So, i met few fellow on the way, riding big bikes…950cc upwards. they were surprised by my moving castle Rajdooth!…ofcourse, im doing in tiny weeny 250cc!….go Rajdooth!
just flat land. Me and my motorcycle Rajdooth for days!…..may be few visitors on the way..4 and 2 legged!
Footy Carnival at Finke. teams from NT and SA were there for that 3 days. Playing in dirt and some no shoes. It reminded me of my childhood. Not much different. Except the footy!
brothers from same country? just 60,000 years apart may be!
tug of war between two realistic of Finke. local aboriginal kids playing with a bin, while footy carnval in full swing on dirt field, whole a convoy of fully equipped, state of the art 4×4 reaching Finke from all over Australia. Sde by side, they went on well for 3 days!
beast in me and when i’m uncovered, it elevated to dead beast ready to charge and disappear in the bull dust of Finke. Cummon!
check this out..its a whole world out there for racing. They have come to this race with everything!…well, including comfy bed
capture me before i land on your pad!
i could never do what Andrew is doing!
oh high,,capture me quick!
contrast in the soil, the colourful medium and the umbrella of blue sky….i’m a tiny ant with two knobby wheel to carve those soil, till the bull dust sweep me over till next year!….race day two
hear they come with roar of custom made muffler, challenging the ground reality with negotiating the dirt, sand, rocks and people heads trying to get the best shot!
its Finke!
this is bull dust, this guy nearly got rundown by this driver who lost control of his ute…quick snapz!…i rode in this dust blind folded!
when i landed in Finke, NT, i was looking for a camp spot. This amazing mates form Seduna, SA took me on their fold and fed me all this Oysters and awesome meals for 3 nights!…yes, steamed Oysters! Buzzy is busy steaming while Travers is ready to open the jucy Oy’s….While i was there to taste them all!
camp fire at Finke
buzzy and Travers were supporting crew for Andrew, from Seduna. It was an insight in to the race and what goes behind.
same breed, but world apart!…just havin a chat! Both pushed to the limit with 250cc!
race morning this dude in his miniature motorbike
This is Popeye for a reason. 70 year old champion of the Desert, dragging a massive Grater, along with caravan of other things, along with his cabin. What a guy!
The Champion of desert, (the other fellow in the pic) Popeye and myself. This amazing man grates roads all year around NT. had a chance to document some of his adventures and photo’s
caravanserai of the Desert Champ Popeye. 70 year old Larrikin. This is his usual drive with Massive Grater, 12000 lt of Diesel, 6000 lt of water, his cabin, and ute!
my ambitious day began to conquer the race track. 220 km to go….it was not easy. in less than 10 km in to the race track, i had 2 falls and bent my crash guards. I gave it a try, it was time to turn back and take the other road! looking back, glad i did that!
120km south of Alice Springs, i camped the night is middle of somewhere. woke up the next day to get some water from my bag. reasized it was rock hard. it was frozen!!!!
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