PICKED UP MY BRAND-NEW PLATES

WORKING HARD TO MAKE A FEW LAST COINS FOR THE BIG TRIP

SO I PACKED MY BAGS LAST NIGHT, CLEANED THE CAR AND TRIED TO GET EVERYTHING READY FOR A SMOOTH TAKEOFF

GOOD OLD BONDI BEACH FOR THE LAST TIME – GOT TO PICK UP A SWEDISH LAD AND THE MOST IMPORTANT PAPERWORK FOR THE TRIP

THIS DOCUMENT ALLOWS ME TO TEMPORARILY IMPORT MY VEHICLE INTO FOREIGN COUNTRIES….OR AT LEAT IT WILL MAKE IT EASIER. FEELS GOT TO FINALLY HAVE THAT PRINTED. DOESN’T FEEL GREAT TO PAY 1075 DOLLARS FOR A COUPLE OF YELLOW PAPERS THOUGH.

CROSSING THE OLD HARBOUR BRIDGE

GETTING DIRECTIONS OF A GOOD AUSSIE BLOKE… CHEERS MATE. I’LL PUT SOME SHRIMPS ON THE BARBIE FOR YA! WHAT A MAN.

SUNSET INTO….

AFTER LEAVING SYDNEY BEHIND IT WAS TIME FOR SOME SERIOUS ADVENTURES..

SKINNY DIPPING FOR EXAMPLE..

SWIMMING UNDER WATERFALLS IN DORRIGO

SWIMMING WITH DINGOES

WE HEADED FURTHER TO BYRON BAY AND..

..MADE FRIENDSALONG THE WAY

AUSTRALIA GREEN CAPITOL – THE MIGHTY NIMBIN FOR A COUPLE OF COCKIES AND COFFEE

ALOMOST LEGALIZED ON NIMBIN’S STREETS AND BACKYARDS – PEOPLE SELLING ‘HERBS’

SO WE LEFT NEW SOUTH WALES AND GOT TO THE SUNSHINE STATE – QUEENSLAND

CRUISING THROUGH SURFERS PARADISE

SO MANY FANS

HAVING A MORNING WORKOUT WHILE BREATHING GASONLINE FUMES IN  SURFERS PARADISE’ UNDERGROUND PARKING LOTS

JUST LOVING IT – ON THE WAY TO BRISBANE

BRISBANES RIVERSIDE…STILL A FEW KILOMETERS TO GO TO DARWIN I GUESS..

I LEFT BRISBANE BEHIND

AS WELL AS A BUNCH OF FELLOW PASSENGERS .. GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE ON YOUR FURTHER ADVENTURES

SO I FILLED UP THE CAR WITH ANOTHER BUNCH OF PEOPLE AND WE KEPT GOING NORTH

LAST OPPORTUNITY TO SURF THE EASTCOAST BEFORE IT GETS TO DANGEROUS FURTHER NORTH BECAUSE OF STINGERS, JELLYFISH, SHARKS, CROCS… – BEACH AT AGNES WATERS – WAITING ‘THE’ WAVE

GERMAN MICHAEL QUIT HIS JOB IN AGNES WATERS TO JOIN US.. GOOD ON HIM! OFF TO AIRLIE BEACH

WE STAYED FOR A COUPLE OF NIGHTS AND ATTACKED THE ROUTE TO DARWIN

WE PICKED UP ANDRE FROM INDONESIA IN TONSVILLE BEFORE WE TOOK THE TURN TOWARDS THE DESERT. 2500 KM OF STRAIGHT ROAD ARE AHEAD OF US. LUCKY THAT MICHAELS 64GB IPHONE IS FULL OF TUNES

FIRST GAS STOP

ROMANTIC SUNSET CRUISE AND 4 BOYS IN THE CAR 😉

WAERING NO SHOES IN THE POSSIBLY HOTTEST PLACE ON EARTH IS FU*KING STUPID – MT ISA

INSTEAD OF TELLING YOU WHERE THE NEXT GAS STATION IS … ‘QUEEN SLANDER AYE’

