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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 2004-2005

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
1. Overland from Europe to Australia and New Zealand
2. Overland from Australia or New Zealand toEurope
3. In and around Australia and New Zealand

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:
01.10.2010 - 27.10.2011
Sven Müller (German, born ??.??.19??)   your http://www.???
+ Australia. 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??

Kurt Weidner   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 up 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 25.10.1999 - 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.


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(C) Peter Whitaker in Australia 2011.

A summary of "MOTOR AROUND AUSTRALIA" by Peter Whitaker. A free journalist from Australia, who has ridden over 160,000kms in Australia on dirt bikes and about double that in cars and roadbikes.
The summary was offered to Bernd Tesch at 05.11.2010:
"I've attached the following information on the basis that should you know of other motorcycle journey's around Australia you'll let me know".

Circumnavigating the Continent Australia

1924 Neville Westwood and Greg Davies in a Citroen 5cv. Publication: ??
1925 Arthur Grady on a Douglas Motorcycle. OBA (= Old Bike Australia). Issue 10. "Old Bike Australasia" at www.oldbikemag.com.au
Publisher: Jim Scraysbook.
1925/6 Marion Bell Oldsmobile. Jack Warner Citroen 11hp. Publication: ??
1926 Muriel and Jack Dorney – Whippet. Publication: Muriel's book ‘An Adventurous Honeymoon' (now out of print).
1927 Jeff Munro. 500cc Ariel. Story in OBA Issue 21, page 70-75. Story Peter Whitaker. Fotos Brian Greenfield. Jim Scaysbrook. + 05.09.2011
1927 Len Jones. Douglas and Sidecar. Story. No publication by P. Whitaker so far in 2011 (See below 1927).
1927 Woodward and Major. Buick Six. Publication: ??
1928 MacRobertson Expedition. Karrier 6wd trucks. See internet.
1929 Jack Bowers and Frank Smith. Harley and Sidecar. Publication: Book available.
1932 The Faram Family. Ford Model A. See internet.
1936 Norman Smith. Pontiac 8. Publication: ??

After the second world war motor car travel around Australia was not uncommon. Less common were motorcycle adventures.

1952 Ken Rivers. A.J.S. Springheel Solo. OBA Issue 18.
1953 Winifred and George Wells on a pair of Royal Enfield Bullets OBA Issue 22.
1958 Martin ?? on a CZ125. Story TBA.
1972 Frank Wheeler. Hodaka Wombat 250 OBA Issue 24. "Old Bike Australasia": Issue Number 25. "Old Bike Australasia" at www.oldbikemag.com.au

By the mid 1970's motor travel around Australia had become commonplace in motor vehicles and on motorcycles. And prior to a blanket 100kph speed limit being applied records were set (if not officially recognised). The record was set in a VW1500 at 5 days 22 hours and 17 minutes in 1964 and no doubt has been bettered illegally since. The motorcycle record is 6 days 22 hours and 51 minutes set by Ross Atkin on a Kawasaki Z1300 in 1982.

?? + 1925 Arthur Grady on a Douglas Motorcycle. OBA (= Old Bike Australia). Issue 10. "Old Bike Australasia" at www.oldbikemag.com.au I cannot find the story in the magazine.??????????? 07.09.2011
?? + 1952 Ken Rivers. A.J.S. Springheel Solo. OBA Issue 18. I cannot find the story in the magazine..??????????? 07.09.2011

1953 Winifred and George Wells on a pair of Royal Enfield Bullets OBA Issue 22.
1972 Frank Wheeler. Hodaka Wombat 250 OBA Issue 24. "Old Bike Australasia": Issue Number 25. "Old Bike Australasia" at www.oldbikemag.com.au

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1921-1930

01.10.1924 - plus 5 months and 14 days to ??.??.1925
Arthur Grady on a Douglas Motorcycle. Model C.W. 348cc.-3Speed. All chanin. Clutch. Kick-Start.
Publicaton: OBA (= Old Bike Australia). Issue 10. "Old Bike Australasia" at www.oldbikemag.com.au
Publisher: Jim Scraysbook.
B.T. In the booklet is standing that he is the first to circle Australia by motorcycle.

19.10.1927 - 07.1928 ?
Francis Birtles ( Francis Edwin Birtles (7 November 1881 in Fitzroy, Melbourne – 1 July 1941 in Sydney ) )
who drove a Bean car (!) from London to Australia in 1927 with Shell.
Francis Edwin Birtles (7 November 1881 in Fitzroy, Melbourne – 1 July 1941 in Sydney ) [ 1 ] was the third child of David Edwin Birtles and Sarah Jane Bartlett. Francis was an Australian adventurer who set many long-distance cycling and driving records, including becoming in 1927 the first man to drive a car from England to Australia. Birtles had set a speed record driving from Darwin to Melbourne the previous year.
He served in the Second Boer War, and later was a mounted police officer in the Transvaal. On his return to Australia, he cycled round Australia twice and by 1912 had crossed the country seven times. He was the first person to cross Australia from west to east on a bicycle and in 1912 he became the first person to make a west to east crossing from Fremantle to Sydney in a Brush Runabout [ 2 ] .

As a publicity stunt, Birtles was commissioned by Barlow Motors, the Melbourne agent for the Bean cars, to drive a modified Bean 14 car from Darwin to Melbourne. With his co-driver Alec Barlow, they left Darwin at 4am on 23 October 1926 and completed the 5440 km (3380 miles) journey in eight days and 13 hours, a record. The car was dubbed the Sundowner by Birtles.

Following this success, Birtles was asked to make an attempt at becoming the first person to drive from England to Australia. He departed from Australia House in London on 19 October 1927, farewelled by a crowd of wellwishers including the 1927 Miss Australia. In an era when there were few roads and gasoline supplies sparse, the epic eight month journey carried him across mountains, deserts and through tropical jungles and included a number of sea voyages - the last being from Singapore to Darwin. He travelled via Europe , Egypt , Persia (now Iran ), India , Burma and Malaya .

The record breaking Bean 14 .

On arrival in Darwin, his car was seized by customs officials demanding import duty, until direct intervention by the Prime Minister Stanley Bruce averted the situation. He continued south via Brisbane and Sydney to the official finishing point of the journey at the General Post Office on Elizabeth Street, Melbourne. He was promptly asked to move on by a policeman for obstructing traffic.

The journey was not repeated until 1955.

Birtles had completed more than 70 transcontinental crossings of Australia by mid-1927, details of which were described in his book Battlefronts of Outback (1955).
In 1929, the Bean car was presented to the Australian Government on condition that it be placed in the national museum. As there was no such museum at the time, the car disappeared for many years before being recovered in the 1960s and placed into the National Motor Museum in Adelaide in 1980 before moving to the National Historical Collection in the National Museum of Australia in Canberra in 2001.

References:
^ Famous Australians at home.iprimus.com.au
^ Brush Runabout at www.oldrhinebeck.org
Collections at www.nma.gov.au
Peter Luck (1989). A Time To Remember . William Heinemann. ISBN 0-85561-163-4 .
Peter Wherrett (2005). Grit: An Epic Journey Across the World . Ibis Publishing Australia. ISBN 1-920923-62-4 .
Birtles, Francis Edwin (1881 - 1941) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online at www.adb.online.anu.edu.au
National Museum of Australia on preservation

15.11.2003 Information out of Motorcycle magazine "Motorcycle Sport", August 1972, p 296. ROUND THE WORLD ON A RUDGE.
05.01.1929 The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954). Newspaper. Advertising from Shell: No more information !


1927 Len Jones. Douglas and Sidecar.
" I believe a Mr. Len Jones attempted a circumnavigation of Australia on an Indian Scout outfit in 1927 and I am attempting to source further information. If and when I do the story will be submitted for publication. TO BE ALLOCATED. TBA. I have no idea when this might happen. Meantime I’ve provided you with all the information I currently have relating to early motor cycle travel in Australia.
Nothing has been published about Len Jones other than one photograph in ‘The Ariel Motor Cycling News’ August 1929 (of which I do not have a copy).
13.08.2011 Infos by freelance journalist Peter Whitaker in Australia.

1928
BERT HINKLER: Flight from England to Australia with Shell..

1928 - 1930
John Gill with Walter Stephens (British) and Phil Irving (Australian)
Around-The-World.
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.
22.08.93 1st information by Martin Franitza
22.05.2000 I do not know more details. Who knows them, their earlier or present address of realtions or publications about them??


06.06.1929 - 16.09.1930
Fred Bendle (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
Jack BOWERS (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
John Gill (Total RTW) with Walter Stephens (British. GB > Australia) and Phil Irving (replaced Walter Stephens and Phil in 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 information 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-series 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 )
28.09.2011 Next request to Ian McDonald in Australia.


1931-1940

1932 - 1939
Oskar Speck (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".


1941-1950

Who knows more or somebody ?


Out of http://www.royalenfield.org.uk/index.php?PageName=winifred-wells
©2009 Google - map data. Map out of http://www.royalenfield.org.uk/index.php?PageName=winifred-wells

26.12.1950 - 16.01.1951
Winifred Wells (Australian, Shenton Park in Perth, born ??.??.1929. Alive in 2011)
Australia west-east-west via Nullabor. The 22-year-young woman Winifred Wells rode solo from Perth-Sydney-Perth via Nullabor on a Royal Enfield Bullet 350cc with 5.504 miles in 21 days. Firm Carlyle & Co. Ltd, Royal Enfieled dealers at Perth sponsored the Bullet 350 to Miss Wells for the tour.
Route: Pearth (26.12.) - Southern Cross - Nullabor Plain (1,000 miles wide, Norseman (27.12.) - Eucla (29.12.) - Spargoville mine settlement) - Ceduna ( 30.12.) - Port Augusta (31.12.) - Adelaide (01.01.1951) - Melbourne (02.01.) - Sydney (arrived 05.01.) - Sydney (left 07.01.) - Melbourne (10.01.) - Adelaide (11.01.) - Reached Ceduna (Arrived 12) - Eula (Arr. 13.01.) - Norseman (Arr. 14.01.) - Southern Cross (Arr. 15.01.) - (Arrived Perth (16.01.1951). Back from Sydney to Perth in 9 days. She averaged 366 miles per day.
1951-52 An article appeared in the Royal Enfield REVS magazine, Vol 13, issue 5 (Winter 1951/52).
See a copy of the total article in 2011: http://www.royalenfield.org.uk/index.php?PageName=winifred-wells
26.09.2011 pdf-article kindly send by journalist Peter Whitaker in Australia to B.T. "First lady" His article published in mc-magazin OldBikeAustralia22 in 2010 or 2011, page 35-37. Based on the original article in 1950-51. With wonderful fotos. Peter offered a new foto of Winifred.
05.10.2011 B.T. At this time the route via Nullabor with still unpaved and out of gravel with corrugations. Would be interesting to know which parts of the total route were payed already.
Winifred was later a member of A.J.S. M.C.C. of Western Australia. Winifred Wells is living in 2010-11 on Mornington Peninsula with two daughters.
05.10.2011 request to manager of www.royalenfield.


1951-1960

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

Deutschland - Indien - Australien. Student verzaubernd reisend die Welt. Die abenteurliche Motorrad-Reise vom Rhein zum Ganges und weiter nach Australien zur Schwester. Hardcover. 1951 mit einem NSU-Gespann ohne Geld und Paß von Deutschland nach Indien. Eine abenteuerliche Fahrt in der Nachkriegszeit über 10.000 Meilen mit einem vorläufigen Reisepaß. Das Reisegeld verdienten sich Oss Kröher und Dr. Gustav Pfirrmann unterwegs als Zauberer und Sänger. 87 SW-Fotos, 200 S. Strecke: Deutschland - Österreich - Italien (Brindisi) - Griechenland - Türkei - Syrien - Indien - Australien (Brisbaine).
Anmerkung von B.T.: Dr. Gustav Pfirrmann ist Journalist und ein echter Globetrotter. Ich lernte ihn 2001 auf einem DZG-Treffen. Sein Reisekamerad Oss hat über diese Reise bis Indien das Buch "Das Morgenland ist weit" (siehe Asien) geschrieben. Die Fotos darin stammen alle von ihm.


03.1952 - 04.1955
Joan McDonald and Keith (New Zealand)
+ Around-The-World. Lune de Miel en motocyclettes. From the wedding bells round the world. In 3 years Around-The-World with two motorcycles Jawa CZ 125 ccm: 03/1952 through 40 countries.
Route: NZ - Australien (Sydney - Melbourne) - Asien (Ceylon - Indien (Bombay - Delhi)- Pakistan (Lahore) - Afghanistan (Kabul) - Persien (Meshed) - Irak (Bagdad) - Israel (Jerusalem) - Jordanien) - Afrika ( Ägypten (Cairo)- Libyen (Tobruk) - Tunesien (Tunis) - Algerien (Alger) - Marokko (Tanger)) - Europa (Spanien (Madrid - Barcelona) - Frankreich (Marseille) - Italien (Genua - Milano) - Österreich (Wien) - Tschechoslowakei (Prag) - Deutschland - Belgien - NL - Frankreich (Paris) - GB (London, 15.04.1953. 20.000 miles, 13 months, 762 pounds) - Portugal - South America (Argentinien - Bolivien - Peru - Equador - Kolumbien (by a small coffee-boat in one day and one night during heavy rain from Buenaventura to Panama because there was no connecting road to Panama) - North America (Panama - Costa Rica - Nicaragua - Honduras - El Salvador - Guatemala - Mexiko - Cuba - USA - Canada).
Their plate-numbers were: BMU 250 amd 251. I think they were sponsored by "Motokov" in Prague.
03.08.1996 First information by Jean-Paul Schulz.
22.05.2000 I do not know more details. Who knows them, their present address or publications about them??
1953 Until their visit in Wien / Austria in 1953 with a CZ 125 they rode so far 32.000 Kms.
Published in Austrian magazin "Motorrad Nr. 14. von 1953".
15.12.2001 1st information by chiefredacteur of motorcycle-magazin GESPANNE Martin Franitza
15.12.2001 Who knows this couple or owns the Austrian magazin "Motorrad Nr. 14. von 1953"?
29.03.2012 Who knows more of them or their children, relations ?? Who has fotos ?
2012 I wrote to a mc-magazine in NZ. But they could not find any info.
29.03.2012 Recherche-Auftrag für max € 40,00 an die östereichische Nationalbibliothek per E-mail aufgegeben.


23.09.1952 - 26.11.1952
Winifred Wells (Australian, Shenton Park in Perth, born ??.??.1929. Alive in 2011) and father George Wells (Austrailian, born ??.??.18?? - ??.??.19??)
Around Australia. The 23-year-young woman Winifred Wells and her father George circled Australia clockwise from Perth via Darwin - Sydney - Adelaide - via Nullabor - Perth on two Royal Enfield Bullet 350 with ? miles in around two months (in ?? days).
Route: Perth - Le Grange (05.10.1952) - Fitzroy Crossing (07.10.) - Katherine - Darwin (14.10.) - Mt. Isa (20.10.) - Cairns (24.10.) - Brisbaine (03.11.) - Newcastle (06.11) - Sydney (07.11.) - Melbourne (12.11.) - Adelaide (17.11.) - Ceduna (21.09.) - Norseman (23.11.) - Kalgoorlie (24.11.) - Pert (26.11.1952)
26.09.2011 pdf-article send by journalist Peter Whitaker in Australia to B.T. "First lady" His article published in mc-magazin OldBikeAustralia page 35-37.
05.10.2011 B.T. At this time the route via Nullabor and many other parts were still unpaved and out of gravel with corrugations. Would be interesting to know which parts were payed already.



Kevin Murphy in 1953. Foto send by Peter Whitaker as a fotocopy to B.T. 26th.09.2011

Ca. 02.04.1953 - 09.06.1953
Kevin Murphy (Australian)
1953: Australia to England 19,200 miles. After a nine-week journey and 12.000 miles (19.200 kms) the carpenter Kevin arrived in London aboard his 650 cc Golden Flash BSA.
Route: Australia (Longreach in Queensland - Adelaide) - here he boraded the "Stratheden" 02nd of april) - India (Colombo - Madras - Bombay - New Delhi) - Pakistan (Karachi) - the visa for Iran was refused he was forced to spend all but ten pounds of his remaining money on a boat fare to Basra - with a paying passenger to Damascus - Turkey (Istanbul) - Greece - Jugoslavia - Italy - France - England.
Purpose: His desire was to visit the TT of "Isle of Man".
The Worst: He dropped the bike in in Pakistan and damaged the frontend. But the local agents straihtened the forks.
14.04.2001 1st information out of his book: "Australia´s Motorcycling Heritage" by Jim Scaysbrook. 1998. ISBN 09 5860 5203.
26.09.2011 Fotocopy of Kevin Murphy send by journalist Peter Whitaker in Australia to B.T..


09.1954 + 20 months
Eva and Hans Schmücke (Germans)
+ Germany - india - Australia. Both left from the Dom of Köln with an old sidecar from the army of the second world-war (DM 400,00) to live in Australia after they prepared this for two years. They intended to ride six months to Australia via Germany - Austria - Jugoslawia - Greece - Turkey - Iran - India - Thailand - Burma - Singapur - Sumatra - Java. But the trip finally was 20 months.
The routes in "Persien" were very bad so they could only ride 10 kms in 10 hours. In Teheran they made the first longer stop. Eva got a job as a secretary in a German firm and Hans was working in an electric-firm. After a while they travelled overland through south of Iran - Pakistan - India - Ceylon. From Colombo they got a ship to Australia (Fremantle). Eva worked there as a nurse in a hospital. Because they earned good money they travelled a lot. So they visited Japan with the sidecar as well. There they met the head of Kyoto, Mr. Takayama who took a picture of them..
1996 1st information by Norbert Lüdtke who send me a part of an articel of a newspaper "Kölner Stadtanzeiger" Nr. 149 in ca. 1958 or 1959
16.03.2004 1st request to Gerard Daughty to find Schmücke in Fremantle


06.07.1954 - ??
Claude Balois
Claude wanted to vist his brother who was living in Sri Lanka.
Book: Balois, Claude: Namo Lanka. De Tours à Ceylan en scooter. Sur la route des Indes... un abbé et un scooter.
Deutsch : Von Tours (Frankreich) bis nach Ceylon mit einem 125 ccm Lambretta-Roller. Auf der Straße nach Indien... ein Pfarrer und ein Roller.
Strecke : Frankreich - Italien - Jugoslawien - Griechenland - Türkei - Syrien - Türkei - Irak - Iran - Pakistan - per Schiff von Karachi nach Bombay Indien - Ceylon. 207 Seiten. 20 SW-Fotos. 4 Kartenskizzen und 1 Kartenskizze zur Übersichts. Französisch.
Verlag: Edite par l'Auteur. Herausgegeben vom Autor. (Imprime chez Mame Tours). Tours. Nummerierte 1. Auflage 1 bis 50. Nummerierte 2. Auflage 1 bis 250. 1955. Frankreich. Bibliothek.
Hardcover-Ausgabe mit Farbumschlag: 241 S. Staatenanhang.
Verlag: Maison Mame.


<1955
Reise-Bericht. Europa. Nord-Amerika. Asien. Australien. Welt-Reise. 1955.
John Lennox Cook (geb. 1923). The world before us. Deutsch : Die Welt vor uns.
Vom 12.02.1951 bis 12.09.51 fuhren der Lehrer John Lennox und der Farmer Tim auf zwei Norton Dominator Zweizylindern von London aus um die Welt. Sie legten 35.000 miles (= 56.000 km) zurück, davon 19.150 miles (= 30.690 km) overland in 93 Fahr- und 31 Seetagen.
Strecke : London (Großbritannien) - Nizza (Frankreich) - Italien per Schiff nach Griechenland - Istanbul (Türkei) - Ankara - Aleppo (Syrien) - Beirut (Libanon) - Amman (Jordanien) - Bagdad (Irak) - Teheran (Iran) - Meshed - Herat (Afghanistan) - Kandahar - Kabul - Khber Paß (Pakistan) - Lahore - Delhi (Indien) - Bombay - Madura - Colombo (Ceylon) - per Schiff nach Perth (Australien) - Melbourne - Sydney - per Schiff nach Vancouver (Canada) - San Franzisko (USA) - New York - per Schiff nach Kent (Großbritannien) - London. The authors experiences on a motor-cycle trip around the world. 13 Kapitel. 256 S. 1 SW-Foto. 6 Streckenskizzen. 1 Skizze. 21,5 cm x 14,5. Englisch.
Verlag: Collins. London. Großbritannien. 1955. Bibliothek.
John (links) und Lennox : 35.000 miles to go.




