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Treat your taste buds to the unique taste of traditional specialties, observing the ocean for humpback whales if youвЂ™re visiting between December and April.Then, pleasure your palate with samples of tasty tequila. Return to your awaiting vehicle to enjoy the journey back to a central Los Cabos location. Whether itвЂ™s just your solo camping gear or the suitcases for your extended familyвЂ™s beach vacation, youвЂ™ve got a lot to haul on your adventures.

I should have known better. Just enough to shake me up a little,вЂќ I continued naively. вЂњI need some dirt, sand, raw beauty, and a little danger. SIMON AND LISA THOMAS travel through the heart of Australia along the unforgiving Outback Way on one of the toughest yet enthralling rides of their livesI want to do a big ride,вЂќ I commented to Lisa. Climb atop an awaiting camel to admire the seaside scenery from a unique vantage point venture over the soft sands on a 20-minute beach safari atop your camel.Return to the ranch and smile for special shots on your camel.

ItвЂ™s known as the worldвЂ™s longest shortcut because it takes you on a direct route across the heart of the country, rather than following the main roads closer to the coast.Our journey will see us ride more than 3,000 miles, taking in vast, uninhabited desert and extremely challenging terrain, as we traverse this mammoth country from coast to coast diagonally. Ahead is a long and unforgiving route called The Outback Way. A warm dry breeze lulls our senses, but it does little to distract me from the knot of anxious excitement growing in my stomach. At $250 (ВЈ137) per person, the excursion is beyond our budget.The air carries a salty tang. Nearby, the Coral Sea pounds the beach as a stream of boats head out to the Great Barrier Reef. At a petrol station in the small town of Mackay, Lisa tops off the fuel tanks while I check the bikes over.

YaвЂ™ll be right,вЂќ Jim adds with a dry chuckle.вЂњI think weвЂ™ve just met Crocodile DundeeвЂ™s dad,вЂќ Lisa comments to me with a smile. Ah, heck, young fella, good on ya. YouвЂ™re ready for an adventure, eh?вЂќ asks the inquisitive truckie pointing to the motorcycles.вЂњWeвЂ™re riding down to Perth across the outback,вЂќ Lisa answers.вЂњYou be careful out there. Handing over our cash, we quickly fill our water sacks.Jim, a long-distance trucker sporting a thick dusty beard, ancient jeans, and a faded orange safety shirt, is hanging around in the heat outside.вЂњStruth mate. Inside, the beaten вЂ50вЂ™s Coca-Cola fridge is overflowing with chilled bottled water. WeвЂ™re already parched.The quaint, wooden-decked provisions store looks like it hasnвЂ™t changed in decades.

Clearing the trees, I plough into a deep wash of dust and rocks and instantly shift my weight to compensate. Stood on the pegs, I squeeze the throttle and my rear wheel drifts out before I straighten for the next long left.For two hours we ride glass gravel, which looks like millions of shiny ball-bearings, and the air becomes pungent as we speed through a grove of silver-barked eucalyptus trees. With our tyre pressures lowered, we pick up speed.

SheвЂ™s shaken but otherwise OK. We lift the bike upright and instantly spot that the punctured rear tyre is partially peeled off the rim.While Lisa continues to flush out her eyes, I straighten her bent gear shifter and reattach her broken handguard with a zip tie. She kicks herself free, yanks off her helmet, and pours our recently bought water over her face and into her bloodshot eyes. Adrenaline pumps as I spin around and rush back to her.LisaвЂ™s yelling as fuel erupts from a split line, drowning her helmet, goggles, and eyes in burning gasoline. LisaвЂ™s pinned under the front left fuel tank. In a split second, sheвЂ™s thrown forward as her 650 GS high sides before smacking the ground hard and flipping.

