Who, Why and When

Hello and welcome to our mid life crisis. We are two thirty something blokes with a love of motorcycles and wide open spaces. This blog not only follows our four week trip into the unknown but also contains information and links on how we set up our bikes for the trip. Hopefully our story not only inspires you to get out of your comfort zone and do something mad and liberating but also gives you a bit of a laugh.


Cheers Mike and Rod

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Still wet and cold then....

Day 11 Alice Springs to Three Ways Roadhouse

Well we really enjoyed the day off in Alice. The bikes are now serviced and each has a new back tyre. We had to swap to Dunlop 606's so it will be interesting to compare them offroad vs the Pirelli's. Unfortunately just as we went to bed on the Monday night the rain started falling again in earnest. We had heard that day that there were a lot of people stranded on the 4WD tracks all through South Australia so I'm glad we didn't turn south! Still we saddled up Tuesday morning and had a miserable 60km ride north in the pelting rain. We then had to ride another 100km in the cold overcast before we finally got out into the sun at Ti Tree roadhouse. We stopped to fuel up and dry off a bit. Rod got his obligatory morning Chicko roll but was then accosted by the locals for it outside of the roadhouse.
It looking ugly at Ti Tree
From there we rode for another hour and had a nice pie for lunch at the Barrow Creek Roadhouse/pub. Best pie so far!
Barrow Creek Pub
It was really starting to get hot now so we ditched the jacket liners and merino jumpers and got back on the road. We stopped next at the Wycliffe Hotel which apparently is the UFO sighting capital of OZ. Maybe it's because the joint is owned by an ex US Marine?! He also had a large collection of beer so here is another of my waiting for Rodney shots while he has his afternoon constitutional.
Pick the Alien
Just up the road we stopped at another geological field tip site, The Devils Marbles which are just stunning. There is a campsite here and I've love to spend the night but we had to get to Three Ways that night.
Mick in raptures
Look I know this is silly, an engineer pretending to think
From here we had a 130km cruise up to Three Ways roadhouse. Nice ride but very hot. We pulled in to the caravan park the same time as 30 truckies heading to the Trucking hall of fame 25th anniversary in Alice. Ever showered with 30 truckies, mmmmmm not a great experience, worse than rock apes. We had a pleasant evening in the roadhouse bar, great burgers!
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