??.07.1956 - ??
Reise-Bericht. Europa. Asien. Australien. 1960.
Michael Marriott (geb. 1928)
„Two up“- by scooter to Australia
Nachdem Michael und seine Frau Rita 3 Jahre zuvor (19.02.-12.04.1953) mit einem alten englischen Taxi die Sahara durchquert hatten, starten sie im Juli 1956 auf einem 150 ccm NSU Prima Roller, um mehr von der Welt zu sehen und einen TV-Film von den Aborigines in Australien zu machen.
Strecke : Großbritannien (London) - Frankreich (Reims) - Deutschland (München) - Jugoslawien (Zagreb) - Bulgarien (Belgrad) - Bulgarien (Sofia) - Türkei (Istanbul - Erzurum)) -  Persien (Täbriz - Meshed) - Afghanistan (Kabul) - Pakistan (Lahore) - Indien (Delhi - Bombay - Madurai) - Ceylon (Colombo) - per Schiff nach Australien (Adelaide (South Australia) - Melbourne (Victoria) - Sydney (New South Wales) - Townsville (Queensland) - Darwin (Northern Territory)). 14 Kapitel. 214 S. 3 Streckenskizzen. Keine Fotos. 22 cm H x 14,5 B. Englisch.
Verlag: Longmans. London. England. 1960. Ausgabe für „The Travel Book Club“. London. Großbritannien. Ca. 1961/2. Inhalt unverändert, etwas anderer Einband.


>1956
Reise-Bericht. Weltreise
15.07.1956 - 09.09.1959
Cesare Battaglini
Ceylon. India. Oriente Misterioso ed Africa esplorati col mio scooter.
He started with two women: Rita van de Werde (Dutch from Amsterdam got homethick in Central America) and Felicitas Hauch (German from Berlin, got Yellow Fever in Indonesia and flew home) by two scooter Lambretta 150 D. 160.000 kms.
Route: Italy - Indochina - Indonesia - China - Australia - New Caledonia - New Zealand - Polinesia - North America - South America - Africa - Italy.
Book: "Ceylon. India. Oriente Misterioso ed Africa esplorati col mio scooter"
- O. 13.08.2000 1st information by a publication in Motociclisimo 02.1995 given by Frontalini to me in 1999.
+ D. 10.09.2003
+ O. Own the article Piccole ruote grandi raid (Litele Wheels. Big raids)


1956-1957
Malcom Oram (Australian)
+ Europe - Asia - Australia. The author and his lady - both from Australia - have spend three years in Europe but they are longing for going home. To get an affordabel ticket for a transport by boat to Australia they had to wait eight months. So they hitchhiked to Italy (Genua). From the PIaggio-factory they bought the cheapest Vespa 15 ccm and two up plus gear (including a guitar) they started for Comlombo in Ceylon. Already in Jugoslawia the path turned brown, very steep and narrow with oxcarts and sheep. In Greece heavy rain and slippery road with waterfilled potholes big enouh to hide a Vespa. Cheap hotels in Turkey, dirty and buginfested. Through Syria and in Jordan Malcom was struck by yellow jaundice and had to spend three weeks in an arab hospital. To avoid the Syrian sand desert they took bus-transport from Jordan (Amman) to Irak (Bagdad). But now they were delayed with winter in Iran and Afghanistan. So they headed to Basra in Irak and managed to catch a pilgrim steamer. Cheapest third class deck transport together with natives. Disembarkation in India (Bombay) and finally they reached Ceylon (Colombo). They had only two pounds left but the cheapest boat transort to Australia was 150 pounds. By luck they found an Italian emigrant-boat, bound for Australia, and when they told the commanding officers about their adventoures Vespa-journey, they were allowed onboard togehther with their Vespa. The book is written In English. 223 pages. Hardcover.
Book: The long brown path. Horwitz Publications Inc. Sidney. 1957.
17.05.2004 1st infortmation by Evald Bengtsson in Sweden who owns this book.


>
1957 Olabis iAjala
An African abroad (geb. 1930). Deutsch : Ein Afrikaner draußen. Kurze Einführung des Ministers der Justiz von Kenya. Olabisi sagt in seinem Vorwort, daß dieses Buch das erste von 3 Büchern seiner Weit-Reisen sei. Er hatte bis zu dieser Zeit schon 78 Länder besucht. Sein Reisefahrzeug ist ein Motor-Roller Lambretta. Dieses Buch enthält in 7 Kapiteln Erzählungen seiner "one-man Odyssey around the world" ab 1957 aus Indien, Rußland, Iran, dem Mittleren Osten, Israel, Ägypten und Australien. Olabisi sagt, daß die Hauptzwecke seines Buches sind, über die verschiedenen Kulturen zu berichten, über den Charakter verschiedener Persönlichkeiten der Führungsschicht zu erzählen und "to share my conversations and my observations on their mentality". Das Buch ist voll von Treffen mit sehr bekannten Personen dieser Zeit wie Chrustchow, Nasser, Nehru, dem Schah von Persien, Prinz Sihanouk, Golda Meir und Tchiang Kai Chek (Chiang Kai Chek). - Olabisi wurde 1930 in Nigeria geboren und an verschiedenen Universitäten in den USA ausgebildet. 256 S. 7 Teile mit 27 Kapiteln. 18 SW-Fotos. 21,5 cm L x 14,5 H. Hardcover. Englisch. - In der Bibliothek des Britischen Museums waren die beiden anderen Bücher bis 1993 nicht zu finden.
Route: Nord-Amerika, Ost- und West-Europa, Afrika, Asien bis Korea, Indonesien, Australien.
Verlag: Published by Hutchinson with the imprint of Jarrolds Publishing. London. Großbritannien. 11/1963. Bibliothek


17.03.1957 + two months
Pierre Mairé (French)
Pierre left France in the beginning of the fifthies to work in Tahiti and New Caledonia. In 1957 he took a few months off and rode with his three gear Vespa around the blue laggons of New Caledonia. Then he took a ship to Australia and made a two months tour through the bush of Australia. He took then a boat to Germany (Bremerhaven) and took another ride 6.000 km through Scandinavia. His tour in total was 18.000 kms. When he came back to Tahiti the factory of Vespa gave him a new one.


1958
Martin circumnavigated Australia on a motorcycle CZ 125.
Route: Sydney Sydney
05.05.2011 First information by Peter Whitaker out of an article from him in Old Bike Australia.


1958
Maureen Towler and Nora Traynor (Britsh ?)
- Around-The-World ? The two lady riders plan to cirle the world on Norton (?) Model 50s. They reached Calcutta.
Route: GB - Middle East - India (Calcutta) - ?
16.10.1958 Published in British Motorcycle "Motor Cycling", page 771, as a short information without picture.
20.12.2005 1st information to B.T. by Evald Bengsston from Sweden
30.12.2005 Foto-copy under Towler in file "Frauen-Motorrad-Reisen".
30.12.2005 Who knows more and their addresses? Or other publications ? Or fotos of them ?


1958
Graham (British ?) Evans and his wife Doreen Evans (South African, Capetown)
- Around-The-World ? The two met "on the road" and married. This is new history in this globe-trotting business. The riders plan a two-year globe-trotting on their TRIUMPH "Thunderbird". They reached Toowoomba n Austrlia and heading for Alice springs and ....
Route: GB (Wales) - Balkans - Middle East - India - Australia - plan to ride on - ?
16.10.1958 Published in British Motorcycle "Motor Cycling", page 771, as a short information without picture.
20.12.2005 1st information to B.T. by Evald Bengsston from Sweden
30.12.2005 Foto-copy under Towler in file "Frauen-Motorrad-Reisen".
30.12.2005 Who knows more and their addresses? Or other publications ? Or fotos of them ?


07.02.1958 - plan + 15 months
Tony Hutt (British, London) and Graham Rex (Australian)
- England - Australia. Both met at a cocktail party last April and decided to ride back on Lambrettas. They wanted to spend 1 Engl. Pound a day.
Route: Plan GB (London) - 15 European countries - finnaland - U.S.S.R. - Persia - Pakistan - India
19.02.1958 Published in British Motorcycle "Motor Cycling" with "Scooter Weekly", page 771, as a short information without picture.
20.12.2005 1st information to B.T. by Evald Bengsston from Sweden
30.12.2005 Foto-copy under Hutt in file "Australia".
30.12.2005 Who knows more and their addresses? Or other publications ? Or fotos of them ?


07.02.1958 - plan + 15 months
H Sharpe (New Zealnd) and K.F. Hoogstraten (New Zeland)
+ New Zealnad - England . Both rode on a TRIUMPH Speed Twin with sidecar (from 1953 with already 60.000 miles)
Route: Australai - India - Pakistan - Afghanistan - IRan - Tirkey - Greece - Italy - Holland - England.
19.02.1958 Published in British Motorcycle "Motor Cycling" august 1958 as a one page advertising by TRIUMPH with pictures.
20.12.2005 1st information to B.T. by Evald Bengsston from Sweden
30.12.2005 Foto-copy under Sharpe in file "Australia".
30.12.2005 Who knows more and their addresses? Or other publications ? Or fotos of them ?

03.10.1958 - ?
Scot Gladstone Bovell (British ?)
- England > Australia. Scot left London solo on the first stageof a 22.000 mile journey to Australia by NSU QQuickly"
Route: GB (London) - Australia ?
16.10.1958 Published in British Motorcycle "Motor Cycling", page 787, as a short information with picture.
20.12.2005 1st information to B.T. by Evald Bengsston from Sweden
30.12.2005 Foto-copy under Gladstone in file "Australia".
30.12.2005 Who knows more and their addresses? Or other publications ? Or fotos of them ?


1961-1970

May 1962- October 1963
Peter Jeans (born 1936 in Bindoon, Western Australia)
+ Australia - Asia -Europe. Peter road solo in 15 months from Australia (Perth) - Europe (London in England) with a British Royal Enfield Bullet 350 ccm 22.000 miles.
Purpose of your travel: Peter read about a scooter-overland-trip in 1961 and was so motivated to travel himself being 26. Peter knew nothing about motorcycles and had never ridden one before. His plan was to travel 6 months. It came out that the trip was finally 15 months. He had only three punctures. Only a few serious repairs along the way, and it rarely refused to run.
Route: From Australia (Perth) by ship to Asia (Singapore. Here he bought a British Royal Enfield Bullet 350 ccm. - By motorcycle to Malaya (Malaysia) - by ship to India (Ceylon) - India - Nepal (Kathmandu) - India - West Pakistan (Lahore. From Lahore to London are 6372 miles) - Persia (Teheran) - Iraq (Baghdad) - Syria (Damascus) - Libanon (Beirut) - Jordan (Amman - Aqaba) - Israel (Jerusalem) - Syria - Europe (Turkey (Ankara - Istanbul) - Greece (Salonika) - Yugoslavia (Belgrade)- Lubljana) - Italy (Milan) - Switzerland (Lausanne) - France (Reims) - Belgium (Brussels) - England (London))
Highlights:??
The worst: ??....
Book or publication: First Edition: Long Road to London. Rawlhouse Publishing Pty. Ltd in Wetsren Australia. 1998. ISBN 0-9587406-1-5. Second edition in 2006.
Useful informations TIPS for others: ??
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours:. No.
Peter menitioned in the book that
16.11.2006 After writing many times to the publisher Bernd Tesch finally got a copy of the second edition of the book.
16.11.2006 Bernd Tesch read in the book and made this summary.
16.11.2006 B.T. send this summary to the active PR-lady Pauline McAteer and asked her to send this to the author with my request to answer.


29.10.1965 - to late july 1966
Europe> Australia
Mid september 1967 - 03.03.1968 N- and S-America
Charis Schwarz (Australian born 22.11.1939) and George (Swiss born 22.10.1935) http://home.iprimus.com.au/gschwarz
+ Europe > Australia and Around The World. Charis George rode RTW on a BMW R50 1965-1968 in total 45.000 km. First journey took 8 months: 29.10.1965 to late july 1966 in Europe, Asia, Australia, and Africa. Second journey: Mid september 1967 to 03.03.1968: North, Central and South America.
Purpose of your travel: To find a new place to live and to marry in Australia with Charis's family
Route: Europe (Spain, France, Jugoslavia, Bulgaria Turkey) - Asia (Syria, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, India, Malaysia, Singapore) - Australia - Africa (Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco) - Europe (Spain) - North America (Canada, USA, Mexico, Guatemala, Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica) - South America (Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argentina) - Europe (Spain).
Highlights:The people we met
The worst: Had no bad experience despite being ambushed in Mexico and ill with pneumonia in Singapore.....
Book or publication Produced a book in 2004 as selfpublishers: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ROAD Aus $ 60,00 plus postage: 300 pages.
Useful informations TIPS for others: Learn to accept gracefully what is freely given
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours:..Spain- Germany.
Produced all profits to the rehaTHE ROAD in 2004 (bilitaton of motorcycle accident victims)
Order only from Schwarz: The book is only available via their website to keep costs down for the rehabilitation purpose. All profits go to the rehabilitaton of motorcycle accident victims of St Vincent¹s Public Hospital Darlinghurst.
December 2004 1st information by John Todd in Australia who rode overland from Australia two times himself: 1973 and 1978.
January 2005 1st contact.
B.T.: This book has benn written about 40 years after the tour. Because the profit is to help other motorcyclists who had an accident I ask you to order the book for you or as a present. The first edition in English is only 1.000.


??.??.1967 (68 or 69) -
Trevor Green (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 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 Sergeant, 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


??.04.1968 - ca. ??.12.1968
Tom. W. Futcher (British, now Australian. Born ???)
+ Europe-Transafrica -Australia. With a HONDA 90 solo to Australia 17.000 miles in 8 months. 4 Falls.
Route: Europe (GB (London-Dover) - Belgium (Calais - Rotterdam) - Germany (chrashed here and broke clutch lever wired it together) - Denmark (Copenhageb) - Sweden (Stockholm) - Norwegian Trondheim (temperature - 15°C everyday) - Denmark - Belgium (Rotterdam).
Next stage: Belgium (Rotterdam) - Germany - Austria (Salzburg - Vienna - Graz) - Yugoslavia (Zagreb - Belgrade - Skopje) - Greece (Thessaloniki) - Turkey (Istanbul - Afgon (broke second gear here) - Syria - Lebanon (Lathahia - Sufoti (crashed here) - Syria (Beirut) - by plane with Ethiopian Airlines to Kenia (Nairobi, the bike was lost 10 days by the airline..) - Arusha (engine suffering here) - Tanzania (Dar es Salaam) - due to horroific road conditions bike was tied on top of an oil tanker for the trip to Nolola, deoffered on side of the road at midnight - then to Zambia (Lusaka) - Kariba Dam - Rhodesia (Salisbury - Bulawajo - Victoria Falls (engine rebuilt in Salisbury) - South Africa (Pretoria - Johannesburg - Bloemfonteain - Capetown - Port Elisabeth - East London - Durban - Johannesburg - Durban) - Australia (Perth).
2000 B.T. found this info in the National Motor Museum in Australia with slides. No. BH. 018398722. T.W. Futcher and Asso. 12, Ouekktaler Plc. Vermonut South 3133. Tel. 03-98018796.1119
07.12.2005 Tom contacted me first time and offered to rewrite this overview.
07.12.2005 1st request for update


29.08.1969 - 30.11.1969
John Allenis (British, born ??)
+ Europe-Asia -Australia.  John rode on a new Triumph TR 6 1969 Motorcycle 650ccm Twin solo within 94 days 7.615 land miles. Total costs of the trip for equipment before start: 1,093.4.3 Engl. pounds.
Route: Europe (England - Belgium - Luxembourg - West Germany - Austria - Italy - Yugoslavia - Bulgaria - Turkey) - Asia (Iran - Afghanistan - West Pakistan - India - Malaya - Singapore) - by plane to Australia (Perth).
05.04.2005 1st information by Ian Mc Donald from Australia. He send me a copy of his brochure. John is a friend of Ian.
05.04.2005 1st request for upadte to Ian and asked him for the address of John.
13.04.2005 2nd request via Deborah Allen.


01.12.1972 - 27.11.1971 - 31.12.1972
Frank C. Wheeler (American, birthday ??? 20.08.1971)  and ??    your homepage www.??? www.FrankWheeler.com.au (tut es nicht)
+ Around Australia. Frank rode solo around Australia with a Hodaka ACE 125ccm (Hodak aindustrila company of Nagoya) in a months ca. 11.500 kms.
Purpose of your travel: ........??
Route : Australia 16.000 kms ?? (Melbourne - Gosford - Cairns -Hask Creek - Fitzroy Crossing - Perth - Esperance -Nullabor - Melbourne)
Highlights : ?........
The worst: ?in ......
Book or publication (about your tour): .......
Useful informations and TIPS for others: ....
28.04.2011 Frank send an artikel with a foto of him inside. A wayward Wombat.
28th.04.2011 Next request ro overwrite this blog above with his information.
29th.04.2011 The author of the article "Old Bike Australia" Peter Whitaker answerde me with the same article as an attchmend. And the important information that he owns more information about mc-travellesr Around-Australia
Magazine: 01.05.2011 I send him my webpages of the continents and asked him more asked .him for more information about older tours.
Old Bike Australasia' at www.oldbikemag.com.au .Publisher: Jim Scraysbook.

Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: ...
1965-1967 Frank was Champion on a ACE 90 on the "100cc California Desert Racing".
1966 FRank rode on a ACE 90 a 3.800 mile tour of the Baja Peninsula.
196? Frank won a 500 mile cross country event through the Moyave desert; standing within 6 hours !
196? Frank rode on a 125er USA- Panama- Anchorage-Alaska-California. and then to Ushuaia.
1970 Auf einer 80er fuhrt er 1970 die Baja California runter, woraus später die Baja 100 wurde.
1972 Wheeler decided to ride in Autralia, the second biggest market of Hodaka.
?? 1974 I know that you circled (?) Australia on a Postiebike-sidecar 200cc when ?? 1974 ??
1974  Er fuhr rennen, wurde Meister in der Tschechei mit dem Motorrad, fuhr 1974 rund um Australien, dann irgenwann mit dem Speedboat nach Tim or, mit dem Kanu den Murray River hinunter.
WEbsites with information abot Frank Wheeler:
14.10.2009 http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=515849:
"Just read an article in the local rag about frank wheeler Riding his postie from east to west following the tropic of Capricorn. Frank said he rode 11,500kls in 31 days. Apparently he was going to fly back from the west coast with postie, but decided to zig zag his way back to the east. Good onya frank. Wish I had the stamina to undertake"
20th.03.2011 First info about Frank Wheeler from Markus Schmidt who met him in Curtis Springs 31.12.2010 riding to Ululuru in Australia.
26th.03.2011 First request to Frank Wheeler.
28th.03.2011 Franks first answer.
28th.03.2011 Second request to Frank Wheeler for update.
04.04.2011
Frank the adventurer on Hubpages , Frank Wheelers australian adventurer on Wordpress


1971-1980

1971-1974
Georges Gouron (French, born 28.10.1944) www.??
+ Around Australia and Tasmania. I went to Australia in 1970. In 1971 with a friend I rode a 650 BSA Lightning from Sydney to Cairns through the interior. First discovery of the Australian landscape and the harshness of the sun in the bush. My friend made the mistake to wear shorts one day. Next one he was so burnt he could not climb on the bike ! Luckily I was not so foolish, even in those days, to ride a motorcycle wearing shorts ! In 1972 I left Sydney with an old car and drove to Darwin picking up a french guy (Patrick) in Queensland. From Cairns we went inland as far as Charleville where we got stuck a few days due to a flood. Resumed the trip through a grasshopers cloud then past giant termite mounds. Hit a bull on the road before reaching Darwin. Then we hitchiked from Darwin down to Perth where we bought a VW beetle and rode to Adelaide across the Nullarbor Plain. From Adelaide up to Alice Springs and Mt Isa. Got lost between Mt Isa and the Birdsville track. Down the Birdsville track to Adelaide and on to Melbourne where we arrived after one year of traveling. 1974 saw Patrick and I riding around Tasmania, a motorcycle haven.
The best: In those days the roads were still dirt ! Finding our way back to the Birdsville track thanks to a ranch owner !
The worst: Getting lost between Mt Isa and the Birdsville track !
21.01.01 1st information by Petra Schommer and Ralf Paaske
23.01.01 1st answer by Georges


Ca. 04.1971 - ca. 30.06.1971
Bootherstone, Linda (England, born 21.11.1945) www.haefale.de/linda/index/html
+ Around Australia. Linda (BMW R 60/5) rode with Angela (HONDA 350) and Jacky (YAMAHA 180) Griffin around Australia ?? kms.
Route: Adelaide - Melbourne - Sydney - Brisbaine - Townsville - Cairns - from Townsville to Mt. Isa Offroad - Tennant Creek - Darwin - Alice Springs - by train to Adelaide because it still was offroad.
Purpose: To see Australia. All three have been living and travelling togehter for 3 years.
The best:  Meeting people, other travellers, other way of life.
The worst: Nothing.
B.T.: Linda is a  long-distance Woman Traveller: Australia Trans-Africa. America. Spain
The British woman Linda went to Australia when she was 24 in ca. 1969, circled Australia with two other woman, crossed Africa to Capetown, rode USA East-West, rode already 1969 to Moscow by bike and later to Odessa in Ukraine. When Linda visited us in July 1998 in Zweifall she made 700 kms on her old BMW from Stuttgart during rain in one turn. Then she had to sleep first. We had a wounderful talk and open fire with her selfmade songs "Far away friends" with her guitar and whistle. She is living now 30 kms north of Gibraltar in the mountains (address: Castillejos. Castillejar de la Frontera. 11350 Cadiz. Spain. Casa Linda. email: casalinda2002@hotmail.com) and offers 6 beds for mc-travellers and others for living. It is a good stop over for mc-travellers going to or coming back from Africa ! You have to email to Linda after april 2006.


11.01.1973 - 28.11.1973
04.08.1978 - 24.08.1979
John Todd (Australian, born 17.10.1944)  no  www...
1973: Australia to England 37,000 miles. The postman John said that his first trip was very difficult: "I had little information and knew no one who had done the trip begore. I just went!  If you worry about risk, you don't go".
Route: leaving 11/1/73, I rode my 1961 BMW R 60/2 across Australia 2,500 miles & 6 days to Perth where I caught a ship to Singapore - rode through Malaysia & Thailand to Chang Mai & Back, 4,000 miles, & 1 month and caught the ship to India (Madras) - rode through India 5,000 miles & 7 weeks (6/3/73 - 24/4/73) -  rode from Amritsar to Kabul, to Bamiyan lakes in central Afghanistan, back to Kabul, Kandahar & Herat  1,700 miles. (25/4/73 -  18/5/73) - rode hard 4,000 milesto Istanbul where my bike was stolen (18/5/73 - 9/6/73) - got to london, bought an BMW R75/5, rode 10,000 miles around europe (25/8/72 to 28/11/73).
The worst: There was very little information in 1973. I made all my mistakes this trip, used the lessons to make a more successful trip in 1979.
1979: Australia to England 37,000 miles.
Route: In 1979, I got the seasons right, & my new bike, another ex police 1961 BMW R60/2, better prepared ( I thought). I rode 2,500 miles 5 days  to Perth (04. - 08.09.79) -  caught the ship to Singapore -  rode 6,200 miles in Thailand to Chiang Mai & back to Singapore in 3 months - by ship  to India (Madras 09.11.79) - in India and Nepal 8,900 miles - rode 2,100 miles to Afghanistan (Kabul - to Mazar-I-Sharif - Kabul - Herat - rode from Herat to london, 6,000 miles - then rode 11,600 miles around Europe.
Purpose of travel and The best: Adventure, (Australia is too safe, too easy) to see new sights and experience new people and cultures. I liked the hills of  Malaysia, most of  Thailand (except bangkok!) and it's people (outside of  Bangkok). I found the Indians generally very bad for my nerves, but the temples, palaces and fortresses wonderful, their ruins are the best in the world.  Nepal was wonderful, the scenery magnificent and the people as nice as the Thais. Australia doesn't have mountains like Nepal or Europe. Pakistan was too muslim. Afghanistan was probably the most interesting country en route for the goodies in the shops, and the people often attractive if potentially dangerous. Iran I disliked generally. Eeastern Turkey likewise (Kurdish), but Turkey has more Greek & Roman ruins than Greece & Rome, and excellent scenery.
Equipment: In 1972 and 1978 John build boxes out of  aluminium with an aluminium "skin" of  3 or 3/10 of imm: "I replaced the normal windscreen, leg screen, panniers, steel tank & seat with an aluminium tank of 36 litres, aluminium seat base, etc. That added only about 25 kilos to the original bike (with panniers etc.) ans weighed about 250 kilos empty, and about 360 kilos loaded (full tank etc.). It was ponderous, (difficult to get on and off, and at low speeds) but handled very well at more normal speeds.
Publications: A few stories for motorcycle club magazines. And two 2 stories in motorcycle magazines, the English "superbike" of november 1979 (no longer published, i believe) & the German magazine "Motorrad Mokick, Mofa und Sport" (mo) of august 1979.
01.09.2000 1st information by Chis Sally and Walter McArdle
19.01.2001 1st contact with John from Adelaide. Para Hills.


ca. 1975 - ??
John Sargent (born ??, 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 perhaps 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


1975 - 1977
Georges Gouron (French, born 28.10.1944) www.??
+ France - India - Singapore - Australia. Went back from Australia to France by boat in 1975. Took my girlfriend and her Suzuki GT 250 as well as my Suzuki GT 750 (2 stroke watercooled) with me. We toured Europe on both bikes. Then I crashed mine on a roundabout by a foggy night. Worked in a banque, bought another Suzuki GT 750. In 1976 we shipped back the 250 and decided to go back overland with the 750. Got enough 2 stroke oil to last me the trip and we left France in April 1976. We had snow in Italy, snow in Greece and even snow in Turkey. Istambul is a great place. We travelled east through Cappadocia, a beautiful part of Turkey with stunning landscapes. We were warned by travellers than further east kids were pretty rough, asking for cigarettes and throwing stones at vehicles. Soon we got the treatment. Having been warned, each time I saw kids waving by the roadside. I would slow down to first gear, put my blinkers and pretend to stop, but instead I would give full throttle and charge at them. They scattered and by the time they threw their stones I was out of reach. It worked well. From Turkey to Iran where we crashed into a garbage truck. Went to court, did not said a word and won the case ! The driver not only had to pay for the repair but also to lodge us in his house until it was ready ! Then it was Afghanistan. Broke down before Kandahar. Got a lift in town where the local mechanice had to manufacture new shaft bearing himself. Meanwhile we had tea and haschich everyday until the bike was ready. Great country and great people. Through the Kyber pass to Pakistan then to India. Down to Madras where we shipped to Singapore and shipped again to Perth. Got to Perth in time, the hand made bearing had done their jobs. They were replaced by original ones and we rode across the Nullarbor (now all bitumen) to Melbourne.
Voilà The best: Cappadocia in Turkey. Afghanistan
21.01.01 1st information by Petra Schommer and Ralf Paaske
23.01.01 1st answer by Georges


08.07.1975 - 15.08.1976
Mirjam and Paul (Dutch) Roelofsen
Holland - Asia - Australia. On one BMW R 60 the Mirjam and Paul rode before the enduro-time in 13 months 32.000 kms overland through 14 countries to Australia.
Book:  "Holland-Iran-Australia" (in Dutch)
19.. Slides-Show on the Tesch-Meeting.


1981-1990

09.1981 - 01.10.1981 - ?
Hans Tholstrup (Australian)
London - Asia - Sydney. Then Around - The - World. Hans wanted to brake the record riding overland from London to Sydney / Australia with a BMW R 80 G/S what he did. Having arrived he continued braking the record circling the world by bike. Exact dates unknown.
1981: Hans bought a big fuel-tank from Bernd Tesch in Kornelimünster which BMW paid.
B.T.: Hans informed me that he broke the record London - Sydney on a motorcycle.


1983 - 1984
Rob van Driesum
Holland - Asia - Australia.
Rob wrote the very best article with FEELING about a "Tesch-Mc-Meeting for WORLD-TRAVELLERS" in the Dutch Mc-Magazin MOTOR.
1983/84 Rob rode from Holland overland to Australia with his BMW 1973 R 60/5 , called "open ticket". He rode to Australia to live there because he could not find a job in Holland. After some jobs as a redacteur at Australian mc-magazines in 1999 he was responsible for all guides of famous LONELY PLANET books in Sydney. We kept contact many years by exchanging letters. Rob was the one who helped me to get two motorcycles in Australia from BIKE TOURS AUSTRALIA for which we are very grateful.
27.10.1999 Patricia and I met Rob in Australia near Melbourne. He made a great carrier: He is now responsible for many Travel-Guides from Lonely Planet. Most important was that he did not change his mood: He is as friendly as he always has been. Rob travlled extensively in Australia.
B.T.: The Dutch mc-traveller were the first Dutch going overland from Cairo to Capetown.


1986
Gerd Krämer (German)
Gerd rode solo 20.000 kms in 8 months with HONDA XL 250. He is "specialised" to travel with little luggage. He only travelled with a helmet, handshoes from a gardener, his bags from the bike, only tools from a cycle, no spareparts, no motorcycle-cloth, no rain cloth: "The fourth part of a successful" trip is to have luck: He had no puncture and got wet only once.
Route: Perth - Pilbarra - Goldfelder - Kalgoorlie - Nullarbor Plain - Port Augusta - Cooper Pedy - Adelaide - Melbourne - Sydney - Cairns - Cape York - Sydney


32.10.1986 - ??.12.1986
Jaroslaw Kornacki (Polish)   http://www.bc.alti.pl/kobi www.kobimoto.az.pl
Jaroslaw rode solo 11.850 kms in 52 days with HONDA XL 250.
Route: Melbourne - Townsville - Mt. Isa - Alice Springs - Adelaide - Melbourne.
09.2000 Met Jaroslaw on Internet. Unfortunately his emal and homepage does not work. Who knows him ?
10.03.2004 Next email to me: Dear Bernd, after 10 years of nearly constant travelling I settled down and in 1996 started my own business producing motorcycle equipment in Poland, where I can use my motorcycle experience in designing good and functional accesories. By now, in my eighth season of operation, the KOBI brand starts to be well recognized on the domestic market, and the annually growing sales confirm the good quality of the products. Remembering well the times of my own voyages, I keep helping all those who are about to set out on the trips of their dream, and I have to say that until this day I have helped every one of those who asked for help. My products has travelled from Africa to Nord Cap, Mongolia, Japan and even around the world and here is the last of the "thank you" messages that I receive /from March 4th 2004/ "Welcome! I am just back From Algeria, saddle bags were great - strong, tight, reliable; the tank bag was of a great help too. Once more thanks for the support. Best wishes -Cezary".
10.03.2004 Next request for update


1987
Lörli und Beat Läuppi (Schweizer)
Australia. Es geht auch zu dritt auf einem Motorrad 4,5 Monate (schwanger geworden) durch Australien.
23.-24.04.88  Dia-Vortrag auf dem 10. MOTO - FERNREISE - TREFFEN
Nino Lazzeri (Luxemburg): Solo 1 Jahr lang mit BMW.
Carl: Australienteil seiner Wetreise."


20.06.1987 - 02.02.1989
Naomi Frears and John Hogg (now married as Frears Hogg) (British)
John (born 1958) and Naomi (born 1963) rode 2 solo bikes from England to Australia via Europe, Turkey and Indian
sub-continent with two YAMAHA XT 550, covering about 40.000 kms. Visited prisoners on behalf of  "Prisoners Abroad".
Route: Europe: France, Germany, Austria, Slovinia, Croatia, Yugoslavia (Serbia), Bosnia, Macedonia, Greece, Turkey.
Asia: Turkey (refused visa for Iran) shipped bikes to India (Karachi, we flew), Pakistan, India, Nepal, India. Bikes shipped
to Sydney via Singapore from Madras. We flew to Singapore-Sydney. Australia: NSW, ACT (Canberra), NSW,
Queensland, Northern Territory, South Australia, Victoria, NSW. Shipped Sydney-London.
The best: Freedom. Friendship of people. Asian culture. Himalayas and Karakorum Highway. Space in Australia. Red
centre and Barrier reef.
The worst: Naomis crash in Pakistan. Having to leave the prisoners we visited in Turkey, Pakistan and India on behalf of
"Prisoners Abroad".
Book or publication: Motorcycle Sport (Aug 89), Motorcycle News, Visitors Abroad.
Tips: Be open and friendly. Trust your feelings. Take your time. Big fuel tank, heavy-duty wheels and spokes, strong
panniers and frame.
16.04.1999 Participant of the 22nd Meeting for Motorcycle World-Travellers.


08.07.- 25.10.1989
Wolfram Ettgen (German)
+ Australia. The student Wolfram and his girl-friend Petra Burg rode on one YAMAHA XT 600 Tenere 18.000 kms in 100 days. They rode some seldom routes. 12.000 kms have been off-road.
Route: They shipped the motorcycle from Hamburg to Perth and flew themselves with "Quantas". Perth - Sydney - Darwin - Cairns - Sydney. They shipped the bike back to Hamburg with firm "Danzas".
Publications: Articel in TOURENFAHRER. He won a XT 600 from YAMAHA in a competition with the best pictures.
15.09.1990 Wolfram gave a slides-show at the 12. Moto - FERNREISE - Treffen: "Australien- Querung". 18.000 km in 100 Tagen.
15.12.2003 wettgen@aol.com.de
15.12.2003 Next request for update. Father promised me that Wolfram will answer me for sure. And informed me about his other tours in Africa with Mc and Land-Rover.


02.1989 - 08.1990
Rolf Henniges (German, born in June 1965 in the University-City of Göttingen)
+ Australia in total. Rolf has education as an industrial-salesman, a dieselengine-mechanic and an editor Transafrica from February 1989 till August 1990.
Route: Tunesia - Algeria - Niger - Burkina Faso - Ghana - Togo - Benin - Central-Africa - Zaire - Rwanda - Burundi - Uganda - Kenya - Tansania - Malawi - Mosambique - Botswana - Namibia - South-Africa
Purpose of travel: Always heading for adventure and fun. As an old moto-crossi he always looked at most of rough roads and tracks.
The best: Deep mudded, 300 km long track between Tansania to Malawi in rainy season. Also a rough and funny ride on an old Honda CB 200 with piston-collaps from Göttingen to Genua (Italy) and retour. (It was a funny story for motorcycle Magazine MOTORRAD in winter 98/99). Reaching Capetown after 18 month of journey
The worst: Stone-throwing children in Zaire.
Useful informations and TIPS for others: If there is a wish and a deep will, every time it will be come real.
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours:.Rolf startet his bigger trips after he hang up his moto-cross career in 1987. First he rode six weeks through Algeria. Infectet by the spirit of the black continent, he startet his big trip a year later and spent nearly two years travelling in several countries of Africa. Ending up in September 1990 in Capetown. There he worked together with a guy from Australia fixing engines. Surely he had the idea to visit him later.So he spent 27 months between 1991 - 1997 in Australia. He rode 100.000 km. Nearly all Outback-tracksavelling. Did trips to Asia as well cross all over Europe. Every time on bikes, mostly of the Yamaha XT-Series. Sometimes he worked for food and petrol and travelled without money as well. In Australia he was also digging for saphires as well as for opals. While he was back in Germany he worked in several jobs. Beside his travels he startet writing in 1990, sold the storys to many magazines and presented slideshows through Germany. Since May 1999 he is redacteur of MOTORRAD, Europes biggest Motobike-Magazin, working as a motorbike-tester and editor. The bike, with which he has done most of all journeys, is now part of his living-room. The good old Yamaha XT 600 Ténéré counts 241.000 km. After more than half a million km on a motorbike, now he is riding pushbikes as his hobby and still working on his next book which will be a novel and has nothing to do with bikes and journeys "Only women, drinks and rock'n roll". One of his dreams of life is, to live on novels. After six years in the past 20 years on the road, Rolf is still hungry for freedom: "There is no guarantee, that I will be a strickly hard working man for the rest of my life". He wants to travel as much as he can. "There's only one life. Live it". See more in this homepage Australia 1991 - 1997. Transafrica 43.230 Kilometer. His other three Afrcia-Tours 11.000 kms. Rolf has education as an industrial-salesman, a dieselengine-mechanic and an editor Transafrica from February 1989 till August 1990. His other three Africa-Tours 11.000 kms.
Book or publication: .In 1996 his first book, named "Australia", was published in Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart. Meanwhile his has written some short-storys for Lappan-Verlag Oldenburg and is one of the co-authors of the Travellbook "Best of 20 Years of Travel" from the Motorbike-Photographer Klaus H. Daams witch will be published in December 2001.
09.99 Rolf gave a slide-show about Australia at the Veteranen-Meeting of BIKE TOURS AUSTRALIA.
B.T. Rolf is an extensive mc-traveller being able sometimes to travel with no money. He crossed Africa and rode extremely in Australia by mc. Rolf  has written the portrait about Bernd Tesch in 1996 in MOTORRAD and has been visiting the Mc-Meeting for World-Travellers since many years. Rolf is a co-author of SHELL´s BIKER BIBLE as well. Although Rolf has sometimes a "special view" of Mr. Tesch and different opions we always kept a good contact with each other since a long time.


??.09.1989 - ??.06.1990
Martin Schröder (German, born 10.04.1966). website planned
+ Australia. Martin rode ca. 40.000 km solo in 9 months with Yamaha XT 550.
Purpose of travel: Adventure
Route in Australia: Sydney - Eden - Melbourne - Adelaide - Sydney - Brisbane - Cooktown - Mount Isa - Katherine - Alice Springs - Sydney.
Highlight: Riding the Kennedy Developmental Highway from Cooktown to Mount Isa (all red dirt & bulldust).
The worst: Riding ca. 2.000 km with a worn out sprocket
Book or publication: None
Earlier experiences: None
Later experience: Reise Januar 1992, vier Wochen mit Auto von Sydney nach Brisbane, entlang des sunshine-coast
3. Reise Juni-August 1994, drei Monate mit Auto und Motorrad Queensland, Süd-Australien, NSW
4. Reise Januar-April 1997, drei Monate mit umgebautem Crysler Valliant von Sydney nach Broome über den Tanami-desert-track, zurück über Derby, Darwin, Mt. Isa, Brisbane
5. Reise November - Januar 1997, 6 Wochen mit Motorrad NSW, SA und Tasmania
6. Reise Juli 2000, vier Wochen Sydney, Darwin, Kakadu-National-Park, Sydney mit Auto und Motorrad
08.10.2003 1st information
11.10.2003 Visit for recommendation.


1991-2000

21.08.1992 - ca. 21.04.1995
Gerhard Iten and Lucia Fuchs (Swiss)
- Not completly Around-The-World. With a Dnepr-sidecar .
Route: Europa - Asia - Australien - New Zealand. 60.000 kms. Schweiz - Italien - mit der Fähre in die über Griechenland in die Türkei - Iran - Pakistan - China - Indien - Australien - Neuseeland.
Book: Speichenbruch und Motorschaden. Vom Abenteuer einer Dnepr-Weltreise.



