Hi to Brice, Rosy and others on this forum.
The four of us (wife, myself, 2 daughters) are planning an overland from Melbourne, clockwise up the coast to Darwin, the either straight from Darwin to Bangladesh, India, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Iran into Europe, OR from Darwin shipping to East Timor and Island hopping from there to Bangkok, shipping (again) from Bangkok to Bangladesh.
All these shipping options have been done by others, see this site under 'getting there, shipping the bike':
http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tripplan/transport/
choose 'actual shipments by travellers' and choose the relevant continents and countries
IE: thailand to bangladesh (guy with a landrover did that for US$1100),
We haven't decided yet if we want to do the drive over the islands or go straight from Darwin to Bangladesh > India. India is where we'll be spending 6 months, out of a total of 12 to 18 months. Estimated time of depature from Melbourne: mid 2010. Brice, I'm interested to know when you're planning to do your trip?
Cheers
Kai