Did the trip from Europe to Oz with my girlfriend oct 2007-apr 2008. It sure is a great ride, probably the best we´ve ever done, I only wish we´d had a bit more time!!
Why not ship from Darwin to Dili (East Timor) or somewhere in Indonesia? Indo was in our opinion one of the (if not THE) most interesting country on the whole trip, most certainly worth a visit. We actually decided we better skip East Timor, cos there had just been an assasination attempt on their president and prime minister, and situation just seemed too uncertain, so we went from Bali to Perth. This change of route was a real shame, because I hear it just gets better and better east from Bali. But even between North Sumatra and Bali was a great, great experience!
You´ll need the carnet for the bike to get to Indonesia - but if you plan to go to Europe, and arent wealthy enough to invest on going through China, you´ll probably go to India&Pakistan, where it will be required, too.
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