Marie-Claude in 1994 in Australia


Marie-Claude in 2005 with daughter Elodie in Switzerland

17.01.1994 – 30.05.1994
Marie-Claude Hefti (Swiss, born 26.11.1968)
+ Australia. I first rode as pillion with David Hoxley (Australia) on his Suzuki 700 cc, together with fellow mc-travellers Catherine Germillac (France) and Andrew (Australia). I learned to drive a motorbike on the outback roads and trails, than bought myself a second-hand Kawasaki 250 cc in Alice Springs to continue solo (without a drivers’ licence !) in the Australian outback.
Purpose of my travel : discover the amazing Australian continent, outback, fauna, flora, climate and people.
Route : Australia 10'000 km (not on a very straight line): Mount Gambier (Great Ocean Road), Murray River, Adelaide, Port Augusta, Coober Pedy, Kings Canyon, Uluru, Alice Springs, Tennant Creek, Katherine, Litchfield National Park, Darwin, Kakadu National Park, Derby, Broome – then sold the bike in Broome.
Highlights : aquired the taste of freedom, made the brilliant experience of sleeping under the stars, discovered the bare shape of my head after shaving it. Worked in a camel farm close to Alice Springs (Ross River homestead). Found opals in Coober Pedy. Paddled down the Ord River infested with thousands of crocodiles. Met great people, gained confidence.
The worst : beeing woken up in the middle of the night in the middle of nowhere by a herd of dingos surrounding my camp (which was finally nicer than being woken up by a local man thinking a woman cannot camp on her own). Jumped up to my feet at the stare of a Giant Bull Ant inside the tent.
Book or publication : none.
My useful informations and TIPS for others : just do it ! Make sure you carry enough water. If you travel solo, tell people (local authorities or other reliable travellers) what road you are taking and when you expect to arrive, they will check on you (make sure you made it or send assistance).
My earlier experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours : none
14.07.2011 Bernd Tesch: In 1995 and 1998 a wonderful looking Swiss girl came to the mc-meeting for world-travellers in company with Catherine Germillac. Marie-Claude then told me an unbelievable story. She was working in a Switzerland bank for good money and in best quality cloth with long black hair. She just wanted to make normal holidays in Australia for 4 weeks. Then she met French Catherine Germillac who was a long-year-rider (6 years) and riding Around-The-World. Marie-Claude was so impressed by Catherines way of life and riding a motorcycle that she gave a tel. call to her bank in Switzerland telling her that she would not come back to fullfill her dreams now. So she cut her hair and learned to ride a motorcycle in the outback of Australia.
Marie-Claude is now married in Switzerland and got a baby.


22.03.1991 - 01.08.1991
Peter Brohammer (Sweden, born 1962)
+ Around Australia. Peter rode solo around Australia on a 1985 Honda XR 600 . Ca.20.000 kms. I bought the bike privatly in Sydney for AUS$2200 and spent another AUS$500 before leaving Sydney.
Purpose of your travel: Experience Australia (espesially the outback).
Route: Sydney- Blue mountains- Wollongong- Canberra- Great Ocean road to Melbourne- Adelaide- Nullabor plains- Esperences- Albany- Bunburry- Perth- Carnavon- Paraburdoo (Hamersley ranges)- Port Hedland- Broome- Derby- Gibb River road (Kimberly) to Kathrine- Darwin- Kakadu- Tennant creek- Kennedy road to Ravenshoe- Cairns- Magnetic Island- Sydney.
The best: Kakadu NP. Kimberly. All the nice people I met, locals and travellers. Diving at Great Barrier Reef.
The worst: The bike breaking down all the time (2 rocker arms, 2 camshafts, 1 alternator etc). Difficult to sell the bike. Sold it to a dealer for AUS$1400
Book or publication: –
Info: I met about 10 Around-Australia bikies. Most interesting of them was the Japanese on a DT 175 who hardly spoke any english at all. And the 2 aussie brothers from Adelaide. One on an old Yamaha TX 650 with kawasaki tank and the other on a TT600 with his dog as a pillion!
Useful informations and TIPS for others: Never trust a XR.
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: Short trips around scandinavia
April 2004: 1st information. Last update.
16.06.2004 His next tour in 2005 will be in Africa again. Not decided so far if he will travel form Egypt to east Africa by KTM.


27.08.1991 - 01.11.1991
Dagmar und Udo Fischer   no www
+ First ride in Australia ca. 11.000 kms. With one BMW R 100 GS Dagmar and Udo rode in 8 weeks 10.-11.000 kms, and 1.000 km by car 1 week in Atherton Tableland. They organised themselves to buy and sell the BMW in Australia: Buy Back from a usual Dealer in Sydney. It was a personal good decison but very expensive because it was a new bike and not a professional buy-back-company. But it was cheaper than to rent a bike for one way (which was impossible). And cheaper and easier than to bring our own bike to Oz concerning our information. Cost of flight (ca. 2.500 DM incl. stoppover in Bangkok and 2 Inlandflights.
Route: Flight with Qantas airlines from Frankfurt to Australia: Darwin - Kakadu NP - Litchfield Park - Darwin - Nitmiluk NP - Mataranka - Alice-Springs - West McDonnel Ranges - Watarrka NP - Uluru (Ayers Rock) - Kata Tjuta - Coober Pedy - Flinders Ranges - Grampians - Great Ocean Road - Shepparton - Melbourne - Wilson´s Prom - Lakes Entrance - Canberra - Sydney - Blue Mountains - by plane to Cairns - Townsville -  Cairns. Flight with airlines Quantas from Cairns - Frankfurt.
The best : Pefect holiday. The feelig to come "home" especially in the North although the continent was unknown. We feld as we have been there before in the tropical north.
The Worst:  Rassisme against the Aborigines and Asians. That we had to fly home. That we had to stay for 2 days in loud and smelling Bangkok. Destroying of  the nature since 200 years by white people.


20.04.1993-15.04.1994
Andreas Hülsmann (German, born 02.06.1961) und Petra Lange (German, birthday 09.10.1962) www.kvisel.de
+ "Transaustralien und NZ " Petra und Andreas haben sich mit zwei Yamaha XT 600 Tenere den Traum einer Australien-Tour erfüllt: 45.000 km. Australia km 36.000 in 9,5 months and km 8.500 New Zealand in 2,5 months.
Purpose of your travel: go away from normal life
Route: We flew from Europe (Frankfurt) to Australia (Perth by Singapore Airlines to Perth. With two bikes Broome – Gibb River Road – Kathrine – Kakadu National Park – Darwin – Alice Springs – Ayers Rock – Oodnadatta Track – Cooper Pedy – Flinders Range – Adelaide – Great Ocean Road – Melbourne – Snowy Mountains – Sydney – Brisbane – Cairns – Mount Isa – Alice Springs – Broken Hill – Sydney. Flight to New Zealand. With bikes we rode 9000 kms on both Island). Flight back from NZ (Auckland) to Europe (Frankfurt?.
Highlights: Landscape, People, Australian way of life
The worst: Three Accidents
Book or publication: (Tourenfahrer 1 / 2 1995).
Useful informations and TIPS for others: ....
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours:.June - August 1988: Solo North of Europe: Sweden , Finnland , Norway , Iceland , Yamaha. XT 600 Tenere, 10.000 km April 1993 - April 1994: Australia / New Zealand . Andreas with Yamaha XT 600 Tenere. Petra Lange with XT 600 Tenere. 40.000 km. May - October 1995: Solo Australia with a Toyota Landcruiser, 25.000 km. Juni - Juli 1996: North Amerika (USA / Canada). Suzuki DR 650, 9.000 km. Jo Deleker with Honda Dominator October 1997  - April 1998: South Amerika - Yamaha XT 600 Tenere, 25.000 km. Birgit Pütz with BMW GS 80. Jo Deleker with Honda Dominator. January - February 2001: Oman and UA Emirates. Andreas with Honda XRV 750 Africa Twin. 8.000 km. Silke Marten with Suzuki DR 350. July - August 2002: Russia , Baltic States and Poland . Andreas with  Honda XRV 750 Africa Twin. 12.000 km. Ludwig Hauhoff with Africa Twin. Gerd Brüning with BMW GS 80. July - August 2004: Australia Canning Stock Route (2.000). Andreas with BMW F 650, Touratechumbau. 10.000 km. Jörg Becker with BMW F 650. Planned tour start may 2006: Course East, 5 Month 15 Countries, 25.000 Kilometres. Central Asia and Siberia . More see: ww.kvisel.de. Routes in continents: Europe: all countries, without Spain and Greece , 300.000 km. Southamerika: Argentina , Chile , Brasil , Uruguay , 25.000 km. Australia : Perth , Broome, Darwin , Alice Springs Adelaide, Melbourne , Sydney , km 36.000.
1995 Dia-Vortrag auf dem 17 MFTreffen.
19.12.2005 1st request




Willy Schmitz und Michael Wehrberger in ??. 1993. Design B.T.


1993-1994
Michael Werlberger (German, born ??) and Willy Schmitz (German, born ??)
+ Europe - Asia - Australia. Michael und Willy reisten mit einem Gespann 13 Monate und 50.000 km durch drei Kontinnete und ?? Länder.
Route: Europe (Germany (Berlin) - Italien (Tirol) - Griechenland - Türkei) - Asia (Iran - Pakistan - Indien - Nepal) - by ship to Australia (Perth - Adelaide by car - in Adelaide the motorcycle arrived - by mc Melbourne - Canberra - Sydney - Brisbane - Cairns - Cape York - Northern Territory - Darwin - Kimberleys - Western Australia -Perth. THe mc was send to Germany by ship. The persons flew home.
Publication: Buch „Der lange Weg nach Australien“ Logbuch einer Gespannreise. Erzählt die Gespannreise. Wurde im Guinness Buch der Rekorde als längste Gespannreise aller Zeiten angemeldet. 210 S. 22 Fotos. 4 Karten. 22 H x 15,5 B. € 16,80 (2010). Verlag: traveldiary.de Reiseliteratur-Verlag. Germany.
Ein Buch über das Erfahren fremder Kulturen, Reifenpannen, gerissene Alufelgen, Rahmenbrüche und improvisierte Reparaturen, behördliche Willkür, freundliche Menschen und Sprachlosigkeiten, über Naturwunder, Weltwunder und diese wunderbare Sache: Reisen.
10.2010 B.T. Got the book and contacted Willy Schmitz via the publisher.
09.11.2010 1st summary by Will.
09.11.2010 1st request for update.


>1994
Australien. Welt-Reise. 1994.
Robert Bob Auburn (Born 1929 exact date ???). The Endless Ride.
The Pictorial Guide to Worldwide Motorcycle Touring. Mit einer neuen Honda Magna 700 und 132 pounds Gewicht startet Bob solo, 60 Jahre jung, 1989 und kommt erst nach 5 Jahren und 165.000 miles ( = 264.000 km) durch 51 Länder rund um die Welt zurück. Er braucht US $ 71.000 inklusive Motorrad und Transportkosten. Zum Leben braucht Robert US $ 800 / Monat, weniger als in Amerika zuhause.
Roberts Buch gliedert sich in vier Teile: Drei Foto-Dokumentationen, je 103 Seiten "From Kasbahs to Kangaroos" (Marokko bis Australien), 184 Seiten "From Buckingham Palace to The Grand Palace" (London bis Bangkok) und 74 Seiten "From Totems to Tacos", Riding the Americas (Alaska to Mexico). Der vierte Buchteil mit 144 Seiten, "The 19-Language Parts & Service Phrasebook", wurde mit der Hilfe von 20 führenden Honda-Händlern, die Robert auf seiner Reise getroffen hat, zusammengestellt. Ein einmaliger, umfangreicher, übersichtlich dargestellter Fragenkomplex des Travellers für Tankstellen, Ersatzteile, Kundendienst, Rahmen und Motorbegriffe auf 144 Seiten. (TIP: Durch eine tabellarische Anordnung könnte man dieses Nachschlagewerk erheblich verkürzen und als Beilage mitnehmen).
Roberts Bucharbeit ist mehr eine kaum zu überbietende Bildershow mit optischen, kommentierten Höhepunkten als eine Reise-Erzählung. Während Roberts aufwendiges Werk einen großartigen Bild-Durchblick für jeden an der Welt interessierten bietet, ist sein Wörter-Satzbuch in 19 Sprachen für den Motorrad-Service als äußerst brauchbar für den Motorrad-Reisenden anzusehen. 438 S. 312 Fotos in National Geographic-Qualität. 3 farbige Übersichtliche Kartenskizzen. Paperback.
US S 39,95 (1994)
Strecke: West - Europa - Marokko - mit der Fähre von Griechenland nach Ägypten - Jordanien - Israel - mit der Fähre nach Griechenland - per Flugzeug nach Indien - Nepal - Indien - per Zug von Bombay nach Madras - per Fähre von Madras nach Australien (Darwin) - rund um Australien per Motorrad. Großbritannien - per Fähre nach Dänemark - Skandinavien - Deutschland - Griechenland - Türkei - per Fähre von Griechenland nach Malaysia - Thailand. Alaska - Canada - Mexico.
Verlag: Eigen-Verlag. The Endless Ride Publications. Newport Beach. CA, USA. ISBN 0-9639583-4-8.


05.08.1994 - 16.09.1994
Dagmar und Udo  Fischer no www
+ Second ride in Australia ca. 6000 kms. Dagmar (YAMAHA XT 600 E) and Udo (BMW Paris Dakar) rode 6 weeks together with German mc-friends Jens Günther and Hanka Liß (on one BMW).
Cost of flight with Quantas ca. 2.500 DM incl. no stoppover in Bangkok and 1 inlandflight.
We bought some bikes from a dealer in Adelaide / Darwin. Because we bought some it was much cheaper than in 1991. But the dealer will not do it again.
Route: Flight by airlines Quantas Frankfurt Australia: 5 days Sydney/Blue Mountains (viting relatives). By plane to Darwin where we bought the bikes. Kakadu NP - Katherine - Kunnunnarra - Purnululu NP - Halls Creek - Fitzroy Crossing - Tunnel Creek - Windjana Gorge NP - Derby - Broome - Fitzroy Crossing (Geikie Gorge) - Halls Creek - Kunnunnarra - Keep River NP - Edith Falls - Litchfield NP - Darwin. Flight by airlines (QANTAS) Darwin - Frankfurt.
The best: Dagmar rode first time "off road" which went well. Tour by canoe on Katherine River. We loved Australia after our first tour in 1991 even more. Especially because we took some more time for a smaller area. Although we got a good view on our first long tour we found out that we travelled too much kms in 1991. Each couple bought a wonderful
didjeridu. The men play them very well now, the women try and try....
The Worst: The tourisme was getting much bigger in comparison to 1991 and destroying the nature. See more 1991.


<1995
Reise-Bericht. Europa. Afrika. Nord-Amerika. Süd-Amerika. Asien. Australien. Welt-Reise 1995.
Dave Barr with Mike Wourms.
Riding the edge. An 83.000 Mile Adventure Around The World!
Ein Buch voller Erlebnisse von Dave, der als doppelt amputierter Mann mit einer Harley Davidson nicht nur rund um die Welt fuhr. Er befuhr alle Kontinente Nord-Süd, umrundete Australien und duchquerte selbst China, die Mongolei und Rußland. Dave, den ich persönlich gut kenne, strahlt trotz seiner Behinderung einen positiven, großen Lebensmut aus. Das war sicher die Voraussetzung für seinen unglaublichen Erfolg. Die "Harley" nahm er, "weil er sie hatte"...38 Kapitel. 502 S. 57 SW-Fotos. Paperback. 23 cm H x 15 B.DM 35,90. In Deutschland ist das Buch nur bei Tesch zu bekommen.
Verlag: Promotion Publishing. 3368 Governor Drive. Suite 144. San Diego. Ca 92122. USA. 1995. ISBN 1-887314-12-1.
US $ 19.95 (1995)
11.03.96 Laut Dave Barr: Muß ich US $ 18,00 schicken. Das Buch kostet hier mit Porto US $ 23,00. VK 35,90.


??.??.1995 - ??.??.1996
Maartje and Leon Batta (Dutch) Schneemann www.gopherpublishers.com or www.gopher.nl  www.op5wielen.myweb.nl
+ "Op vijf wielen door Russland, Azie en Australia". Dutch. Book.:Eu 22,00
Die Niederländer Maartje und Leon reisen 1995-96 in 461 Tagen durch 17 Länder von den Niederlanden nach Australien. Sie fahren overland mit einer YAMAHA XT 500 + einem YAMAHA XT 500 Cross-Gespann. 33.016 km plus 639 Hondakilometer. 21 Kapitel nach Staaten gegliedert. Am Anfang eine kleine Kartenskizze mit Streckenverlauf.
Purpose: ??
Route: Niederlande - Deutschland - Polen - Ukraine - Russland - Kasachstan - Usbekistan - Kirgistan - auf einem LKW durch China - Pakistan - Indien - Nepal - Indien - Bangladesh - Thailand - Malaisia - Singapore - Indonesien - Australien - Rückreise mit Transsibirischer Eisenbahn.
The worst: ??
The best: ??
Useful tips for others: ??
Publications: 404 S. 20,5 cm H x 14 B. Softcover. Niederländisch. Das Buch ist eine lange Reiserzählung in kleiner Schrift ohne Fotos. Mit dem Buch wird eine CD geliefert, auf der man die Reise eindrucksvoll in Karten und Fotos nachvollziehen kann. ISBN 90-76953-35-X. 2001.
B.T.: 1994 always smiling Maartje and Leon visited the Tesch-Meeting for Motorcycle-WORLD-Travellers.
22.11.1996 I met both again in Amsterdam. Maartje told me that the carried 15 months a letter from me with her during her trip to answer my questions: No time !
04.08.1999 1st answer by email.
01.11.2001 1st information about existing book by Patricia Govers durch Zeitschrift Viva.
22.04.2002 Spoke with Louies Damhof. She will send me both books.
25.07.2011 B.T. found her new website and invited them to his 70th birthday.
www.op5wielen.myweb.nl Website von Maartje und Leon
03.08.2011 They answered. B.T, asked again for their summary above plus fotos from the rip.


01.1995 - 03.1995
David Böll (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 the desert-tour but I did not feel 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
Anette Bovin (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.


05.1996- 11.1996
Doris Wiedermann
+ Around Australia. Mit "meiner" BMW R 100 GS rund um Australien: Start in Sydney, über den Nullarbor an die Westküste, rauf nach Broom, über die Gibb River Road und weiter nach Darwin, runter zum Ayers Rock, über den Plenty Hwy. nach Mt. Isa, rüber nach Cooktown, entlang der Ostküste in den Süden, eine kleine Abschiedsrunde durch die Blue Mountains und zurück nach Sydney.

01.08.1996 - 20.09.1996
Dagmar und Udo Fischer  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.


??.10.1996 - ??.04.1997
Martin Wehner (German, born ??.??.19??)  and Harry Müller (German, born ??.??.19??) your http://www.???
+ Australia. ??? The teachers Martin and Harry rode 24.000 kms in 6 months with two BMW R 80 G/S.
Purpose: To visit two friends who stayed in Australia.
Route: ?? 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):...
16.09.2011 Martin (whom I never met in person) called me. In 199? I organised that he got a unique alu-fuel-tank with 45 liters from Friedhelm Lammers. - Martin now sold his bike with a broken enigine after 280.000 kms he rode himself. Before he went to Australia he bought a bigger oil-cooler from a firm (called ?? in ???) than the one which is used in the later BMW 100 GS and fitted this very high under the lamp. Although the oil-pump in the G/S normally is not build for another oil-cooler nothing ever happened before to the engine. Martin used a Tesch-Travel-Träger (Rack) and build the alu-boxes himself.
16.09.2011 First request for a summary and best foto of both with the engines in Australia. And two portratis of that time from them as scans.