CROSSING THE BOARDER TO THE NOTHERN TERRITORY – WHAT A MOMENT – WHAT A STATE

NT – NOT TODAY NOT TOMORROW

ANYWAY IT WAS ABOUT TIME TO TAKE A MASSIVE SHIT – I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY ALL NEEDED TO WATCH

THIS PIONT IS LEGENDARY -NT THREEWAY- WHO WOUDN’T LIKE A THREEWAY ABOUT 1000 KILOMETERS TO GO TO DAWIN STRAIGHT, NOT A SINGLE TURN!

XMAS FEELINGS COME UP

THE DALY WATERS PUB – FEELING A BIT  TIPSY THERE AFTER ONLY ONE BEER IN THE SUN – THE PROBABLY MOST FAMOUS PUB IN ALL OF AUSTRALIA

AN OLD DIESEL AYE .. SHE BURNS ABOUT 3 LITERS PER THOUSAND KM (OF OIL) 15W50

ANOTHER COUPLE OF BEERS FURTHER UP THE ROAD AT THE MIGHTY MATARANKA PUB AND I DROPPED PANTS AT THE NATURAL BITTER SPRINGS HOT POOLS – EVENTHOUGH LITTLE TEMPERATURE GAUGE MAKES IT LOOK LIKE THE WATER WAS COLD 😛

CRYSTAL CLEAR WATER – SOME PEOPLE WERE MUMBLING ABOUT A BIG SNAKE IN THE WATER.. DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE ON ABOUT

NOT FAR TO GO TO DARWIN..

SO I ARRIVED UP IN DARWIN, I USED TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME WORKING UP HERE. MY ABSOLUTE FAVOURITE PLACE IN ALL OF AUSTRALIA. I LOVE DARWIN! THANKS TO MY FORMER BOSS DAVE WHO ALLOWED ME TO USE HIS WORKSHOP FOR A FEW PRE-ASIA LANDCRUISER IMPROVEMENT REPAIRS – I GOT SOME S**T SORTED

SO WE FLUSHED THE ENGINE AND STARTED TAKING IT APART..A LITTLE BIT A LEAST

WE ALSO EXCHANGED THE RADIATOR HOSES AS WELL AS ALL BELTS TO MAKE SURE I DON’T HAVE TO DO THAT ON A DUSTY ROAD IN INDIA WITHOUT ANY WATER BUT A MILLION SPECTATORS

THE SHIP TO TIMOR WAS DELAYED, I NEEDED THE MONEY AND DARWIN WAS IN DEMAND OF SOME STRAIGHT KERB SO THERE WAS ANOTHER 10 DAYS OF TROWLING CONCRETE

I WENT CHRISTMAS SHOPPING

SO THE CAR WAS GONE AND I KEPT MYSELF BUSY RINGING UP POTENTIAL CUSTOM BROKERS IN DILI/EAST TIMOR TO GET THE CONTAINER CLEARED OVER THERE. THIS IS NECESSARY IF YOU DONT ANT TO GET IN TROUBLE WITH THE AUTHORITIES. 60 EXPENSIVE PHONE CALLS LATER I FINALLY GOT SOMEONE ON THE OTHER END OF THE LINE WHO WAS ABLE TO PASS ME ONTO HIS COUSIN WHOSE BROTHER SPOKE SOME ENGLISH. THAT GUY THEN GAVE ME THE NUMBER OF A CUSTOM BROKER WHO THEN TURNED OUT TO BE THE CUSTOM BROKERS FATHER IN LAW ..AND SO ON.. ANYWAY I DECIDED TO POSTPONE MY AMBITIONS UNTIL I GET TO DILI AND FOCUSSED ON GETTING NAKED AROUD THE POOL..MERRY CHRISTMAS

TIME TO FLY TO DILI TO GET MY CAR OUT OF THE CONTAINER ..