Circumnavigation of Oz

I dunno Quentin. I presume the vast majority of Highway 1 has a speed limit of 110kph, except in NT where it's 130kph. Obviously there will be sections of lower speed limits where it passes through built-up areas, but I presume those will only be for a small percentage of the road's total length. I wonder if someone has actually done the arithmetic for the theoretical maximum average speed without exceeding any speed limit.
 
Always reckoned to average 100kph over 1000 km you would have to sit on 120+ and only stop long enough to refuel.
Very hard to do safely IMHO.
 
Sleep is the issue, the idiots doing the bike runs had stopped for fuel and tyres set up. They were sleeping 2 or 3 hours in 24. And that was for a week straight. Naping while riding is deadly. Not to mention what effect that would have on Decision making.
 
I presume that record was set in a vehicle with a bed in the back so they could drive continuously by taking turns at driving, with the off duty driver(s) sleeping in the back. They also could have had extra fuel tanks and carried their own food/drinks and toilet facilities to minimise stops.

Even so, it's still pretty unlikely that they stayed within the speed limits.
 
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