06.12.1996 - 10.07.1997
Martin Didier (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
Michael Meier (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.
Manfred Bichler
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
Gerd (DER GERD) Kaufhold
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
Cathie Easter (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
Markus Schmidt (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
Tobias Tremmel  (German)
+ Nearly around Australia. Tobias (25 years) rode solo Around Australia with HONDA CX500 24.000 kms.
Purpose of tour: I wanted to find myself.
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 accident back home.
The best: 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 !
Useful tips mfor others:
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.
11.11.2009 Von Markus Schmidt erfuhr ich, dass er mit Christine nach S-Amerika reist. Tobias war 5 Mal bisher auf dem TTTreffen. www.ct-ontour.de
12.11.2009 1st request to Tobia to give a summary


25.10.1999 - 26.01.2000
Patricia Govers-Tesch (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 its 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.
27.10.1999 "The first Australian Motorcycle Meeting for World-Travellers" was organised with help of Kurt Weidner at his private place. Present were "Hardy" who knows nearly all places in Austraila and dutch born "Rob van Driesum" who crossed Africa and rode solo overland from NL to Australia - now resident there. B.T. and Patricia-Govers-Tesch (2 years Afrikca-tour with YAMAHA XT 500). And some more participants.
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.


23.11.1999 - 03.02.2000
Markus Schmidt (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: 06107-7426


2001-2010

??.??.06.2003 - ??.??.2003
Thorvaldur Stefansson (Icelander, born 20.08.1955) www.simnet.is/tf3mm
Crossed the Australian Continent from Darwin to Adelaide and back again in 10 days with my wife Sigridur on a BMW R1150GS.
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
Gernot Minig (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.
8, good service) in a Crate.


2000


L: Conny Müller and Dirk Meifort in 2000 in Australia. R: Conny and Dirk and daughter Elsa Meifort in 2010 in Zansibar. Fotos Dirk Meifort.

26.04.2000 - 25.04.2001
Conny Mueller (German, born 1966) and Dirk Meifort (German, born 1965)
+ 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) - Normanton - Darwin - Kununarra - Bungle-Bungles - Broome - Perth - Warburton Road to Ayers Rock - Coober Pedy - Adelaide - Melbourne - Tasmania - Melbourne - Victorian Alps - Canberra - Sydney - Brisbaine - Airlie Beach - Rockhampton - Longreach - Broken Hill - Melbourne.
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
Earlier /  later mc-tours: 1994/95 Transafrica, several European motorcycle holidays and trips before and still
Useful tipps for others: loose weight to get to the remotest areas.
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
06.04.2011 Next request for update and the best foto with the persons and the bike “on the road”.
27.04.2011 Last summary

Ca. 01.11.2000 - 07.06.2001
Klaus Kellner (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 - ?
Arne Kristoffer Olstad (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.


2001

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

>2002
Jenny ?? (British ? in 2002 ca. 40 ) and Chris ?? (Brtish, ? in 2002 ca 49) http://twowheeltrekkers.co.uk/TRAVEL.html jenny@twowheeltrekkers.co.uk
GB > New Zealand in 1 year with two BMW F 650.
01st.04.2011 information from Sam Manicom
01st.04.2011 request to Jenny for a suumary and best 3 fotos from their tour


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


14.09.-27.10.2002, 01.03.-13.04.2003, 14.02.-39.03.2004
Renate Greulach (German, born 26.02.1951) and Gino Grimbacher (German/USA, born 08.05.1956) www.gg-restless.de
+ Australia. We had spent more than a year in Germany working and where hungry to see more of the world. In 2002 we picked Australia – another continent on our list to visit. From friends at the famous “Bernd-Tesch-Meeting” we got the information, that to import a bike to Australia is very difficult. There are lots of things to do beforehand. The major problem is that your bike will be inspected by a quarantine officer on arrival. If your bike is not clean. It does not have to be clean - it has to be spotless clean. They will refuse the entry of your bike or put your bike in quarantine and/or will charge you a lot of money. You also need a carnet (the easy way) or a temporary import certificate for your bike (if wanted, ask us for more info). Your bike has to be crated (don't use a wooden case – there are better and cheaper possibilities (if wanted, ask us for details)).
Once you are in the country, travelling is very easy, exciting and safe. For someone who does not like the desert (outback), high temperatures and being alone, should not travel along the west coast or through the centre. That does not mean that you should skip Australia – not at all – you are just better off staying along the east coast. The east coast is green, lovely beaches, plenty places to party and beautiful cities like Cairns, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and lots to see in the surroundings of those cities. We loved Australia , stored the bike in Melbourne at a friends house and came back the following year 2003. Again we stored the bike in Melbourne and had it shipped to New Zealand in 2004. After touring through New Zealand in 2004 and being back in Germany we recognized, that we made a mistake. We should have stored the bike in New Zealand and should have gone once again the following year. The people are so open and friendly and we just loved the country side of those two islands. While waiting for our bike (it was shipped back to Germany ) we decided to go to S.Africa the following year 2005. We will keep Australia and New Zealand always in our mind and we are sure, that we will go back for another trip or two.
Route 2002: Perth – Fremantle – Pinnacle Desert – Monkey Mia – Bungle-Bungle NP – Darwin – Kakadu NP – Devils Marbles – Alice Springs –Ayers Rock – Olgas – Coober Pedy - Adelaide – Melbourne (6 weeks and 11 100km).
Route 2003: Melbourne – Wagga Wagga – Bourke – Tablelands – Cape Tribulation –Cairns – Arlie Beach – Rainbow Beach – Brisbane – Sydney – Dandenongs – Great Ocean Road – Melbourne (6 weeks and 9 000km).
Route 2004: Auckland – Cape Reinga – Auckland – Rotorua – Waipukurau – Wellington – Picton – Westport – Wanaka – Queenstown – Milford Sound – Bluff – Dunedin – Christchurch – Kaikoura – Picton – Wellington – New Plymouth – Hamilton – Auckland . (6 weeks and 6 700km).
Purpose of travel: After having gone twice around the world on freighters (ships) we wanted to do it overland as well.
The best: To know other nations, other people, different cultures and living and dealing with " Mother Nature ".
The worst: NONE, because whenever it looked like a problem is coming up, there was always someone who gave us help and/or hospitality, so that the problem turned into a good and great experience.
Useful Information: Going to the yearly "Bernd-Tesch-Meeting" in Germany and take the chance to use "Bernd's Individual Consulting" which safes you lots of money during your trip. We can give information, how to get the bike into Australia without having a carnet and less stress.
Earlier experiences: Gino Grimbacher started 1974 with little motorcycle trips around Germany (20 000km) on a DKW 200.
04.02.2007 1st summary
1980 - 1994 he toured in several trips around Europe (60 000km) between North Cape – Marocco and between Ireland and Czechoslovakia on a BMW R80/7.
Renate Greulach and Gino Grimbacher together:
1995 - 1998: In 1995 they bought a BMW R100 GS PD in New York ( USA ) and travelled both on this bike 35.000 km around North-America , Canada and Alaska . See North-America
1999-2000 from Vancouver – Tierra del Fuego and Brasil (43 000km). See North and South America.
Dreaming off: S.Africa and Russia/Asia



David Böll and Peter Gottschlich somewhere in Australia. (C) Foto David Böll.

29.09.2002 - ca. 28.02.2003
David Böll (German, born 06.05.1965) and Peter Gottschlich (German, 23.05.1968
+ Australia overland. David and Peter (PeGo) rode overland from Cologne, Germany to Australia on two HONDA Africa Twin. 23 000 km. They both work together in the Cologne Fire Service. So they drove with a motto: to lay a long distance hose line from Cologne to Alice Springs.
Because they wanted "to lie a hoseline" from Cologne to Alice Springs because they are firemen. 20 Kollegen, dem Kompletten Loeschzug der Koelner Innenstadt und der Polýzeý Motorradstaffel und ungefaer 50 Freunden und Verwandten auf der Domplatte verabschýedet worden sýnd, haben uns dýe Polizisten noch býs zur Stadtgraenze gebracht. Mit Blaulicht versteht sich...was für eýn Trubel!!! Zeitweise war mir das etwas zuviel, aber ihr seht was dabei herauskommt, wenn man als Feuerwehrmann sagt, man macht da mal so eine Feuerwehrtour...! They call their motorcycles "Beauty & Beast".
Purpose of travel: To make a dream come true we had for years.
Route: Europe (Germany - Switzerland - Italy - Greek - Turkey). We met our wifes Claudia and Heike in Kapadokia and travelled together on two bikes for two weeks. - Asia (Iran - Pakistan - India - Nepal. Bike by plane to Thailand. We flew to Thailand as well. Thailand - Malaysia - back to Thailand – Malaysia again) We met our wifes and Heikes daughter Patricia in Kuala Lumpur for two weeks over Christmas and new year and travelled around together. - Australia (we flew from Kuala Lumpur to Perth. Our bikes came to Fremantle by container ship ten days later. In Australia we rode: Perth – Kalgoorlie – Leonora – New Gun Barrel Highway to Yulara – Alice Springs – Coober Pedy – Williams Creek – Flinders Ranges - Adelaide) - Europe (Bikes by ship to Hamburg - Cologne).
The best: the contact to Fire Fighters (the FAMILY) in all the countries we rode through, to connect the hose line. To choose a motto like this was one of the real good ideas whitch Bernd always supported. - People, people, people. To meet all the really different people, even if it was only for a short time. - Iran!!! (Iranian hospitality and friendliness of people is something I can't describe!!) - Our two HONDA's, the beauty and the beast. We did not have any puncture (it's Honda, the power of our dreams!!). Both have rack and boxes from Bernd Tesch
The worst: Pakistan police and border police. - Traffic in India (suicide command). - Paperwork in Malaysia and Australia. The Oz people are very keen about their paper work!!
Book or publication: not jet
Useful information's and TIPS for others: Check your Carnet de Passage before you start. German ADAC made a mistake with Peters chassis no. in the papers. We always had discussions at borders!!
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: Europe. - 20 000 km in Australia
Summary: 27.11.02: Wir sind in Nepal und fuehlen uns sauwohl hier. Weil Nepal wesentlich ruhiger und relaxter ist als Iran, Pakistan und Indien. Die Menschen lachen nicht nur viel, sondern wir fanden, dass sie auch ein Lachen ausstrahlen. Ausserdem hat uns die Landschaft ganz gewaltig beeindruckt.
Flugtransport Nepal-Thailand: Cargo Agency "Eagle Eye Cargo, Thamel, Kathmandu/Nepal ": Fuer 1 Moped und 1 Person ca. 800 US$. Wir haben jedes Moped einzeln auf eine Palette gebracht und dann wurde eine Kiste drumherum gebaut. Wir haben die Mopeds vorher vermessen und nach den Angaben wurde die Kiste angefertigt. Das hat der Agent veranlasst.
Wir werden nun das erste mal auf unserer Tour den Land/Wasserweg verlassen und per Flieger weiterreisen. Fuer uns ist es so eine Art "Abschnitt" unserer Reise, der hier zuende geht und das hielten wir fuer einen guten Grund einmal ein paar Dinge zusammen zu fassen!
Summary: 24.02.2003: Die "Schoene und das Biest" stehen verpackt in Port Adelaide und PeGo und ich kommen uns vor, als wuerden wir auf die Henkersmahlzeit warten. Nur noch wenige Tage bis zu unserem Heimflug. Gemischte Gefuehle.
Folgende "Zwischenergebnisse" Deutschland - Nepal:
- Km insgesamt: Von Koeln bis Kathmandu. hat jeder von uns zurueckgelegt: km 12.542
- Spritverbrauch insgesamt: 1430,98 l für beide. So: 715 l jeder.
- Motoroelverbrauch insgesamt: 2 l für beide
- Scottoiler Oel Verbrauch insgesamt: 1.75 l
- Reifen vorne: 2 zusammen. Jeder 1.
- Reifen hinten: 4 zusammen. Jeder 2.
- Kettenkit: Jeder 1
- Luftfilter: Jeder 2
- Sonstige Verschleissteile: 0
- Motormaessige Ausfaelle: 0
- Oelwechsel in Bangkok: Jedes Moped
- Unfaelle: Keine
- Regentage: 7
- Die schoensten Unterkuenfte: 1) Amasya/Tuerkei. 2) Parkside Hotel/Nepal. 3) Privatunterkunft bei unserem Freund Siamek in Zanjan/Iran.
- Die von uns gesehenen "abgefahrensten Fahrzeuge bzw Transportmittel unterwegs":
1) Radfahrer mit ca. 100 leeren Plastikkanistern. 2) nackte LKW Fahrgestelle. 3) Kamelkarren und Karavanen
- Ungezaehlt: Haendeschuetteln ;das Wort HONDA sagen; Interviews geben; zu Fototerminen erscheinen; netten Menschen begegnen; Schlagloecher; dem hupenden, blinkenden Gegenverkehr ausweichen; selber hupen; an unsere Frauen denken; unsere Arbeit nicht vermissen; zurueckwinken;
- Die schoenste Feuerwache: Sursee/Schweiz
- Hoechstgeschwindigkeit: 160 km/h, auf der A3 in Deutschland
- Die langsamste Geschwindigkeit: ca. 10 km/h auf einem pakistanischen "Highway"
- Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit: 51 km/h und damit schneller als die Tour de France
- Groesste Ueberraschung: Das der PeGo im Iran gar nicht in Badeschlappen und Boxershort, volltrunken, Moped gefahren ist. Ich musste ihn bisher noch gar nicht aus 'ner Zelle hohlen!!!
- Groesste Enttaeuschung: Keine
- Die laengste gefahrene Strecke am Stueck: Sursee- Ancona. Ca. 750 km
- Die mieseste Toilette: Im Hinterhof einer illegelen Tankstelle in der pakistanischen Wueste
- Die schoensten Frauen: Nepal
- Die schoensten Maenner: Mc Leod Ganj/Indien
- Die beeindruckensten Gebaeude: 1) Wuestenstadt Bam/Iran, Goldener Tempel/Indien, Taj Mahal/Indien
09.12.2002 They are now in Bangkok. It took them 11 hours in 20 different offices to get all the stamps to get their motorcycles out of the office !

Folgende "Endergebnisse" meiner Strecke; Deutschland - Australien:
Ich bin auf dieser Tour insgesamt 22 293 km gefahren. Von der Domplatte bis zum Lagerhaus in Port Adelaide. Dafuer hat das Biest 1258,45 l Benzin gebraucht. Das macht einen Schnitt von 5,64 l/100 km bei meiner Africa-Twin. Den Sprit habe ich an 83 Tankstellen aufgenommen, wobei manche davon den Namen eigentlich nicht verdient haben.
In Bangkok haben wir das einzige mal Luftfilter, Motoroel komplett und hintere Bremsbelaege getauscht. Ausserdem habe ich in Bangkok einen neuen Hinterreifen aufgezogen. Seit Bangkok habe ich noch ungefaehr 0,3 l Motoroel nachgekippt. Scottoil habe ich auf der gesamten Strecke ca. 600 ml gebraucht und die Kette ist immer noch nicht hinueber. Sie ist jetzt seit ueber 30 000 km 'drauf.
Das Land mit den meisten Regentagen war zweifelsohne Malaysia. Den tiefsten Punkt haben wir am Lake Eyre in Australien, mit -12 m durchfahren. In Australien hatten wir mit Sicherheit auch die heissesten Tage. 48-50 Grad im Roten Zentrum haben uns ganz schoen zu schaffen gemacht. (Seit ein paar Tagen sind die Pisten, die wir dort gefahren sind, im Uebrigen Ueberschwemmt. Die staerksten Regenfaelle seit 29 Jahren... Glueck gehabt!)
Pannen: KEINE. Richtig krank: WAS IST DAS? KEIN MAL (keen Zick fuer Bloedsinn!!)
Ich habe nicht gezaehlt, wie oft ich den "Startknopf" gedrueckt habe, aber es war jedesmal wieder schoen, das Geraeusch, wenn das Biest anspringt...
Dem Kollegen Itschert moechte ich an dieser Stelle mitteilen, dass wir nicht mit einem Motorroller, der aus dem letzten Loch pfeift, vollgepackt, nach Koeln zurueckkehren. Die "Schoene und das Biest" sehen aus wie am ersten Tag. Gut, etwas verschmutzt, aber ansonsten haben sie sich aeusserlich nicht veraendert.
Am Ende dieser Tour, das nun erreicht ist, verbringen PeGo und ich einige Zeit damit, ueber das Erlebte nach zu denken. Wir koennen es selber kaum glauben, dass alles so reibungslos "gelaufen" ist. Natuerlich freuen wir uns darueber.
Ich behaupte von mir, dass ich Fantasie habe: Die zehnte Kasse musste ich unter anderem wiederholen, weil ich mich, statt mich um schulische Dinge zu kuemmern, lieber in Tagtraeumen verloren habe.
Schon vorher habe ich im Haus meiner Eltern, in meinem Zimmer, aus dem Fenster gesehen und mir vorgestellt woanders zu sein, andere Laender zu bereisen. Das habe ich immer getan. Als ich ungefaehr 16 war hatte ich den Wunsch einfach meine Sachen zu packen und los zu fahren. Im Atlas habe ich nachgeschaut, wie weit man kommen kann, wenn man in Stommeln aufbricht und keine Faehre oder ein Flugzeug benutzen will. Bis nach Sued-Ost-Asien und dann mit einem Schiff nach Australien. Seit dieser Zeit ist mir diese Reise nicht mehr aus dem Kopf gegangen. Nicht, dass ich ununterbrochen daran gedacht haette, aber der Traum war immer da.In diesen Tagen nun ist er ausgetraeumt. Ein seltsames Gefuehl, das kann ich euch versichern. Und es war gar nicht so schwer. Es war "nur" eine Strasse.
Bevor wir gestartet sind habe ich erwartet, dass mich die Landschaften, die wir durchfahren werden, am meisten beeindrucken wuerden. Sicherlich haben wir da atemberaubendes gesehen, aber das war noch gar nichts, verglichen mit den Menschen, denen wir auf unserer gesamten Reise begegnet sind. Sie haben mich am meisten beeindruckt und beruehrt. Die Menschen der verschiedenen Laender genauso, wie andere Touristen. Wir sind fast immer nett, herzlich oder sogar liebenswert aufgenommen worden. Wir haben Freundschaften geschlossen. Obwohl die Kulturen und teilweise auch die Sprache so unterschiedlich war, wie es nur sein kann, haben wir uns groestenteils wohl gefuehlt. Zunaechst war ich traurig darueber, dass mein Traum nun ausgetraeumt ist. Aber die Verwirklichung dieser Idee hat gewirkt wie ein Katalysator. Die Traeume hoeren einfach nicht auf....!
B.T.: Eine der besten Übersichten einer Motorrad-Reise overland Deutschland - Nepal - Bangkok - Australien. Jetzt fehlt nur noch etwwas Überszeugungsarbeit bei seiner netten Frau Claudia, damit SIE die nächste Tour nicht verpaßt !
2002 1st contact before the tour for recommendation
12.12.2003 Finally I got the requested summary above. Unfortunately David never answers my question when his book about this tour is ready. Hereby I order the first one. Hopefully personally signed:
27.04.2011 David has a bad old but send me the foto.
29.04.2011 Hopefull he will join the 53rd. Tesch-Travel-Treffen in Malmedy


05.10.2002 - ca. 19.11.2002 (I hit the northern most point fo Australia)
Dave Barr (American) www.davebarr.com
The Journey was 16,000 km 5,000 was on dirt track. I did it on a 2002 HD Sportster 883.
Route: Perth - to Steep Point the far western point of Australia mainland - to the far eastern point through the interior - a bit of the Gibson desert - Victoria desert and the edge of the great Sandy desert - to Bryon Bay the far eastern point - to Wilson's promontory the far southern point - onward north to the tip top of the Cape York Peninsula. No one is on record of taking a motor vehicle to all four points. It was 16,000km, 5,000km was on dirt track.
The Best: The best part of the journey was the Australians them selves. They were very >helpful and always jolly. The country is uncrowded and big my kind of place.
The worst: I was gone 8 weeks hard being away from wife Susan and Baby boy Luke.
16.02.2003 Dave: I am a bit late in letting you know but i have in Dec completed another Guinness Book Record ride to the 4 extreme cumpuss points of Australia. This has not been done before. Guinness Book only let me know about 2 weeks ago.
21.02.2003 3rd request for update
Earlier experiences: Around-The-World. An 83.000 Mile (132.800 km) Adventure Around The World in 3,5 years solo on a 1972 HDavidson
Pubilcation: Dave will NOT write a book. He made a TV-video and hopes to sell this.
B.T.: Out of my knowledge no other Motorcycle Traveller had the idea to travel the four corners of Australia and no one did it.
November 19th that was the day

11.10.2002
Gabel, Stefan www.actioNZ-travel.com
New Zealand's Travel Site - Neuseelands Reise-Website - Le site de voyage de - la Nouvelle-Zélande
4 Cheyne Walk . Nelson . New Zealand. Phone + 64 - 3 - 544 0829. Fax + 64 - 3 - 544 0849. Email the.team@actioNZ-travel.com
11.10.2002 Stefan has been several times in NZ and started now a new internet TRavel-Agency. Renting out Motorcycles as well.
11.10.2002 1st request for update.

