Perth to Cairns 2016

From the west coast of Australia at Coogee in Perth to Townsville on the east coast with a stop for a beer at my brother’s place outside Longreach in Queensland.

The route is shown on the map.

Great Central Road and Coast to Coast as ridden

Also online at https://share.delorme.com/stragglingstu

Tracking is two hourly by a Delorme Inreach SE personal tracker (Delorme Inreach SE personal satellite tracker). As well as tracking the Inreach allows two way text messaging so that the folks back home can know that my problems are irritating (‘send a spare spoke’), need help in-field soon (‘twisted my ankle badly, will sit under a tree until a ute comes past’), need help urgently (‘stepped on a downs tiger snake, send ute NOW!’) or get lost (‘send ute to GPS location of this text’). Very reassuring especially as life seems to get more precious as I get older.

The ride is being tackled in stages each taking 4-10 days. Planned stages are Perth/Hyden/Kalgoorlie/Leonora/Warburton/Uluru/Oodnadatta/Maree/Innamincka/Windorah/Longreach/Townsville.