Blog
21
Feb
Well I’m gone
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BIKE-HEDONIA
Beastie and I are on the road. After days of frantic disarray, I finally had Beastie loaded like a pack mule. We trundled slowly out of...
13
Feb
Motohobo is NOW.
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Now it's just Beastie and I! I am officially an unemployed, homeless motohobo and I'm leaving town tomorrow.
I am elated.
Needless ...
24
Dec
Christmas love from the Adventure Mothership
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Well the day job is done for 2017 and it's time for some hardcore adventure planning at the amazing adventure mothership, also known as...
23
Dec
Garage time
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I've been spending a bit of quality time in the garage with Beastie lately, kitting her out for the grand expedition. Check out her sex...
18
Dec
Leaving it all behind
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The adventure is well on track people. I might have been a little quiet on here in virtual life, but in real life it’s been hectic.
Ho...
10
Oct
Shakedown Run – Part 3 – Set-up lessons
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After Benarkin I headed North-West to Kingaroy, because I like the name and why the hell not.
Kingaroy – roy as in roi being King, so ...
06
Oct
Shakedown Run – Part 2
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Last time you saw me I was lounging by a pool in Brisbane. It was not half bad. Beastie spent a day or so looking fetching by the pool ...
09
Aug
Shakedown run
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I’ve got a few more days before I have to return to reality and the sad business of earning money to pay for my trip - so I’m up in Que...
02
Aug
On getting knocked off your perch, and other intermissions
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Until a couple of weeks ago, I was all gung ho and adventure prep was full steam ahead. Work wasn’t a source of joy but that just gave ...
29
Jun
Chasing hedonia
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Hedonia – positive sensation, pleasurable feeling; a basic, sensual sort of happiness.
BikeHedonia is a reference to that feeling you g...
10
Jun
The Secret Brotherhood of Mechanical Aptitude
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I’ve been riding dirt bikes since I was five years old. As a child, I was under strict instructions not to break the bike. If you stack...
08
Jun
Decision
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I was sitting at my desk at work. It was about six thirty in the morning. I’d been at work every day for too many days straight, and at...
08
Jun
Autonomy
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When you’re a woman, there are a lot of things that you’re told you should do. Be nice; be modest; be classy. There many more things th...
22
Apr