.05.2008 3rd request for summary. No answer so far.
21.11.2008 4th and last request.

(Plan was 01.03.2009) Start: 20.03.2009 - 30.06.2009
Simon Soussouridis (German, born ??? in 2009 ca. 40 years) www.simonontour.de
- Plan: Europe > Australia. Simon plans to ride solo overland with a BMW R 100 GS to Australia in 4 months.
Purpose of my travel: I did work 20 years very hard and needed to treat myself and learn more about the world.
Planned Route: Europe (Germany, Austria, Italy, Greece, Turkey) - Asia (Iran, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Thailand, Laos, Kambodia, Thailand, Kuala Lumphur, Singapore) - by plane or ship ?? to Australia.
Highlights: ??
The worst: ??
Useful tips for others: ??
20.11.2008 Simon was here for recommendation.
21.11.2008 First request for summary
08.12.2008 Second request summary.
17.03.2009 Third request
20.03.2009 Second short more summary 20 minutes before he started his trip.

Oliver ??
http://www.motorcycleodyssey.co.uk/
20.03.2009 Found this website in internet somehow. 1st request for update. No idea what this man does.

Graham Holden (British, Born 1961)
http://web.mac.com/grahamholden/Site/Welcome.html
grahamholden@mac.com



The collection of Australian Motorcycle Travellers is more in work. Will be continued. Hopefully with YOUR information.


Thanks and bye says Bernd Tesch in Germany


Summaries in progess:
ca. 1975 - ??
Sargent, John (born ??, born in GB, Australian )
John rode solo ?? overland from GB to Australia with a Honda...
>> I (Linda) have written to him to ask if he has Trevors address. John also did an England to Oz trip on a Honda in the mid 1970s so praps he will give you info on his trip.
18.09.2003 1st information by Linda Bick.
18.09.2003 1st request to John by Bernd Tesch
30.11.2003 2nd request to John

??.??.1967(68 or 69) -
Green, Trevor (Australia, Adelaide, born ??)
Around-The-World including Australia - Great Britain. Green rode RTW with with an Australian girl called Jan as pillion on a BMW R60 about 1965 - 1967....
Route: They took the usual route through Route: Turkey and over the Kyber pass and then went through Malasia and India. Boat from Madras to Penang and then Singapore to Oz I think..
26th.03.2003 2nd information by Linda Bick again after her visit in Zweifall 1998
26th.03.2003 2nd request to Linda Bick
Green, Trevor
Went around the world on a BMW in the late ca. 1965. Linda Botherstone met him in Russia (going to a Film-Rallye in Moscow 1967). John Sergeant will have his adress. Green is about 56 years.
++ Infos hand address of Trevor Green has John Sargeant (or Sergeantt, about 50). Braodview 5083 (near Adelaide)
29.07.98 Both adresses from Linda Bootherstrone.
17.09.2003 3rd request to Linda.
17.09.2003 Second request to David McGonical in Sydney
30.11.2003 Third request to David McGonical in Sydney
12.2004 We tried to visit Trevor in Adelaide but he had to work,
01.2005 A personal letter to his address from Melbourne.

2000 - ??
Rebske, Volker German, born ??)
Australia. The engineer Volker has been an exchange student in Australia for one year. There he rode 20.000 kms with a ??. He made another mc-tour of 6000 km with a ???
05.08.2003 1st information by Volker.
05.08.2003 Asked for update.
10.11.2005 2nd request for update


Dixon, Ralph and Fionnuala Livingston (Australia)
- Australia - England. Ralph and Fionuala plan to travel from Sydney to London with two (?) BMW 650.
08.07.02 1st request for update
10.11.2004 2nd request for update
10.11.2005 email unknown
http://www.trishmsresearch.org.au/we_ride_4_ms.htm
We Ride 4 MS Charity Motor Cycle Ride
Trish MS Research Foundation PO Box 28, 12 Philip Mall, WEST PYMBLE  NSW 2073 Ph  + 61 2 9403 3320 Fax  + 61 2 9403 3320 Mobile  0410 410 491 Email: info@trishmsresearch.org.au
10.11.2005 2nd request to info@trishmsresearch.org.au

