5 more sleeps until... Adventure!

**Waihou Thumper** · 16th March 2009, 14:13

Whoops...sp.......Great trip....

**warewolf** · 16th March 2009, 16:26

Have an awesome trip you pair!

Originally Posted by Rosie

red wine ownership is a key part of this strategy.

Bethany in the Barossa for Grenache Pressings and White Port, Coriole in McLaren Vale (if open), and Jim Barry in Clare Valley are a few wineries I'd recommend.

Our strategy was to buy enough wine for dinner plus a few to keep. At the winery where we bought the 12th bottle, we'd give them the rest to fill the carton and they'd ship the lot home. For weeks after we got home from the trip, we had random wine cases arrive with 'mixed dozens' from our visits.

**junkmanjoe** · 16th March 2009, 16:36

Wicked,
one day ill get there again. used to live there.
most important rember to enjoy your selfs.
telly ho..

**helenoftroy** · 16th March 2009, 16:49

Fantastic guys!

Im incredibly envious!!

Dont need a nurse hooning along at the back??

Emergency response trained??
Could taste test the vino?
Advanced CPR skills??

No?oh well....pics,lots of them please

**ducatijim** · 16th March 2009, 18:19

Pooh-bums.....so yous won't be comming out to visit me in Moora then?

Well......bloody be like that

......you have a GREAT time anyways!

**Rosie** · 17th March 2009, 07:07

Originally Posted by warewolf

Our strategy was to buy enough wine for dinner plus a few to keep. At the winery where we bought the 12th bottle, we'd give them the rest to fill the carton and they'd ship the lot home. For weeks after we got home from the trip, we had random wine cases arrive with 'mixed dozens' from our visits.

Hmmm, luggage space permitting, this sounds like a good strategy.

**clint640** · 17th March 2009, 09:00

Cheers guys.

Originally Posted by 3L4NS1R

But there is a limit to planning that one can reach before the planning takes over from the enjoyment of the trip...

I for one am a fan of laissez-faire type planning when it comes to trips...

Of course, a trip of this magnitude requires a rather high level of planning just to get off the ground...

The route planning has been extremely laissez-faire. We will be following our usual strategy of having done some research & taking plenty of maps & info on all the places we might want to see, but no firm itinerary other than Rosie's rough outline above.

The things we have put a lot of work into are bike preparation & maintenance, what gear & tools to take & trying to make sure that when we get to Sydney, our bikes are there & cleared to go.

Cheers
Clint

**Sidewinder** · 17th March 2009, 09:03

enough room to put a gsxr in there aswell?

**Bass** · 17th March 2009, 09:19

Originally Posted by clint640

Cheers guys.

The route planning has been extremely laissez-faire. We will be following our usual strategy of having done some research & taking plenty of maps & info on all the places we might want to see, but no firm itinerary other than Rosie's rough outline above.

The things we have put a lot of work into are bike preparation & maintenance, what gear & tools to take & trying to make sure that when we get to Sydney, our bikes are there & cleared to go.

Cheers
Clint

You've got it, but then you would.
Provided that you have the machinery and supplies to get you through or the technology to get you help if it goes wrong, then where you go is completely secondary.
This is especially true if your time is limited and the conditions are uncertain so that you can't predict what your average speed will be. In that case, your route has to be flexible.

**clint640** · 17th March 2009, 09:22

Originally Posted by Sidewinder

enough room to put a gsxr in there aswell?

Yep, no problem. I'll just have to drive my digger over it a few times first though

We used a couple of steel + cardboard motorbike crates from the local shop (thanks Patterson O'Connor!) The bikes go in with the front wheel off & the handlebars unbolted, it was actually quite easy to mod the crates to fit our bikes & bolt them together, although it does take a couple of hours to pack / unpack & bolt it all together.

Cheers
Clint

**3L4NS1R** · 17th March 2009, 09:22

Sounds like the perfect trip: The tools and time to do anything you want.

**Aslan** · 17th March 2009, 15:10

Originally Posted by Rosie

A great deal of planning and hard work has gone into the catering strategy for the trip. Due to refrigeration limitations, red wine ownership is a key part of this strategy.

have fun you two - as you can see many of us wish we were doing what you and Clint are doing Rosie - good on ya both - ride safe - look forward to hearing of your escapdes in due course

**ducatijim** · 17th March 2009, 21:10

I will think of you 2 everytime my 540hp Stieger tractor turns her nose east....which won't be too often in any shift, given the size of the fields!!
( you'll be having 'beer-o-clock' when I'm eating lunch!! haha)

Jamie

**clint640** · 18th March 2009, 07:11

Originally Posted by ducatijim

I will think of you 2 everytime my 540hp Stieger tractor turns her nose east....which won't be too often in any shift, given the size of the fields!!
( you'll be having 'beer-o-clock' when I'm eating lunch!! haha)

Jamie

Ahh... so now the real reason for Jamie's working holiday comes out... the chance to drive a real big-ass tractor!

Just pop over to Innamincka for a beer & a catch up while we're there, it can't be that far from WA can it?

Especially on a KTM 990

Cheers
Clint