New vehicle spotted on the Gibb Rd.

Hard work but I'll bet he's seen more of Australia than any of us will. Maybe not in area but in detail.

Anyone following Sam Johnson's trek around Australia on a unicycle.

he's just about half way!!!!

follow him at.


http://www.loveyoursister.org/

A very worthy cause.

Not affiliated just a donor.

Hi Jim,

When we did the GRR for the first time about 10+ years ago we followed a thin line in the gravel of the road for quite some distance. Looked as if someone had traced a line with a stick. We couldn't work out what it was because it zig-zagged from one side of the road to the other. Then we came across a lone cyclist and yes, those were his tracks as he crossed from one side of the road to the other trying to find the smoothest bits of the road. We reckoned he must have travelled about twice as far as we had on that road. Later that day he pulled into Home Valley to camp and we had a bit of a chat, and the next day we helped him get across the Pentecost R.

WE have seen many cyclists in out-of-the-way places and have to admire their stamina and tenacity. Another that comes to mind was a young chap we met at Combo Waterhole, going from Melbourne to the Arctic Circle. I wonder how he got on?

Cheers,

Val

the tv show long way down had one shot in Africa a couple who were riding around the world on push bikes they were so skinny i suppose they could not carry lots of food and with all the exercise no chance to put weight on they had been on the road for a few years

I came across a cyclist way out on the Tanami road (2008)!

Hi , JimDi, last year while on Savannah way , just out from Hells Gate , we followed 3 "lines " in the road , zig zagging from side to side , after a lot of Klms , we came across a young fellow , Michael ,from America, and he was cycling , with a tiny trailer on behind , all the way to Boroloola ,then to Darwin , he said he was almost out of food , had 2 litres of water ,he asked only for oats ,which we gave him ,and we gave him a big bag of jelly beans ,he said he had enough water , (??????Hello , 2 litres was all he had with him ,)All the way while we travelled to Boroloola , i was feeling so worried about him , and guess what , first person we saw when we came to the caravan park , was Michael , someone in a ute had given him a lift all the way , from where we had left him. So much for cycling all the way around Australia , which is what he told us he was doing .We saw him weeks later on at a roadside rest area , trying to get a lift with some other travellers . mmmmmm..........

It doesn't look new AND it is only one wheel drive.
Got the rear locked all the time and the transfer is mounted at the rear wheel too.

Google Heinz Stucke the worlds most prolific pushbike traveler , met him on the Tanami and then Sth of Broome in 08 , has filled 8 passports in his pushbike travels , left home at 18 on his pushy and is now in his late 60's and still riding all over the world,,,

Hiya Jim
What is the current condition of the Gibb River Road?? We will be travelling from Kununurra to Derby around early August...
Chers
Wombat

As a cyclist (I have 3 bikes - triathlon bike, road bike, and MTB) and a 4WD traveller, I REALLY appreciate how tough this would be. His bike doesn't even have ANY suspension. The gravel you drive over, would feel like boulders, the soft parts of the road are sand, which slows down your speed and makes you have to push your legs so much harder. It's all just damn hard work. All that weight would make the delicate balancing act of riding a bike so much harder - I can't hardly image dealing with it in a cross wind, head wind, passing truck and car wind, you name it. It's scary riding on tar roads alongside traffic that barely gives you millimeters as they pass but add to that the dust you'd be forced to breathe in as you're huffing and puffing! No thanks. I don't understand why go out bush and ride on the road with traffic - so much fantastic MTB trails in Australia - a better way to get up and close with nature on your bike in my opinion. Each to their own ;)

We've seen half a dozen cyclists or more through here in a couple of years