Across the road, Steve, the local tyre guy, pulls out a very used but rideable Conti TKC 80. We only hope the three heavy patches holding it together will last until then.On the north of town, we set up camp at the Matilda Country Tourist Park. WeвЂ™ll aim to reach the Central West Queensland town of Winton where we can get a new tyre for Lisa. As we cruise northwest, we form a new plan. Exotic local wildlife ItвЂ™s called Rainbow Valley for a good reason Lisa and simon strike their hero poses A well earned pit stop Patches, Potholes, And ParksWe joined the Landsborough Highway, a long, worn stretch of asphalt, three hours ago. The Aussie outback has given us fair warning of both the danger and natural wonders to come on this journey.

Roadkill is a sad fact of outback life but the carnage is shocking. Back on the dry, flat Kennedy Development Road, our day is long and hot. We learn that Winton has a rich history as the birthplace of both the folklore tune Waltzing Matilda, and Qantas, the second oldest airline in the world.Soon enough itвЂ™s time to leave and by 6 am weвЂ™re loading the bikes in a swarm of black flies. Bill and Murray, two weather-beaten cattlemen, nightly sip on cold amber beer after a 12-hour shift of sun-baked ranching. TheyвЂ™ve made an exception for Lisa and we enjoy easy conversation with the regulars. Sitting at the rustic wooden bar in the MenвЂ™s Room (yep, men only) at the Tattersalls Hotel, known to everyone as the Tatt.

We negotiate a steep incline to the top of Cawnpore Lookout where we set up camp near a tin-roofed sun shelter. East of Middleton, we slow and carefully skirt the carcasses of 12 kangaroos killed domino-style when a train must have torn through the group.Slowing, we peel off the tar and our wheels spin on the rocky dirt tracks. Someone should have also warned the roos.

The remoteness of the outback pushes that cost up even further. The fuel here in Australia has been some of the most expensive weвЂ™ve found in the world. The jolt of handing over ВЈ155 for petrol wakes us both up. Yep, itвЂ™s a big orange rock The notorious plenty highway Making camp at Boulia A whale breachesOn AustraliaвЂ™s east coast Unwelcome NeighboursAt sunrise, in the small hamlet of Boulia, we fill our fuel tanks to the brim. Tomorrow, the real dirt begins.

Pulling over, we deflate the tyres and rush to get moving again before we roast. The motorcycles squirm in the soft, ploughed sand track that is the Donohue. WeвЂ™re going to feel that extra weight.We pass the metal sign for Fence Creek and 4.5 miles outside Boulia we stop by the large faded wooden sign that reads вЂWelcome to the Donohue HighwayвЂ™.

A few pokes with a stick chase it away. вЂњF**k me!вЂќ I blurt out as I stare beyond Lisa to the 10ft snake slithering its way through the grass toward us. Within 20 minutes weвЂ™ve unloaded and set up camp. Amid a shrub-strewn landscape, a small copse of trees to my right will provide some shade and a good camping spot for the night. WeвЂ™re keeping a good speed in fourth and fifth gear but dehydrating fast and weвЂ™re struggling to ride and drink simultaneously.вЂњIвЂ™m done,вЂќ I yell to Lisa.

The track tugs on our concentration as it transitions from rock and bull dust, a super fine red dust, to formed earth. ItвЂ™s two hours before we cross the border from Queensland into the Northern Territory and start our leg on AustraliaвЂ™s notorious Plenty Highway.The guidebooks list the Plenty as suitable for 4x4s only. LisaвЂ™s controlled application of the throttle keeps her straight and upright as her bikeвЂ™s back end snakes and weaves. The PlentyRefreshed from a great nightвЂ™s sleep, a full breakfast, and a pot of strong coffee, we are back on the Donohue and instantly up on the pegs to deal with long washes of very deep sand.

NT is, however, home to some of the most iconic locations in Australia. The federal Australian Territory of the Northern Territory (NT) is a staggering 520,902 square miles in size, but it is only the third-largest territory in Australia. Twenty seconds later, we emerge safely.This country is mind-boggling. With zero visibility, we hope there is nothing in our path. We barrel into the dense cloud created by our recent road-hogging visitor.

We hand over ВЈ129 and weвЂ™re not even empty.

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