02.10.2002 - 26.11.2002
Dagmar Fischer and Udo (Germans)
+ Fifth ride in Australia ca. 6.000 kms.
Route: Townsville - Daintree NP - Chillagoe - Croydon - Karumba - Lawn Hill NP - Gregory Downs - Mt Isa (via sealed road)- Camoveal - Devil's Marble Nature Reserve - Alice Springs with a few days in the East and West MacDonnel Ranges.
Best: We met a lot of new friends and could save "Lucky" a Joey which we found next to its dead mother. Also we experienced some thunderstorms, canoing on a fast flowing river and swimming in the cold waterholes in the MacDonnels.
Worst: 3 weeks of extreme heat, and we had to change our kind of travelling, which means we had to avoid strenous action like long walks and too many tracks. 2 weeks waiting for a new shock absorber, although it is possible (and normal) to send spare parts by plane to Townsville in 24 hours (for 20 $ more).
Flight: With Qantas: Frankfurt - Singapore - Sydney - Townsville. Back: Alice Springs - Melbourne - Singapore - Frankfurt. Very expensive (much more than the years before), but the shortest possibility. Very good: railway (from home to Frankfurt) is included.
Bikes: BMW R100 GS Paris Dakar and Yamaha XT 600 E. We left them last year in Townsville and got them back one day after arrival. The battery of the GS was gone, probably because of the high humidity in Townsville, the battery of the Yamaha was empty, too, but we could recharge it (although it is smaller and much older).
Buying bikes in Australia and storing them means that you need friends, who can receive the registration papers. In all states except Victoria the bikes need an inspection each year. In Victoria you need this (roadworthy) only, when you sell a bike, or transfer it into this state. So make the first registration there.
It was not possible to make a third party insurance in Queensland, because we are no Queensland residents. And we could not make a third party insurance in Victoria unless we where there ! (Other humans, you may injure or kill, are insured with the registration, things not). Storing them is easier, but it can be expensive, if you don't find a friend or a friendly workshop, who wants to help you. But in bigger cities there are self catering storage systems, you can find them in the yellow pages.
Spareparts: It is getting more difficult to get spare parts for the BMW than it was the years before, but tyres and spare parts for the XT you can buy in every bigger city like Mt. Isa and Alice Springs. It was not a problem to send Yamaha Parts from Melbourne to Alice Springs in 2 days, but a big problem to get a shock absorber in Townsville - it took nearly 2 weeks...
During 5 journeys we learnt, that the first and the third were too fast, we had not enough time to meet people and stay longer at some places we liked. This (2002) was our slowest trip and the one we met a lot of new friends. We could spend more time watching animals and learnt a lot more about the country, its people and its history. Also we found out, that 40°C is too hot to do long walks and long rides on rough roads, but we enjoyed the cool waterholes and rivers. And it was very interesting to spend 7 weeks in heat. The other years we also had time in the cool areas of Australia.
One week after coming home we again are a little bit worried about the difference between Germans and Australians: Most Australians say g´day (or hello or hi or....) and are talking to other people about weather, beauty of the landscape or whatever. But also most Australians avoid disturbing other people, if you are on a campground, or in a pool or if you are taking pictures. Germans are much more reserved, but on the other side also much more obstrusive in their behavior. But the peoüle in the Eifel - where we live - are a little bit like the Australians...

01.12.2002 - 27.02.2003
Tobias Tremmel (German, 12,03.1975)
Australia. Tobias rode solo in Australia with BMW R 100 GS
Route: Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, including backland - outback, Adilaide, Cooper Pedy, Perth
Purpose of travel: Fun. Meeting the best girls and country
The best: I wanted to find myself. Freedom. Sun. Friendship
The worst: ?
Book or publication (about your tour): .......
Useful informations and TIPS for others: ....
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours:...
20.11.02 1st request for next update
15.07.2003 No email from him.


2003

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

B.T.: As far as I know Daniel is the first mc-overland-traveller at all who rode overland on this route especially trough Albania.+ 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!

30.04.2003 - 06.06.2003
Bernd Raffelt (Geb. 21.06.1950)
+ Around Australia. Bernd circled Australia solo with a Simson KR 80 classic scooter 70 ccm. in 27 days plus 6 days rest he made 13.332 kms. He had a lot of sponsors.
Book : Bernd writes another book. He still writes by hand and refuses to write on a computer.
Ca. 12.07.03 Bernd called me.
18.07.2003, 22 o´clock TV-show in MDR.


01.05.2003 - 22.02.2005 www.bikesonworldtour.de
Ulrike Teutriene (German, born 20.11.1965) and Kai Grimmel (German, born 16.07.1958)
+ Germany- Asia - Australia Ulrike (BMW F 650) and Kai (BMW R 1100 GS) rode overland from Germany (Hilden) to Nepal (Kathmandu), flew to SE Asia, travelled SE Asia, flew to Australia and rode in Australia and New Zealand. 70.000 kms in 22 months though 18 countries.
Route: 6.000km (Germany-Czech Republic-Slovakia-Hungary-Romania-Bulgaria) Asia : 20.000km (Turkey-Iran-Pakistan-India-Nepal). Flight to SE Asia : 12.000km (Thailand-Cambodia-Laos-Malaysia-Singapore). Shipping of Bikes to Australia : Australia : 24.000km. Shipping of Bikes to New Zealand : New Zealand 11.000km.
The best: We both have quit our jobs !!! Wonderful people in Romania. Trekking in Turkey / Lycian Way. As a Woman on a big bike in Iran and Pakistan. Karakorum Highway in Pakistan. Road Manali- Leh in Ladakh / India. Desert Thar in India. Trekking the Himalayas in Nepal and/or India. Rainforest and Jungle in SE Asia. Friendly people in Laos. Ho Chi Min Trail in Vietnam. Wild camping in the Outback in Australia
The Worst: A broken Gear Shaft at the F650; a broken Drive Shaft at the R1150GS, Sandflies in New Zealand.
Book or Publication: planned
Earlier Experience of Big Motorcycle Tours: Greece / Turkey 10.000 km, Scandinavia around the East Sea 10.000km.
14.12.2003 Ulrike is a high potential writing woman. So - if you want to travel overland look in their website as well !
Die Fakten unserer Air Cargo Versandes von Nepal nach Bangkok:
Die Kiste fuer die R1100GS war 91x34x46 inch gross. In der Hoehe haetten wir noch 2 inch einsparen koennen. Die Kiste wog 380 kg, nach der Volumengewicht 91x34x46/366=389 kg, es gilt immer das hoehere Gewicht. Das Vorderrad wird entfernt, der Lenker geloest und verschraenkt. Dann wird das Motorrad mit den Gepaeckgurten an der Bodenplatte fixiert. In die Hohlraueme passen die Boxen und etliches Kleingepaeck. Jacken und weiches Gepaeck kann als Schutz fuer die empfindlichen Lackteile wie Tank genutzt werden. Ulrikes Box ist 73x25x44 inch gross = 219 kg, sie wog 255 kg. Viel Platz fuer zusaetzliches Gepaeck ist nicht vorhanden, die Box ist sehr knapp bemessen, die Maschine sehr schmal. Benzin haben wir bis auf die Reserve in Tank abgelassen und an die Nepalis verkauft, die Batterie muss abgeklemmt werden, die Luft wird aus den Reifen gelassen. Danach werden die Boxen mit Metallbaendern verschlossen und muessen zwei Tage im Zollbereich stehen bleiben, da es sich wegen des Benzins um gefaehrliche Gueter handelt. Die Kosten berechnen sich aus dem Gewicht 608 kg x 1.07 USD = 650.56 USD. Dazu kommen noch die Dangerous Goods Declarations 2 x 20 USD, die Airway Bill 2 USD umd die Frachtversicherung (0.63%) mit 46.50 USD, die Boxen mit 111 USD (4000 NRp pro Box, wiegen 50 kg), die Handling Fees fuer den Agenten mit 42 USD (1500 NRp pro Bike), macht zusammen 892 USD und da der Euro ja so guenstig steht 731 Euro.
Die Tickets nach Bangkok kosten 220 USD pro Person, am Flughafen werden 16 USD pro Person Flughafengebuehren erhoben. Summa summarum sind das 1364 US-Dollar oder 1118 Euro. Auf der Airway Bill muesst ihr mit Namen als Consignee (Empfaenger) genannt werden, da nur diese Personen die Waren abholen koennen. In Bangkok muss ein langer Tag fuer das Abholen eingeplant werden, Kosten 1BT pro kg plus 200 BT Gebuehren, 808 BT oder rund 17 Euro.
Die Fakten unseres Shipping Versandes von Singapore nach Darwin:
Vorbereitungen
1. Hotel in Johor Bahru (JB) nehmen
2. Motorradversicherung bei UniAsia General (17/18th Floor Jln Tebrau, 80250 Jahor Bahru, Tel. 07-2230488 http://www.uniasiageneral.com.my) ca.70 RM pro Motorrad fuer einen Monat (14 Euro), gilt in Malaysia und Singapur
3. Mit dem Expressbus nach Singapur fahren bis Endstation (2,40 RM p.P.), MRT-Bahn von Station Busit bis Somerset fahren, 10 min Fussweg bis Automobilclub Singapore, River Valley Road (Mo-Fr, 8.30-17.30), dort bekommt ihr das ICP (International Circulation Permit). Dafuer braucht ihr das Carnet de Passage, Versicherungspolice, Pass, deutschen Kfz-Schein sowie 10,50 S$ pro Motorrad. Dort auch das Carnet fuer die Einreise und evtl. die Ausreise auf der Rueckseite stempeln lassen (endorsement). Der AAS will wissen, wann und wie die Motorraeder das Land verlassen. Daher am besten vorher Kontakt mit einem Shipping Agent aufnehmen. Die rufen da tatsaechlich an und kontrollieren. Stadtkarte von Singapur gibt es dort auch.
4. Zurueck nach JB. Auf dem Rueckweg an der Grenze mehrere Departure und Arrival Cards mitnehmen und bereits im Hotel ausfuellen, das spart Zeit an der Grenze.
Einreise nach Singapur mit dem Motorrad
1. Frueh starten
2. Auf der malayischen Seite ganz links die Motorradspur nehmen. Nach der Passkontrolle nach Customs fragen und Carnet stempeln lassen.
3. Rueber nach Singapur fahren
4. Direkt bei der Cargo/LKW-Spur anstellen (hier werdet ihr eh hingeschickt)
5. Carnet stempeln lassen
6. Bei Transport Authority einen Autopass kaufen (1 Tag = 10 S$). Folgende Papiere werden benoetigt: ICP, Carnet, Pass, Versicherungsnachweiss, Fuehrerschein (nationaler reicht).
7. Willkommen in Singapur
8. Die Expressways zum Shipping Agent nehmen. Wir haben mit Megastar Shipping in der Neil Road 21 a verschifft.
9. Angie Ong von Megastar Shipping stellt die Ladepapiere aus.
10. Den PSA (Hafen-) Pass bekommt ihr am Verwaltungsgebaeude des Hafens am Gate 1, am Ende der Cantonment Road.
11. Am Gate 3 werdet ihr mit den Motorraedern hereingelassen. Das liegt ca. 10 km westlich vom Gate 1 direkt an der Hafenfront. Bei Customs direkt am Gate die Carnets stempeln lassen.
12. Im Hafen Halle PT1 und bei Mr. Sum melden.
13. Ladepapiere abgeben und Motorraeder in den Container fahren.
14. Motorraeder werden verzurrt und der Container versiegelt. Evtl. wird noch anderes Ladegut beigepackt. Tankinhalt wird nicht kontrolliert, Batterie muss nicht abgeklemmt werden wie bei Aircargo.
15. Hafen zu Fuss verlassen und Buslinie 143 bis New Bridge Road nehmen. Von dort 10 min Fussweg zu Megastar. 16. Die Bill of Landing ist euer Versanddokument. Oben rechts steht die B/L No. (Referenznummer), im Hauptfeld die Container Nummer und die Siegelnummer.
17. Urlaub auf Bali machen oder Freunde in Australien besuchen, denn die Schiffsreise dauert 10 - 12 Tage.

Kosten in Singapur
Shipping Charges: 275 USD pro Motorrad
LCL Charge (less container load): 20 S$ pro cbm
WHC Charge (wharf handling charge): 1,75 S$ pro cbm
UCI Fee: 10 S$ pro Ladung
B/L Document Fee: 50 S$ pro Ladung Wir haben fuer 2 Motorraeder (5,8 cbm Aussendimensionen nehmen) 550 USD und 186,10 S$ bezahlt.

Motorraeder abholen in Darwin
1.  Am besten telefonisch Kontakt mit Perkins aufnehmen und nachfragen, wann die Motorraeder von Customs und Quarantine Inspection besichtigt werden koennen.
2. Mit diesem Termin zu Customs in der 21 Lindsay Street gehen und Termin vereinbaren. Der Customsbeamte benoetigt die B/L. Er organisiert auch den Quarantine Termin, so dass beide Inspectionen zur gleichen Zeit stattfinden koennen. Kostet 87 AUS$. Carnets, Zulassung und Pass nicht vergessen.
3. Etwas vor dem Termin bei Perkins im Francis Bay Drive erscheinen und die Hafengebuehren von rund 150 AUS$ bezahlen.
4. Jetzt zeigt sich, ob ihr Ausruestung und Motorrad gut gereinigt habt. Die Campingausruestung wird eingehend inspiziert, ebenso das Motorrad einschl. Luftfilter. Bei uns gab es keine Beanstandungen. Uebrigens kleinere Stellen duerft ihr selbst reinigen, ansonsten darf nur Perkins reinigen und das kostet 50 AUS$ pro Stunde. Und wenn die Leute von Perkins sehr beschaeftigt sind, kann das auch mal einige Tage dauern. Inspektionsgebuehr wird dann auch wieder faellig.
5. Jetzt koennt ihr losfahren und zwar zur Motor Vehicle Registry in der Goyder Road am Stuart Highway. Dort gibt es einen Mini-TUeV und die Registrierung eures Fahrzeugs. Auch muss dort die "Third Party Compensation Contribution" faellig, eine Versicherung von Personenschaeden Dritter, ist also keine Motorradhaftpflichtversicherung eures Motorrades. Kostet fuer drei Monaten in den NT rund 150 AUS $ pro Bike. Muss nach Ablauf in dem Bundesstaat , in dem ihr gerade seid, verlaengert werden. Gleiche Prozedur.
6. Hit the road now - good luck.

Die Fakten unseres Shipping Versandes von Sydney nach Auckland: Spediteuer in Sydney / Australien:
Towers International Freight, Unit 14/33 Maddox Street , Alexandria NSW 2015 Sydney
Asprechpartner Anthony Legisa +61-2-9550-6610, Anthony@Towersint.com.au Spediteur in Auckland / Neuseeland:
Jas Jenners Worldwide, 47Richard Pearse Drive , Mangere, Auckland
Ansprechpartner Phil Gibbs +64-9-275-1103, phil@jasjenners.co.nz Holz fuer Kisten von Procycles (BMW Haendler) in Hornsby, Sydney. Masse: 2,25 x 1,10 x 1.00 m = 2.50 cbm je Kiste. Kosten:  440,50 Euro fuer 2 Motorraeder Export Australien = 540,50 AUD = 313,50 Euro
Seafright 2 x 2,50 cbm x 85 AUD = 425,00 AUD
Documentation Fee = 65 AUD
Custom Inspection = 50 AUD Import Neuseeland = 240,00 NZD = 127,00 Euro
PSC NZ = 37,95 NZD
Forestry Fee = 10,12 NZD
Delivery Order = 40,00 NZD
MAF Permit = 15,00 NZD
MAF Inspection Fee = 110,00 NZD
21.11.2002 1st request for update
11.-13.04.2 003 Visiting 25th Meeting for Mc-WORLD-Travellers
14.12.2003 Ulrike is a high potential writing woman. So - if you want to travel overland look in their website as well: From: Bernd Tesch
14.12.2005 last update
12.-23.04.2006 Ulrike and Kai will give a slide-show about their tour "Deutschland > Asien > Australien > NZ".

10.2009: Buch:Ulrike Teutrine und Kai Grimmel: „Bis zum Ende der Welt. 70.000 Kilometer Erlebnisse“.
Mit einer BMW 1100 (Kai) + F 650 GS (Ulrike) reisen die Autoren in 22 Monaten durch 18 Länder: „Europa - Asien - Australien – Neuseeland“. Ein Taschenbuch mit Ulrikes lesenswertem Schreibstil und Kais Organisationstalent. Viele träumen von dieser Tour; wenige realisieren sie; kaum einer schreibt darüber ein Buch. Vorwort Bernd Tesch. Kastanienhof Verlag. Softcover. 306 S. 20 Farbfotos. Zahlreiche SW. ISBN 3941760149. € 16,99. Mehr Infos und signierte Bücher von den Autoren über: www.bikesonworldtour.de n


20.05.2003 - 04.04.2004
Shirley Hardy-Rix (Australian, born 08.02.1955) and Brian Rix (Australian, born 11.10.1955) www.aussiesoverland.com
+ Great Britain (London) - Australia. Journalist Shirley - daughter of famous Australian author Frank Hardy - and Detective Inspector Brian will ride in 11 months from London to Australia on one BMW R 1150. They rode 56.000 kms
Purpose of travel: Holiday - the first of many international motorcycle adventures.
Route: We shipped the bike by sea from Australia (Melbourne) to Europe (Great Britain, London and travelled to the Isle of Man for the TT - through the UK - France - Spain - Germany - Austria - Czech Republic - Italy - Dalmatian Coast - Montenegro - Kosovo - Macedonia - Greece - Turkey) - Asia (Iran - Pakistan (late November 2003). We will cross into India the first week of December 2003 - Nepal - from Nepal we will ship the bike by air to Thailand and then travel overland to Singapore. (Our route will depend on time available) - by plane to Australia (Darwin, in northern Australia - we will ride home to Melbourne in the south of the country).
The best: Turkey
The worst: The drivers in Iran
Earlier motorcycle experiences: We have travelled extensively around Australia from East to West and North to South plus the island state of Tasmania.
Book or publication: Hopefully a book of our adventure will be published late in 2004
Useful tips for others: Don't talk about it - just do it...you never know what might happen in the future to put off your plans. And remember - roads are for journeys not destinations.
20.06.2003 Patricia and Bernd met them in GB on the traveller-meeting from horizonsunlimited
30.11.2003 last update from Pakistan with information that they caught up with Heidi Gleitz and Bernd Kleine
28.09.2004 Invited us by email to stay with them in Melbourne.
28.09.2004 Answered and asked for update.
Their new book: Overland Europa > Asia > Australia
SHIRLEY-RIX and Brian Rix  www.aussiesoverland.com
"Two for the road" Aus $30.00. US $23.75. € 17.95 . English.
TR. 56671 km. 27 countries. One dream. Roads are for journeys, not destinations…In 2003 Melbourne couple Shirley Hardy-Rix and her husband Brian Rix fulfilled a lifelong ambition of motorcycling across the world. In an incredible 350-day journey, they would do everything they'd ever dreamed of as well as getting much more than they'd bargained for. Crossing 27 countries and covering 56,671 kilometres, they raced around the Isle of Man motorcycle circuit on Mad Sunday, survived Iran's traffic and travelled through Taliban strongholds under armed guard. Shirley and Brian's story is an epic account of the ups and downs of seeing the world on two wheels - from the frustrations of potholes and flat tyres, to the splendour of some of Europe and Asia's most awe-inspiring sights.
Full of terrific anecdotes, down-to-earth humour and practical advice, Two for the Road is a must for anyone who's ever imagined escaping the daily grind to experience the romance of the open road. 328 pp. 2 maps. 35 colour- pictures. Trade paperback: ?? cm wide x ?? cm high. Paperback.
Publisher: Pan Macmillan. Australia. 2005. ISBN 14050 3643 5.
02.02.2005 Note from B.T.: Bernd and Patricia met Shirley (the writer) and Brian (the motorcycle-rider of both) in Great Britain before the started in 2003. In october 2004 and january 2005 they were kindly our hosts in Australia / Melbourne. They were still full of their adventures. So we wish them a lot of success for the sale of the book.
Orders: Directly and handsigned from the author: hardyrix@onthe.net.au. In future from Bernd Tesch.
From a book-shop in Merlbourne:'
Reader's Feast Bookstore. Midtown Plaza. Cnr Bourke & Swanston Streets. Melbourne Vic Aust 3000. Phone 61 3 9662 4699. Fax 61 3 9663 3726.email: readers@readersfeast.com.au
28.07.2011 Asked for the best best foto of the two with bike on tour. And TWO PORTRAITS.


