Circumnavigation of Oz

Bit of an update, the 750 Enduro is coming along well, I am heading up to Murwillumbah to pick up the motor on Saturday. I have convinced Chris that he has to come with me, and he has agreed. I am looking into organising it as a charity ride for prostate cancer.
 
And how old is CC these days Marty? A fantastic trip for him. Would love to meet up with him again sometime, hopefully in Walpole
And pass on my regards. Tell him I still have the SFC
 
Chris is 76, so there is 20 years between us. He wants to camp as much as possible, which suits me. He s currently doing battle with prostate cancer for the third time. Hes got a DRZ400 that is comfortable for him to ride. Might get some Laverda stickers on it😜
 
Funnily enough we both have bung right legs, and the hardest part of camping is getting up off the ground. Going to need to park the bike close to the tent to help pull myself up in the mornings
 
Camping is too hard on the body when you are pulling big miles per day. Last thing you will feel like is stopping and setting up and, and, and then, it's time for a .... er, warm beer. Then overnight rain, packing up in the morning with all that wet gear.

No thanks, even a room in a divey pub has to be a better option.
 
I had to google DRZ400. I'm not particularly familiar with the Jap stuff these days.

I'm with Chrisk. Camping is OK on occasions, but you don't want it to be a lifestyle.

To me, camping is all about setting up a bivouac in the bush off the side of the road and cooking snags on a camp fire rather than caravan park type camping grounds with a hundred other grey nomads. But it gets old pretty quickly if you're doing it every night. You need to spend a night in a hotel at least once or twice a week, if only to have a good meal, comfortable bed, dry out wet gear, have a good hot shower and wash your filthy, rotten, stinky clothes. Caravan park type camping areas will have shower and laundry facilities but they charge almost as much as a cheap hotel, don't have a bar or meals, and you still have to pitch your tent and sleep on the ground in your sleeping bag. Cheap country pubs are usually pretty good, and you get to have a beer and a chin-wag with the locals.
 
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