Hi

See my reply to this post for the update....

Thanks!!

J


Hi

I know it really depends on what I like seeing etc, but after some of your thoughts on a route from Sydney to Darwin.

To set the scene:

Its going to be at the start of a trip from Sydney to London, probably leaving Sydney Feb 1st and taking 4-6 weeks to get to Darwin.

I'm riding a Aprilia Pegaso Strada, so capable of going on tracks etc but certainly not an off roader. It has a tank range of 220-250km, although I'll probably take another 10 litres of fuel when necesary, so probably up to 400km with that.

I'm keen to see some of the more remote areas, but also will be travelling on my own and haven't done anything like that before, so I guess the Tanami/Gunbarrel etc etc are out.

I'm doing a week/10 day trip in December which will be Sydney-Melbourne (via coast), Adelaide, Sydney (via Wagga etc) and have also seen a fair bit of this area already, so no need to spend much time round here on the main trip. I've also seen around the Ulru/Alice area too, so no need to visit again.

The options I've thought of are:

1) This is was the original plan:

Sydney - Port Lincoln (via Dubbo, Broken Hill etc) - Perth (via Nullabor) - Broome (via Coast) - Darwin (via Gibb River Road, weather allowing)

2) I've been looking at the map though and it seems a very long way to Perth and the West Coast!! So this is the other option:

Sydney - Bourke - Mt Isa - Tenant Creek - Broome - Darwin

It will be around 2000km shorter, i'll still get to see a fair bit of the middle and the top, but will miss out the whole of the East & West Coast, so will be mainly inland.

3) In the same direction, but getting to see some of the QLD coast, which I haven't seen any of, but still seing some of the middle/top, but about the same distance as the 1st option:

Sydney - Brisbane - Cairns - Mt Isa - Tennant Creek - Broome - Darwin

This seems interesting but I'm not that interested in seeing that much of the Sydney - Cairns stretch, I'm thinking the West Coast could be much more appealing?

Any thoughts on the above routes as well as ideas about timing would be greatly appreciated, plus any other suggestions!!

Thanks

J