03.09.2003 - 13.05.2004
Helge Hahnfeld (German. Born 29.07.1963)
+ Germany > Asia > Australia. In 8 months I (called Helge der Fuchs) rode solo 40.000 km on the road with bike Honda CB 500 from Berlin to Australia. Germany (Berlin) to Australia (Darwin) 19.000 km. Around Australia 21.000 km.
Purpose of travel: To meet a friend in Melbourne.
Route: Europe (Germany (Berlin) - Poland - Slovakia - Hungary - Romania - Bulgaria - Turkey) - Asien (Iran - Pakistan -India - Nepal (trekking in Nepal) - I and the bike flew Thailand (Bangkok) - Malaysia - by boat to Sumatra (Belawan) - and then I rode on the Indonesian Islands - East Timor (Dili) - bike by boat and I flew to Australia (Darwin - by bike to Alice Springs - Adelade -Melbourne - Tasmania - Sidney - Cairns - Broome - Perth). From Fremantle I send the bike by ship in a container to Germany for AUS $ 400. I flew back to Germany vie Moscow - Tokio - Berlin for € 730.
The best: No big trouble with the bike. I met many helpful people who show me the direction. Sometimes I could follow them, drink tea with policemen in Pakistan. In Australia I got many invitations into homes of people. I had a great feeling when I had arrived at the aeqator in Bujol near Bugguttingi in Sumatra on 24.12.2003.
The worst: I had 3 accidents in Subawa Besar and in Pakistan. But I am ok and the bike was easy to repair. The traffic in india is terrible. Trucks and busses come opposite on your site.
Earlier experiences: Not really. Never so long and far with a bike. Only shorter backpacker trips.
Usefull tips: In Iran they accepted no credidcards. I could use my ec card in all other countries without Iran. Change money in Turkey on blackmarket. Petrol is very ceap in Iran: 6 cent per liter. But in the price is sometimes a very big different between petrol stations.
Usefull tips for transport in www.horizonsunlimited.com.
28.08.2005 1st summary
28.08.2005 1st request for update.
22.-24.04.2005 Visitor of the 27th Mc-Meeting for World-Travellers.


07.09.2003 - 18.06.2005 (as long as they have money / time) www.welt-tour.com
Heidi Gleitz (German, 20.11.1978) and Bernd Kleine (German, 31.07.1970)
+ Germany - Australia - NZ. Heidi and Bernd rode overland to Australia and New Zealand with 2 KTM LC 4 Adventure. 21 Länder, 651 Tage und 79.213 km.
Their plan was to travel in South America as well.
Purpose of travel: free ! Ride on our world…See our World!!
Route: Europe (Germany - Austria - Hungaria - Rumania - Bulgaria - Turkey ) - Asia (Iran - Pakistan - India – Nepal - Bike by plane to - Thailand - Laos - Malaysia – Indonesia – Timor Leste) - Australia / NZ - Bike by plane to London – Great Britain – Scotland – Ireland – Great Britain – France - Germany.
Europe 6000 kms (Germany - Austria - Hungaria - Rumania - Bulgaria - Turkey ....) - Asia (Iran - Pakistan - India (16.500 km) - Nepal - Thailand - Laos - Malaysia - Indonesia) - Australia / NZ
The best: Friendship and the unbelievable hospitality of the poor people in the world. Feeling Free! Karakorum Highway ! Indonesia 's Island hopping! Guest friendly people everywhere!
The Worst: the f***** bus drivers in India ! And the bloody fly's in Down under!
Earlier Mc-Experiences: Europe, Northafrica, 2 months Australia (1997/98)
11.04.2003 Bernd has been visiter of the Motorcycle-Meeting for World-Travellesr 2001, 2002, 2003 and..2010
30.09.2003 1st information about the trip
14.03.2010 After 3 request from 2003-2006 I finally got this good overview
14.03.2010 Request for the best picture of both with the bike "on route" for this blog


30.09.2003 - 29.11.2003
Dagmar und Udo Fischer (Germans)
+ 6th ride in Australia ca. 9.000 kms (with BMW R 100 GS PD and 8.000 km with YAMAHA XT 600 E) in 60 days.
Route: Flight with Quantas from Frankfurt to Melbourne. Four nights in Shepparton + Melbourne - by plane to Alice Springs – Two Mile Camp at Finke River – Alice Springs – Tennant Creek – Mataranka – Katherine (Shopping) – Victoria River Crossing – Gregory National Park – Keep River National Park – Kunnunnurra – Fitzroy Crossing – Broome – Eighty Mile Beach – Port Hedland (only shopping) – Indee Station – Karijini National Park – Tom Price – Giralia Station – Cape Range National Park / Ningaloo Reef – Carnarvon – Shark Bay (Monkey Mia) – Kalbarri – Cervantes / Nambung National Park (Pinnacles) – Hilton (Fremantle) – Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park – Hilton
Bikes:The same as every year…
The best:The breathtaking gorges in Kalbarri NP and the Pinnacles. Amazing wild flowers. Hospitality of new friends Angela and Daniele in Hilton. All the wild animals around (dolphins, marsupials, birds and so on) except of….
Finding again a friend of a friend of a friend, who stores our bikes…. Meeting another man, an old German, who offered us also a place for the bikes for some months.
The worst:...the billions of flies. Sooooo bad they have never been. The singapore ants, who nearly ate the XT and the tent.
All the “adventure tour groups” with a few young and noisy people who would like to be an adventurer. Because of those organized 4wd tours they can reach all these quiet and silent places and turn them into a swimming pool or playground without any consideration for other people, nature or the animals which live there.
The extremely stressful time of holiday preparation which took at least three weeks of our time in Australia to recover from a little bit. Udo was sick for one week because of that, so we missed a few places we wanted to stay. More and more bureaucracy to keep and insure and store our motorbikes in Australia as a foreigner.
Flight-Info: in 2003 we had the cheapest flight so far: Per person Frankfurt > Melbourne and back 997 € plus tax + fees. In 2004 it will be more expensive: With Qantas to Perth and back ca.1230 including tax and fees. With Emirates 1020 € all including (Offers from Flugbörse von Freund Andreas).


05.12.2003 - 16.01.2004
Kerstin Doose (German, born 1961)
+ New Zealand. Six amazing weeks travelling solo on a rented XT225 about 7200km through this wonderful country. It was adventurous to explore the wide variedly landscape and to get in touch with the nature. Even in the form of plenty of rain or dancing on the volcanoes - as I got in closer contact with Kiwis the journey was going to get unique. Kiwis are lucky to have moto-cross-playgrounds right outside their front door - and I was lucky to smell a little of it.
Route: By plane (Korean Air, price 1200Euro) from Germany to NZ. North Island (Auckland - Russell - Coromandel Peninsula - Rotorua - Tongariro NP - Napier - Wellington - Nelson - St. Arnaud) - South Island (Westcoast - Milford Sound - The Catlins - Oamaru - Central Otago - Dunedin - Christchurch - Arthur´s Pass - Amberley) - North Island (Wellington/Levin - Taihape/Flaxmere - Coromandel Peninsula - Auckland). The best: meeting "crazy" Kiwis, 4 wheeled drive tracks.
The best: meeting "crazy" Kiwis.
The worst: too short time
Useful information for others:It´s quite easy to buy a bike in NZ, prices are a little lower than in Germany, registration and insurance is no problem and the AA (of NZ ???, website ?? kenne ich nicht, war auch nicht nötig, ist überall zu finden) a good helping hand. I also have had a good experience with the mc-rental company (name "NZ motorcycle rentals" http://www.nzbike.com/german2004/default.asp , price for six weeks ca. 1200Euro incl. much service).
Book or publication : no.
Earlier experience: See more in my site South America about; Dec. 2000 - Jan. 2001 South America


14.12.2003 - ??.07.2004
Sonni Herold (German, 28.06.1972) and Joerg Hoppe (German, 09.10.1965) www.ozdyssey2001.de
- Australia. Both plan 6-8 months again to travel in OZ with one HONDA AFRICA.
Purpose: Meet friends in Australia, see Birdsville, check out the Simpson Desert area for a later propper cross, biking in arid country, to have a lotta time
Route: The motorcycle will be send by airline "Cargolux" and we will fly with airline "Quantas". Christams and New Year with friends in Toowoomba - than - South down the east coast! Have no schedule and no route but make everything as it happens along the road... and: listen to a gig (=concert) of the trio-band John Butler!!
The best: So far - the singed note telling me - that I ll have 8 months off.
The worst: Australian Customs..
Useful informations and TIPS for others: Always have some DIRKO (=hitzebeständige Dichtmasse) on you ! Saved my ass a lotta times
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: (Sahara 1989 ca. 4000 km. Tunesia and Algeria 6 weeks. Ukraine ca. 3000 km. Westukraine 4 weeks. And most of Europe. Australia see 11.04.2001.
06.10.2003 1st contact
05.11.2003 4th request for update
B.T.: On their website you find a lot of good route-descriptions of routes.


01.01.2004 - 30.01.2004
Gerry Mayr (German, Konstanz , born ??? ) www.gerry.as and www.gerry.as /Abenteuer Australia
+ Around Australia. Gerry plan was to ride solo Around Australia = 18.000 kms in 50 days with a enduro 125 ccm Derbi. Gerry rode solo overland 12.450 kms from Sydney to Sydney with an enduo 125 ccm DERBI in only 18 days.
Purpose of travel: One of the reason is to ride a small bike over a long distance. To show, especially young people that everything is possible with a small bike and you don`t have to be a rich person to see our world.
Route: I and the bike flew to Sydney . By bike > Melbourne > along the coast, passing the 12 Apostels > via Nullabor in direction to Perth . After Perth I choose a gravel road up to Darwin (which one, some more details please???? > across the country to Townsville > down the east coast to Sydney.
The best: To dive in the great Barrier Reef with a turtle.
The worst: To have an accident with a stupid kangaroo. Get hurt by flying my Advance paraglider.
Earlier experiences: 24.000 km along the Panamericana with a pick up truck 18.000 km across Africa with a 750ccm dirtbike built by myself 14.000 km around the east Mediterranian Sea  by a truck. 13.500 km around the Mediterranian Sea with a 250ccm KYMCO Scooter. 10.000 km with 150ccm KYMCO Quad over Russia to the northpole in Winter. I hope that my experience from other tripps help me to manage everything on my coming adventure Singapore > Germany with a Wunderlich- BMW.
Tipp : Don`t sleep go for it- live your dreams
28.10.2003 1st information
01.11.2003 1st request for update.15.11.2005 1st summary
02.12.2005 2nd request.


Spring 2004 - ???2005
Conny Eriksson (Swedish, 14 th.10 1967) website under construction..
Sweden - Asia - Australia. Conny plans to ride solo with a XR HONDA R (1987) from Sweden overland to Australia for more than one year.
Purpose of travel: A boy dream Fun. Meeting new friends. Love motorcycles and adventure
Route: Europe (Sweden - Poland - Eastern states to Turkey) - Asia (Iran - Pakistan - India (Calcutta) - by plane to Thailand (Bangkok) - Laos - Cambodja - Vietnam - back to Thailand - Singapore - Indonesia - by plane to Australia (And around Australia). Then the same way back to Sweden.
If my economy is okay I will ship my bike to Alaska or Los Angeles and try to cross South America and over to Africa. Up to Turkey and back to Sweden
The best: I wanted to find myself. Freedom. Sun. Friendship.. to be on the road for over 1 year. Fun to rebuild my old honda xr600r-1987 to better shape than a new bike..
The worst: Afraid for economic..
Book or publication: Maybe write a travel guide or a techical advice for motorcycel people..
Useful informations and TIPS for others: .... just take this first step it is the beginning of rest of your life..
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours:... non.. but has allways had and drove motorcycle since as was young.
03.01.2004 1st contact
03.01.2004 3rd request for update
04.03.2007 4th request

13.06. - 26.08.2004
Jörg Becker (German, 15.05.1969) und Andreas Hülsmann (German, born 02.06.1961) www.kvisel.de
+ Australien, Canning Stock Route. Andreas (BMW F 650 mit TT 39 = Touratech kompl. Umbau mit TT39 = Touratech 39 Liter Tank) and Jörg (eigene BMW F 650 GS with TT39 = Touratech 39 Liter Tank and complet Kit) rode in total ca. 10.000 kms in Australia. The most difficult part was the Canning Stock Route (CSR) with ca. 2000 km.
Purpose of travel: Andreas: just for fun
Purpose of travel Jörg:  Erste Europäer auf Motorrädern ohne Begleitfahrzeug über die Canning Stock Route....ist doch schon was.
Die Wüste, egal welche begeistert mich immer wieder und in Australien war ich zuvor auch noch nicht..
Route: Two bikes were shipped with shipping-line MBS SeaCargo, Cologne for 750 € (to Autralia). Back to Germany with Schenker Melbourne - Niedereschach for 900 Euro each bike. Andreas and Jörg flew with airline Malysian Airline for € 850 (both flihgts) from Frankfurt to Perth . Both rode by bikes together Perth > Kalgoorlie > Wiluna > Canning Stock Route > Halls Creek > Kununurra > Kathrine > Alice Springs > Ayers Rock > Odnadatta Track > Adelaide > Melbourne . Both flew back from Melbourne to Frankfurt . The bikes were shipped back from Melbourne to Niedereschach (Touratech Headquarter).
Highlights Andreas: pure Nature
Highlights Jörg: Die Vielfalt der Landschaft und Natur. Lebensart der Australier. War für mich eine wichtige schöne Erfahrung (extreme Hilfsbereitschaft, Gastfreundschaft).
The worst Andreas: Nothing to eat: on the Canning Stock Route. We where short on food the hole time. The daily daily ration to eat was: a cup of muesli (breakfast), two muesli bars (during the day), a package "two minutes noodles (for dinner)" thats all. On the hole 2.000 km, is only one possibility to buy food. Knee injury: a couple of accident during the trip. The leg was cought under the big and twistet.
The worst Jörg: Zu wenig Zeit um alles genau anzusehen.
Earlier experiences Andreas: June - August 1988: Solo North of Europe: Sweden , Finnland , Norway , Iceland , Yamaha. XT 600 Tenere, 10.000 km April 1993 - April 1994: Australia / New Zealand . Andreas with Yamaha XT 600 Tenere. Petra Lange with XT 600 Tenere. 40.000 km. May - October 1995: Solo Australia with a Toyota Landcruiser, 25.000 km. Juni - Juli 1996: North Amerika (USA / Canada). Suzuki DR 650, 9.000 km. Jo Deleker with Honda Dominator October 1997  - April 1998: South Amerika - Yamaha XT 600 Tenere, 25.000 km. Birgit Pütz with BMW GS 80. Jo Deleker with Honda Dominator. January - February 2001: Oman and UA Emirates. Andreas with Honda XRV 750 Africa Twin. 8.000 km. Silke Marten with Suzuki DR 350. July - August 2002: Russia , Baltic States and Poland . Andreas with  Honda XRV 750 Africa Twin. 12.000 km. Ludwig Hauhoff with Africa Twin. Gerd Brüning with BMW GS 80. July - August 2004: Australia Canning Stock Route (2.000). Andreas with BMW F 650, Touratechumbau. 10.000 km. Jörg Becker with BMW F 650. Planned tour start may 2006: Course East, 5 Month 15 Countries, 25.000 Kilometres. Central Asia and Siberia . More see: ww.kvisel.de. Routes in continents: Europe: all countries, without Spain and Greece , 300.000 km. Southamerika: Argentina , Chile , Brasil , Uruguay , 25.000 km. Australia : Perth , Broome, Darwin , Alice Springs Adelaide, Melbourne , Sydney , km 36.000.
Earlier experiences Jörg: 1990: Skandinavien, Süd Lappland mit Yamaha XT500 1991: Skandinavien, Nord Lappland mit Yamaha XJ900 1992: Canada/Alaska mit Campmobil (war grauhenhaft in der Karre) 1993: Ungarn-Rumänien-Bulgarien-Griechenland-Italien-Deutschland mit Yamaha XT600 1994: Skandinavien bis Russische Grenze/ Inarie See / Nordkap /. mit Yamaha XTz750 1995: Tunesien / Libyen mit Yamaha XT600 Tunesien als Tramper 1996: Nordamerika (ca. 33000 km in 4 ½ Monaten Kalifornien, LA > Alaska und vieles drumrum, halte die gesamte Westküste mit vielen Inlandanteilen, das meißte solo, einen Teil mit Sozia (damals Sandra Weißhuhn) alles auf (der selben) Yamaha XT600 (wie auch schon die anderen Reisen Ägypten als Taucher + Kulturreise. 1997: Canada, Vancouver Island und die Gegend zwischen Seattle und Vancouver Ägypten als Taucher 1998: Tschechien, Slowenien, Rumänien, Ungarn, Deutschland mit Yamaha XT600 ( Sandra Weißhuhn mit Suzuki DR350 S). Ägypten als Taucher 1999/2000: Südamerika. 20.000 km Argentinien, Chile, Peru, Bolivien, Chile auf Yamaha XT600, (Sandra Weißhuhn mit Suzuki DR350 SE) 2001: Schwarzmeer fast Umrundung, Italien, Türkei, Georgien, Russland, Ukraine, Polen, Slowakei, Tschechei, Deutschland auf Yamaha XT600 2003: Schweden / Norwegen mit Honda Africa Twin 750 2004: Australien. www.csr2004.de 2005: USA / Canada 10.000 km in 5 Wochen mit BMW G/S 650 Eigenbau vom Tommy Ryser aus Blaine / WA USA. Und zwischen durch war ich immer wieder (meist mit Sandra) auf diversen Inseln. Von den meisten Reisen gab es einen Bericht in einer dieser Zeitschriften: Enduro, Motorrad Kontakte, Tourenfahrer, Motorrad News, Motorrad-Reisen-Sport, Enduro Abenteuer.
>>>Mit der Aussage oben kann man nichst anfangen. Entweder Du gibt genau die Publiktaionen jeweils bei der Reise an, oder Du läßt diese ungenaue Aussage ganz weg.,
Ach ja mit einer Ente 2CV bin ich mal bis Portugal, das war auch Klasse.
>>bitte genauere Angaben zum Jahr / Reisedauer / km oder weglassen
Hints for other traveller Andreas: Don´t dream it, do it. (Das Leben ist zu kurz, um Träume zu verschieben)
Hints for other traveller Jörg:Versuche nicht zu Leben um zu arbeiten, arbeite um zu leben und dir deine Träume zu erfüllen. Make friendship - not bullshit
Book publication Andreas : Four books (Spurensuche, Schottland Reiseführer, Auszeit, Sauerland Reiseführer), nearly 100 publications in different motorcycle magazins.
Book publication Jörg : Spurensuche ist mein erstes Buch (also meine erste Hälfte an einem Buch).
30.08.2004 1st request for update after the tour
21.12.2005 Last update

03.10.2004 - 02.04.2005
Wienands, Hannes (German, 29.11.1957)
Australia. Hannes rode 50.000km alone through Australia on a BMW R 1150 GS in 6 months.
Purpose of travel: Freedom, Liberty and without work a long travel...
Route: Sydney - Cairns. With BMW Club of Brisbane to BMW Bikermeeting of Australia with ferrie from Melbourne to Tasmania - by motorcycle over Nullarbour to Perth - Broome - Alice Springs - Brisbane - by aeroplane to isalnd New Caledonia 1200 kms - by motorcycle to Grampians - Coonabarabran - Sydney
Highlights: Tasmanien, Ayers Rock, New Caledonia, Sydney
The Worst : Fuel pump defect (Call to Sydney , they send a new one ). After 4 months kidney stones ( CT in hospital, medical and a lot of water: I loose my stones, Insurance of ADAC payed) 
Report of Journey : Send an Email via Bernd Tesch.
Useful Information: No risk, many fun, nice people, bike with flight to Australia (Thomas Bergmeier, 3000 Euro ), you must drink a lot .....
Earlier tours with motorcycle : Ukraina, New Zealand, South Africa ( Namibia, Simbabwe, Botwana, South Africa ), all over Europe, North Kap and so on....
2005 We met by accident in Australia
16.04.2006 1st summary
17.04.2006 Last summary

20.10.2004 - 21.01.2005
Patricia Govers-Tesch,(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.


