Four Gibbering Idiots will be riding the notorius Gibb River Road in the Kimberleys of northern Western Australia.
Follow us on https://share.garmin.com/stragglingstu . The tracker will start when we do from 21 July 2020.
This is compensation for my Trans USA epic being cancelled by Covid 19. Even the Gibb is only half a ride; we had planned to start in Alice Springs and get fit riding the 1000 km of the Tanami desert road to Halls Creek to get to Kununurra to start the Gibb ride but Covid 19 has closed the state borders between the Northern Territory and Western Australia. Three of us (Stu, Christine and Bruce) are survivors of the Borroloola Road on the Cairns to Darwin Ride in 2017. The fourth is Linda who is using the Gibb as training for her own solo epic from Adelaide up the Flinders Ranges to Wilpena Pound and around the western side of the Simpson Desert to Alice Springs next year. All of us are over 60 years old.
- Day 9 Manning Gorge caravan park/Mount Barnett roadhouse
- Day 8 Kalumbaru turnoff to Mount Barnett/Manning Gorge 127 km (21 km bike, 106 km Jerrys troopie)
- Day 7 Ellenbrae past Lake Nabberu almost to Kalumburu Turnoff 58 km
- Day 6 Ellenbrae Station rest and wait
- DAY 5 CROSSING THE PENTECOST RIVER AND THE RIDE GOES BAD: Part 2 118 km (13 km bike, 105 km Colin and Leannes camper trailer)
- Day 5 Crossing the Pentecost River and the ride goes bad: Part 1
- Day 4 Kurunji Track – rocks, heat and potholes 44 km
- Day 3 Wyndham, King River and on to the Kurunji Track
- Day 20 Lift to Broome, the girls get to Roebuck turnoff 132 km
- Day 2 Parry Creek Farm to Wyndham 53 km
- Day 19 No riding for me while the girls ride to Willare 54 km
- Day 18 Derby sights
- Day 17 Near Meda Station T/O to Derby CWA hostel 59km
- Day 16 Wandjana Gorge halfway to Derby 80 kms
- Day 15 Tunnel Creek, Jandamurra and Lilimilura police station by bus
- Day 14 Windjana Gorge NP
- Day 13 Wunaamin Miliwundi Ranges past Queen Victoria’s Head almost to Windjana 72 km
- Day 12 Imintji to Lennard River Gorge t/o 65 km
- Day 11 Manning Gorge CP over the Philips Range 53km
- Day 10 Manning Gorge caravan park
- Day 1 Kununurra to Parry Creek Farm 87km
- Day 0 – final preps
- Day -7 14 July Starting the preparation
- Day -3 Kununurra Preparation for departure
- Day -2 paffhing around in kununurra
- Day -1 Ivanhoe Crossing and Lake argyle