05.01.2002 - 20.06.2002
Join Ken and Phil http://www.comeridewithme.com rode from Australia to Turkey
+ Australia - Asia - Africa - Great Britain
Purpose of travel: ??
Route: Prior to the Trip Brisbane, Australia
5th - 8th January 2002 Brisbane - Singapore - 10th-11th January 2002 Melaka, Malaysia - 12th-15th January 2002 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - 16th-17th January 2002 Penang , Malaysia - 18th-23rd January 2002 Thailand > 25th-30th January 2002 Indonesia > 1st-2nd February 2002 Cambodia > 3rd-7th February 2002 Thailand > 8th-17th February 2002 Bangladesh > 18th-25th February 2002 Calcutta, India > 26th February -11th March 2002 Bangladesh > 12th - 16th March 2002 India > 17th March - 5th April 2002 Nepal >
?? how did you reach Turkey coming from India ??i
6th -25th April 2002 Turkey >26th April - 5th May 2002 Greece > 6th - 13th May 2002 Italy > 14th - 19th May 2002 Tunisia > 20th - 28th May 2002 Algeria > 29th May - 11th June 2002 Spain > 12th - 18th June 2002 France > 19th June 2002 - Present England > 28th June 2002 until the next adventure Brisbane, Australia
The best: ??
The Worst: ??
Uselful tips for others: ??
Earlier big mc-tours ?
26.05.2002 1st information by Stefan Thiel
21.09.2003 1st request for update to contact ComeRideWithMe@cit.gu.edu.au
10.11.2004 2nd request for update

07.2000 - ??
Lenders, Helmut (German)
- Around Australia. Helmut plans to circle solo Australia with a BMW R80G/S.
08.07.2002 1st request for update.
21.09.2003 2nd request
10.11.2004 Name weder in AdrKUnde noch in email zu finden. Im Internet oder telefonbuch suchen.

Schütz, Stefan (German, born ??.??.1968)
- Plan Germany - Australia overland. Ich habe einen Traum........ Seit dem ich 12 Jahre alt bin träume ich davon, mit einem Motorrad von Deutschland nach Australien zu fahren. Ich denke fast täglich an diesen Traum. Heute bin ich 35 und habe diesen Traum noch nicht gelebt. Aber ich möchte mich informieren und langsam anfangen zu planen. Mein ältester Sohn ist jetzt in dem Alter, indem ich anfing davon zu träumen. Noch wenige Jahre dann werde ich diesen Traum mit meinem Sohn, Wirklichkeit werden lassen.
29.04.2003 1st contact
30.04.2003 1st request for update
21.09.2003 2nd request
10.11.2004 2nd request for update


??. date unknown so far
Allen, John and his wife (British)
+ GB - Australia. Both rode on one motorcycle TRIUMPH.
31th.07.2004 Ian from Australia knows him personally in GB. And owns a private copy of 8 pages of the story. Ian promised to send a copy.

Documentation:
1970 Start of search of Australia-Motorcycle-Travellers.
1992-1994 More intensive search because of my book "Motorrad Abenteuer" in work by phone, fax and personal visits.
1995 - 1997 First tries to find and contact Australia-Motorcycle-Travellers by email.
02.1998 Start of my website. Not knowing what will come out of it in future. A part of this information you found already under > http://www.berndtesch.de > German or Engl. version > News
28.05.2000: Start of this collection first time in internet under > http://www.berndtesch.de > German or Engl. version > continents > Australia by motorcycle.
01.08.2001 Visitor 50.000
29.10.2001: 62 KBytes
13.01.2003: 95 KB
24.03.2004 122 KB. Ca. visitor 94.000
28.03.2005 159 KB. Ca. visitor 109.00