15th.-16th.january 2005 "The 2nd Australian Motorcycle Meeting for World-Travellers"
was organised in Rubicon Valley / Australia. This is a bout 150 km north of Melbourne. A very small village. The idea came from Bernd T. The top-organisation women Heather Ellis in Melbourne helped a lot. "The first Austrailian Motorcycle Meeting for World-Travellers" was..





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
Birgit Pütz(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 - January 2007 ( plan was plus 1 year
Linda Bick (born 21.11.1945, British) www.haefale.de/linda/index/htm http://www.haefale.de/linda/
+ Europe - Asia - Australia. Linda planned to travel solo overland with a SUZUKI DR 650 (of 1996. Start 11.500 km). She made it and arrived 21 months later ib Australia.
Purpose: To make another mc-trip and to investigate her pension in Austrailia. Linda has been working in Australia 1969-1989.
Route: Europe (Spain ( Castelar de la Fronteira (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. But this man nevert answered.
15.07.2011 Linda is now resident in South-Australia for a while. Asked for update.


08.04.2005 - 22.08.2006
Erika Tunick (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.
 

14.07.-31.07.2005
Nataly Sörries (German, born ??) and Claus Holtmann (German, born ??)
+ East coast: Melbourne > Cape Trubulation. Nataly and Claus rode together ?? km on one YAMAHA XT 600 E ?? kms.
Purpose of travel: ??
Leihmaschine Yamaha XT 600 von Kurt Weidner, Australien www.carconnection.com.au
Route: Flug Frankfurt - Singapur - Sydney mit Singapur Airlines super:
11.-12.7. Sydney zu Fuß und per Bus / Fähre, Noah´s Backpacker am Bondi Beach 13.7. Flug Sydney-Melbourne, dort von Carconnection Hartmut abgeholt, im malerischen Westernstädtchen Castlemaine (ca. 100 km von Melbourne) übernachtet. 14.7. los über Melbourne nach Koo Wee Rup (Richtung Sydney) - 204 km 15.7. Philip Island - Cape Paterson - Leongatha - Hazelwood Village/Churchill - 206 km 16.7. Morwell NP (Känguruhs, Koalas, Papageien) - Sale - Bairnsdale - Metung - Lakes Entrance (Pelikane) - 225 km 17.7. Orbost - Cape Conran - Cann River (Thurrariver Camp - ganz einfach und einsam direkt am Meer, Lagerfeuer, Opossum). 18.7. Gipsy Point - Eden (Killer whale museum) - Pambula (Big4-Camping, unzählige Känguruhs auf dem Platz- genial!)199 km. 19.7. Merimbula - Tathra - Bergamui - Narooma - Moruya (nettes Internet-Café) - Braidwood - Goulbourn (Stadt mit Aldi! - lecker Thai essen) 352 km 20.7. Oberon - Blue Mountains - Blackheath - (Perrys Lookout, Anvins Rock Falls, Govetts Leap) - Katoomba (Three sisters, Echo Point) - Mt. Victoria (uriges Hotel Imperial - Pub, Kamin) 307 km 21.7. Vereiste Straße -Bilpin - Kurrogong - Colo Heights - Putty - Singleton - Gresford - Dungog - Bulahdelah - Myall Lake - Bungwahl - Pacific Palms - Lake Smith - Paradise Drive - 418 km. 22.7. Booti Booti NP, Beach Elisabeth (Delphine, Pelikane) - Forster - Taree - Port Macquarie (schwarze Schwäne) - Kempsey - Coffs Harbour (Big Banana) - Minnie Water - Yuraygir NP - 441 km 23.7. Ulmara (Adler) - Ballina - Byron Bay - Chillingham (super Gegend, total grün und schön, kleine Sträßchen / Natural Bridge / Regenwald) - Nerang - Brisbane - Redcliffe - 442 km. 24.7. Glass House Mountains (Rodeo) - Beerburrum - Beerwah - Landsborough - Noosa Head - Great Sandy NP (Pelikane, absolutes Highlight: ca. 60 km Strandstraße) - Rainbow Beach245 km 25.7. Fraser Island (super, 75mile beach, beautiful Lake McKenzie), Tagestour mit Fähre und Allrad-Bus 26.7. Maryborough - Childers - Bundaberg (Paranüsse frisch vom Baum) - Miriam Vale - Rockhampton - Capricorn caves Camp - 537 km 27.7. Marlborough - Clairview - Mackay - Airlie Beach (turistisch) - 482 km 28.7. Whitsunday Islands: Hooh Island - Whiteheaven Beach, Tagestour mit Reefjet (Boot), wandern, schnorcheln, tauchen. 29.7.Bowen - Ayr - Townsville - Ingham - Innisfail - Cairns - 646 km 30.7. Cairns - Port Douglas - Cape Tribulation 31.7. Cooktown - Mossman - Cairns (von hier wurde Mopped zurückgeholt). Abflug Sydney / Deutschland Mopped: super, kein einziges Problem
Absolute Highlights : Landschaft, vor allem Great Sandy NP bei Noosa - Rainbow Beach (generell toll: Weite, grün, Regenwald), die tollen Tiere, nette Aussies, jeden Tag Highlights
Nicht so toll : sehr kalt (australischer Winter) - noch nie so gefroren auf ´m Bock (gut: Motels mit Heizdecke), Aussie-Essen ziemlich öde (Pommes, Sandwiches)
2005 1st infrmarion
12.04.2006 1st summary
14.04.2006 1st request for update


05.01.2007 - 05.05.2007
Katja Janssen (German, birthday 07.02.1973) and Arndt (German, birthday 04.07.1971)
- Australien.   Arndt & Katja planen für 4 Monate durch Australien zu fahren. Die Route steht noch nicht fest.  Arndt wird mit der BMW R 1150 GS Adventure fahren und Katja die BMW R 1200 GS.
Purpose of your travel: Natürlich Spaß, aber auch die Natur, das Land mit seinen verschiedenen "Gesichtern" und die Menschen kennenzulernen. Abenteuer, weg vom Pauschaltourismus, spontane Stops und Aufenthalte an schönen Orten. Interessant wird es sicher auch an die eigenen Grenzen zu stoßen. Außerdem ist es für Katja sehr wichtig Fahrpraxis zu bekommen, da der FS dann noch ganz frisch sein wird :-)
Route :  in Planung- hoffe auf baldigen Termin bei Bernd (Tesch)
Highlights : die Freiheit zu spüren und genießen, Motorradfahren, das Land kennenlernen, Interessante Menschen treffen
The worst:  4 Monate Dauerregen, schwerer Sturz
Book or publication (about your tour): .......
Useful / important informations and TIPS for others: ....
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: ...
19.05.2006 1st summary
04.03.2007 Aksked for update.


??.??.2007 Abfahrt Sommer-Herbst 2007 - ??.??.2008
Jens Gloede (German, birthday 06.02.1987)
- Germany - Austrailia. Jens plans solo ?? overland to Australia with Honda XRV 750.
Purpose of your travel: See the world and interesting people.
Route: Europe 12.000 kms (Germany - Austria - Ukraine - Turkey ....) - Asia 15.000 kms (Iran - Pakistan - Afganistan - India - Nepal - Bangladech - Singapore - Indonesia - East Timor and FINALY AUSTRALIA. In Australia I will ride to Darwin, Sydney, Perth. 2008 I will come back by plane and ride in New-Zeeland. After this shiping my bike to Vladiwostok and ride back to Germany.
Highlights: I want to see the world. Freedom. Sun. Friendship of Bike people.
The worst: I got Malaria in Nairobi ???. Attack of soldiers with weapons in ......
Book or publication (about your tour): .......??
Useful / important informations and TIPS for others: ...??.
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: In 2006 I rode to Wladiwostok and back in 6 weeks and 30.000 km. Now I won´t to travel more far.......
27.11.2006 1st summary
26.02.2007 1st request for update


01.09.2007 - 31.08.2008
Doreen Dähnhardt (German, birthday 22.10.1971)  and Nick Dähnhardt (German, birthday 22.07.1973) www.muckwelt.de
- Germany - Austrailia. Doreen and Nick (both on KTM LC 4 Adventure) plan to ride solo from Innsbruck/Austria to Australia .
Purpose of your travel: cause there is the possibility
Route (planed) : Europe ( Austria - Italy - Greece - Turkey) - Asia (Iran - Pakistan - India - Nepal - Tibet by treckking - Thailand - Cambodia - Malaysia - Singapore) - by boat / plane to Australia.
Highlights : few sights, trekking Himalaya, diving or skydiving somewhere
The worst: -
Book or publication: -
Useful informations and TIPS for others: -
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: No
03.03.2007 1st summary
10.03.2007 Both came for recommendation to B.T.
23.09.2007 Nick and Doreen visited us for friendship to say "good bye". They were one of the first to hear that Bernd and Patricia Govers-Tesch start about 01st.10.2007 by one BMW R 80 G/S overland possibly to Iran (Tehran).
26.12.2008 1st request for 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.


01.05.2010 - 01.05.2011
Frank Giesa (German, birthday 29.12.1965) with Günter..?? (German, Born ???)
- Plan Europe-Asia-Australia-Europe. Policeman Frank plans to ride with his friend Günter on 2 Africa Twins all over Asia, may be Australia for one year, 40-50.000 km. He will take off a year at work.
he actually bikes are Aprilia Caponord and Honda Africa Twin. Frank is the President of chapter Germany1 from the "International Police Motorbike Club Blue Knights". Therefore he has a of lot of international contacts.
Purpose of your travel: Meeting friends, adventure and still living.
Route (of the coming route): Europe (....????) - Asia (Russia till Vladivostok, Mongolia, China, Thailand may be Indonesia) and Australia back to Asia (India - Pakistan - Iran) - Europe (Turkey - Greece .....Germany).
Highlights of coming tour: a lot of adventure and feel free
The worst of coming tour: to get no beer
Book or publication: Wrote so far some reports about Africa and South America, was published in German motorcycle-magazine Tourenfahrer in number 06/05.
Useful / important informations and TIPS for others: If you want to know more, contact me via Bernd Tesch
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: Different experiences on different bikes since 1983. Approx. 100.000 km in West Europe included UK and Ireland. And in several continents. March/ April 2004, rode through North Africa (Tunisia, Libya, Morocco) 16.000 km with bike Aprilia Caponord. January 2006 till January 2007 was on duty in Kosovo. Rode to the complete Balkan (Kosovo, Serbia, Albania, Croatia, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Rumania, Greece) 15.000 km with Aprilia Caponord. Nov./Dec. 2007 travelled in South America the Pan-American from Venezuela to Tierra del Fuego, 18.000 km, with Benelli Amazonas.
03.06.2009 First information
15.06.2009 Last summary
19.06.2009 Asked for the best picture of him or both with bikes "on route"


2010-2011
Elke und Gerd Stock www.schanthalletour.de.to
1999-2010 Experienced mc-traveller Gerd has been already 10 times on TTTreffen for World-travellers-
08.2010 1st information by Gerd Stock of his planned Australian-tour for one year. Already in Australia.
13.08.2010 Send my two links to him
15.08.2010 Asked for a summary


??.??.2010 - ??.??.20?
Andre Krumpe (German, Born ??.??.19??)  and Alexandra Klier (German, Born ??.??.19??)
- Plan overland Australia - Asia - Europe. Andre (HONDA Africa Twin) and Alexandra (HONDA Dominator) plan to ride overland back to Germany.
Purpose of your travel: Time to explore different countries, its culture and people.
Route: Australia - New Zealand - Asia (South East Asia - Japan - Russia - Stan-Countries) - Europe (South East Europe - Germany).
Highlights: ??
The worst: Crash on a long, remote dirt road.
Book or publication (about your tour): none.
Useful / important informations and TIPS for others: Observe the seasons in Australia and plan your trip accordingly. Otherwise it can be very frustrating, time consuming and sometimes dangerous. If you plan to travel to Australia and New Zealand, go to NZ first because it is much cheaper to ship from NZ to AUS than the other way around.
Clean your vehicle and gear carefully. Some people have enough luck to get away with a quarantine inspector in good mud. The others will need a lot of money if their equipment is dirty.
A fuel range of 250 km is good for NZ and Australia 's East Coast. If you want to go into the Outback, consider 350 km as the absolute minimum. 500 km is good enough to ride the most tracks and save money on long distance road travel (fuel in remote outback road houses, even on main roads, is bloody expensive). If you want to be able to go on really remote tracks, you will need 700 km or more. With a range of 1000 km there will be still some tracks that you will not manage.  And consider that you need something to drink for you too. The Outback is big and dry. But if it rains, you will be better in a safe and dry place.
Don't travel between dusk and dawn. The kangaroos are most active at that time.
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: Libya , Island, Several trips within Europe
20.09.2010 First request to both
03.11.2010 First summary by Andre
03.11.2010 First request for update

Hi Bernd,
hereby you can find a summary of our trip which started on the 7th of November 2011 in Perth and will end on the 22nd of April 2012 in Auckland. Not a real big trip but for us a first experience. Up to now we had some problems with the old bikes but nothing what we coudn´t have fixed.



Manuela and Robert Brand in Australia in 2012. - ri: Portraits of both. Foto out of theire website.

07.11.2011 - 22.04.2012
Manuela Brand (German, born 1965) and Robert Brand (German, born 1964) www.classics-on-tour.de
+ Australia and New Zealand. Manuela (Triumph 650 Bonneville, build in 1973) and Robert (Harley-Davidson 1340 Custom-Shovelhead, build in 1982) rode 16.000 km (until 19.03.2012) in ca. six months in Australia and New Zealand.
Purpose: After a serious throat cancer operation we didn´t want to wait until retirement to start such a trip.
Route: Australia (Perth Australia-Nullarbor- Adelaide- Mt. Gambier- Coonabarabran- Eastcoast- Melbourne-by ship to Tasmania)- by ship from ?? (for ?? US-Dollar ?? each person plus motorcycle with shippingline ??) to New Zeland (Auckland- Cape Reinga- Invercargill- Auckland )
Best: All the people where we stayed. Everybody is unique by his own.
Worst: Coffee on the Nullarbor
Earlier experieneces:...
Useful informations after we are back:...
17.03.2012 First request for update
19.03.2012 First summary with fotos.
19.03.2012 First request for update.



HPN-BMW R 100 GS mit längerer Mazochi-Gabel. Verstärktes Federbein von ??. Verstärkter Rahmen (wo ??). Niedriggelegte Doppelrohr Auspuff-Anlage (Vorteile:?? Nachteile: mehr Kosten, mehr Gewicht, eher steinschlagefährdet). 40 Liter Plastik-Acerbis-Tank von HPN. Träger von ??. Tesch-Travel-Taschen 7 kürzer. Michelin Desert Reifen (Optimal für Gelände soweit Schlamm und Steine und Steine mit Sand. Ungeeignet für tiefen Sand und besonders für lange Asphalt-Strecken). Ungeeignet wegen der Schwerpunktverlagerung sind die schweren Zusatzbefestigungen hinten: Öl- oder Benzin-Tank (links) und Wasservorrat (rechts). (C) Fotos Carsten P.



Carsten P. voller Begeisterung vor seiner Australien-Reise.

01.01.2012 - 10.03.2012
Carsten P. (German, born in 1975) – Private blog will be added when available.
- South Australia. Plan: Solo-motorcycle tour through South Australia (east coast to west coast) with BMW R 80 G/S modified by HPN. Flying with THAI AIRWAYS INTL for about 1500€ from Frankfurt to Melbourne. And back from Perth via Bangkok (2 week stopover there) to Frankfurt.
The motorcycle will be shipped both ways by INTIME Hamburg. Shipments are from Hamburg to Melbourne and back from Fremantle. The Price of approx. 3000 - 3200€ includes full logistics: e.g. transportation of my bike to Hamburg and back, shipment to Melbourne, on road shipment of my motorcycle box from Melbourne harbour to Freemantle, shipment back from Fremantle to Hamburg. Costs for customs, registration etc. is not included.
Purpose: Why Australia ? After consultations with experienced people (also, after Bernd and Patricia’s confirmation) I think that Australia combines the safety of Europe with the African adventure (which I hopefully may find in the outback). Thus, Australia seems to be a perfect place for me to do this solo trip. Especially because this trip is intended to have a preparation character for my planned trip from Cairo to Capetown. In addition, I want to find out how I manage being alone in a remote area and an unknown environment. Furthermore, I’m really interested in the OZ way of life, especially in remote areas and not at the well developed east coast.
Route: Starting in Melbourne, ending in Perth. Rough route plantings or places to visit are: Melboure – Great Ocean Road up to Adelaide – Big Desert – Broken Hill – Flinder Ranges -Wentworse – Borke – Birdsville – Big Red – Birdsville / Oodnadatta Track – Alice Springs. Than heading south west to Perth.
But what will be the best: I will let you know as soon as I am back
The worst: Up to now, nothing.
Book or publication: Undecided yet, probably a blog and/or a homepage. Further information about any process will be presented here.
22.08.2011 1st summary.
22.08.2011 1st request for update. Please send a portrait already of you as well. Later you with thwe bike on route.
02.11.2011 Fotos
04.11.2011 Request for update.

20.09.2012 - 6 or 12 months -2013
Daniel Flesser (born 26.05. 1978) + ??? www.the-australian-way.info
- Plan overland Europe-Asia-Australia. Daniel plan to ride on a YAMAHA XTZ 750 Super Tenere from Germany (Cologne) to Australia (Darwin) and travel arround in Australia.
Purpose: take a break, meet people, have fun, see other cultures, ride motorcycle..
Route: Europe 3.000 kms (Germany - Austria - Solvenia - Croatia - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Serbia - Bulgary - Turkey ) - Asia 9 000 kms (Iran - Pakistan - India - Bike solo by ship to Singapure or Malaysia(Kuala Lumpur). I will fly to Singapure/ Kuala Lumpur. Across Indonesia (with ferrys from island to island) and than up to Timor -  Around  Australia ca. 16 000 km.
But what will be the best:
The worst: ??
Book or publication: ??
Earlier experiences: ??
Useful tip for others: ??
11.06.2011 Daniel bought 2 TTT7short for a XTZ Super Tenere and we had 4 hours conversation. Promised to send his view soon.
21.09.2011 2nd request.
12.11.2011 3rd request for update.


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:

Graham Holden (British, Born 1961)
http://web.mac.com/grahamholden/Site/Welcome.html
grahamholden@mac.com
15.08.2010 second request for update please

ca. 1975 - ??
John Sargent (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) -
Trevor Green (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 - ??
Volker Rebske (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 - ??
Helmut Lenders (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.


??. date unknown so far
John Allenand 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.
09.11.2010 Second request to Ian McDonald


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
01.04.2011 523 KB. Next overwork