Justin Milne

Day 4 A restful night, if a bit cold. We finished up with the wife, dog and driver all in the same bed, which improved the temp a bit and was nice. I suppose we could’ve turned on the diesel heater but…. Anna left early. She had some dramas on the way which she overcame … Read more

The tractor component of our mobile home is a 2022 model Ford F250 Ute. It is American built, imported as Left Hand Drive and then converted to RHD. These big yank “trucks” as they call them, are stupidly big for a commuter. There is no parallel with the sort of utes we are used to … Read more

Our night next to the river was peaceful – except for me snoring apparently (but I can hardly believe that). In the morning Spikey and I had a long walk through this rather beautiful park which chases a series of lakes and billabongs along the Georges River. Matthew Flinders and his young mate George Bass … Read more

Anna got away as planned at about 9.00am. Spike and I left about an hour later. We headed to a battery replacement joint in beautiful Bankstown, run by a chap named Moe, who might have been Syrian. The Century Battery shop was in a typical suburban shopping centre but with especially tight turns, making negotiation … Read more

We are ready to go, and probably would have left by now but for the fact that we are waiting on new brakes to be added to the bike and for the truck, an additional spare tyre and two new batteries. All of this “will be ready Monday”. So we wait. It’s a bit like … Read more

A couple of days ago Anna came up with the “mad” idea of riding a bike around Australia. I immediately agreed and offered to drive the support vehicle. This notion has fired us up and for now, we are both extremely enthusiastic whilst recognising that there are a thousand reasons why it might not happen. … Read more