Karratha to Mulgowie on a postie bike

July 2009, must have been the guy we saw on the Gary Junction road, somewhere around Kirrirkurra I think. Couldn't quite believe what was coming at us in the distance. Gave a wave as he went past. I'm a bike nut from way back, but no, not into that sort of adventure.

Hi Brain c

I think it was along the Gary Junction somewhere - we went through late June. We both stopped and had a good chat; he was probably the only other person we saw that day.

Mh

Well how about that. I just recognised your little tag photo. You were at Jupiter Well the same day as us I think. You guys had a broken bolt or something on the truck. Late June early July, can't remenber exactly. We were camped over nearer to the pump just for the one night, we came over to see if we could help but didn't have a big enough bolt or something.

Hi Brian - yes, that was us, and i remember you too. The Victorian group travelling west were wonderful. They worked half the night saying as they took over "Don't mind us - we're a bossy bunch of b----rs." When nothing else would substitute, they used a bolt from our Hayman Reece tow hitch and put something smaller to hold the caravan on, and we made it safely from Jupiter to Alice. The bolt was a unique size and shape and nothing else would fit, so we were stuck in Alice for a week (struck a long weekend) with the right part on order. We weren't game to go out of town for a few days peace, as that would have really been pushing our luck. All great people we meet in the outback which makes for a very memorable trip. Cheers, Mh

Now back to that postie bike before we get moderated for chit chat, it must have been shortly after that we met him, as you left about half an hour before us i recall. As he had started on the east coast, he'd had quite a ride and was well on the way to completing his ambitious record.

Having pin pointed the date - I've found it. He was originally from Texas. He was going to be the first person to cross Australia on the Tropic of C on a 100 cc bike, and was doing it at a time to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the bike brand (which i don't recall) - with the current models being very much the same as the original model.

Mh