Hello.

This may just be Lockdown dreaming but I'm in the incredibly early stages of planning a trip from Edinburgh to Adelaide in 2022. I work in Comedy at the Edinburh fringe festival every year and want to expereince the big Australian festivals too.

The trip would have to be from the start of September 2022 and arrive mid February 2023.

My questions are

1. Is this a realistic time frame? My back up options if i can't do it in this time would be to fly the bike directly to Australia from my nearest airport if I'm starting to run behind. Or miss the adelaide fringe and go to the melbourne one in march. But if I'm more likely to not arrive until april then i'll need to factor airfreight in sooner. Arriving for the festivals is more important to me than the Journey (but only a little bit. I don't want to just fly there)

2. Are there any countries I should avoid for political reasons, won't get a visa etc. At the moment it looks like UK nationals will need a guide to travel through both Iran and China so it would all depend on which would be cheaper and which one would be easier to get a visa for. I know a lot could happen politically in the next 19 months though.

3. Are there any countries I won't be abe to cross because of the weather. I'll be mostly traveling through autumn and winter but I'm hoping that because I'm heading south I'll be chasing the summer as I go. Obviously everywhere has their own climates and it's dependant on eleveation and loads of stuff. just looking for a rough idea.

Like I said this is very early stages so just a brief nudge in right direction is what I'm looking for.

Thanks all. Hope you're all staying sane.