Australian Travel Adventures, Queensland Road Trips & Motorcycle Stories

Wednesday began quietly, with my dirty clothes pile reminding me that I’d been away for a week so it was time to put a wash on. No problem with getting it dry afterwards. We were due to go to Charles and Debs later, as it was their turn to host ‘Wine Wednesday’, where a few neighbours take turns to host an evening get-together with drink and nibbles, so I fired up the Honda and headed for Port Douglas to see what I could find to take. The first thing I discovered, before any

At some point over the weekend the truck developed a diesel leak. We smelt it on the way home and once back found the cause easily enough, which was a hole in one of the common rail injector pipes on the top of the engine. On the plus side the engine block was probably the cleanest Conor’s ever seen it due to diesel being sprayed all over it for a sustained period. However, even though diesel and petrol are significantly cheaper here than at home (@£1.50 for diesel and £1.30

Friday was a bit of a chillout day. I didn’t do much other than get my clothes and things ready to take for the weekend camping, then take the bike into town and pick up a few bits from the supermarket. In the evening we went to Sea Bean, a tapas restaurant I’ve been to before, then home and a quick whisky before turning in to be ready for an 8 o’clock start in the morning. We set off only 10 minutes later than intended, and headed for the first stop, Mareeba, where we got f