Dave Heinemann 🇦🇺dHeinemann@fosstodon.org
Apr 17, 2025, 10:58 PMPlanning to depart on my next motorcycle trip tomorrow, but still not sure where I want to go. 🤔
Guess I'll make it up as I go along. 😁
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- Dave Heinemann 🇦🇺dHeinemann@fosstodon.orgApr 19, 2025, 2:56 AM
Hitting the road. 🏍️
- Dave Heinemann 🇦🇺dHeinemann@fosstodon.orgApr 20, 2025, 7:37 AM
After riding 360 km yesterday, I decided to stay in Mount Morgan for the night. Would've gone further, but it was getting a bit late, and I was getting tired.
Had a good night's sleep in the new swag. Nice and warm, despite the cold Mount Morgan air.
- Dave Heinemann 🇦🇺dHeinemann@fosstodon.orgApr 20, 2025, 3:10 PM
Biloela QLD was a bit of a mixed bag.
On one hand, the Spirit of the Land mural and "The Boy from Biloela" tribute to actor Bille Brown are pretty cool.
On the other, I visited THREE Biloela servos in a row:
* None of them had any Ice Break (the world's greatest beverage)
* One of them couldn't serve any petrol
* Another was some kind of kebab shop that also happened to sell MobilBiloela is a bit of an odd place.
Apr 17, 2025, 11:05 PM@dHeinemann east, gotta head east!
- Dave Heinemann 🇦🇺dHeinemann@fosstodon.orgApr 17, 2025, 11:09 PM
@arnan Unfortunately, that'd send me right into the ocean! 🤣
- Apr 17, 2025, 11:48 PM
@dHeinemann But but but, going the other way risks ending up in "western society" which is no fun... So be careful 🤣
- Dave Heinemann 🇦🇺dHeinemann@fosstodon.orgApr 20, 2025, 7:53 PM
Found this... thing in Thangool QLD.
- Dave Heinemann 🇦🇺dHeinemann@fosstodon.orgApr 20, 2025, 9:01 PM
Lawgi Dawes, QLD
Apr 20, 2025, 9:50 PM@dHeinemann I like seeing your progress, on the other side of the world. Thanks!
- Dave Heinemann 🇦🇺dHeinemann@fosstodon.orgApr 20, 2025, 9:55 PM
I've seen a bit of silo art before, but the silo art at Three Moon QLD is really next-level. Definitely take the time to stop here if you're in the area.
- Dave Heinemann 🇦🇺dHeinemann@fosstodon.orgApr 20, 2025, 10:33 PM
The Big Bunyip at Mulgildie QLD.
- Dave Heinemann 🇦🇺dHeinemann@fosstodon.orgApr 21, 2025, 7:50 AM
I arrived at Dalby QLD yesterday, after 465 km and nearly 7 hours of riding. Big day!
Decided to check into a motel so I could charge up phone and electronics. Stayed at the Windsor Hotel, and also had an amazing crumbed steak there. Easily one of the best. ❤️
- Dave Heinemann 🇦🇺dHeinemann@fosstodon.orgApr 21, 2025, 7:56 AM
The ride into Dalby QLD has some great scenery, and lots of long, straight roads - my favourite kind for cruising and sight-seeing. Those roads really need resurfacing though. They're so rough, they might as well be corrugated bitumen.
Just did an even bigger ride today. More photos to come!
- Dave Heinemann 🇦🇺dHeinemann@fosstodon.orgApr 22, 2025, 12:40 AM
Starting the day right: with a bottle of Ice Break in the morning sun.
- Dave Heinemann 🇦🇺dHeinemann@fosstodon.orgApr 22, 2025, 2:36 AM
Water Tank Art at Millmerran QLD.
- Dave Heinemann 🇦🇺dHeinemann@fosstodon.orgApr 22, 2025, 3:39 AM
The Big Teepee at Millmerran QLD.
Apr 22, 2025, 3:44 AM@dHeinemann this thing is so random. I was there in Dec last year.
- Dave Heinemann 🇦🇺dHeinemann@fosstodon.orgApr 22, 2025, 5:29 AM
I decided to visit Texas QLD and hop the border. 😁
- Dave Heinemann 🇦🇺dHeinemann@fosstodon.orgApr 22, 2025, 6:16 AM
Once I reached Texas, it started bucketing down rain. Glad I bought wet weather gear for this trip. In the past, I've just embraced the rain, but down here it's bloody cold!
I took my wet weather gear off when the sun came back out - only to put it back on again 30 minutes later when another storm came overhead. I didn't roll my swag very well, and it got a bit damp inside.
- Dave Heinemann 🇦🇺dHeinemann@fosstodon.orgApr 22, 2025, 6:56 AM
After 560 km and over 6 hours of riding, I arrived in Tamworth NSW! 🎉
I decided to book a motel room to make sure I can dry everything after the rain. Also because I underestimated how damn cold it gets down here. I didn't even pack a sleeping bag or jumper. 🥶
The Tamworth countryside is lovely, and the highway very well-maintained. I was in a hurry to arrive before sunset, but it would've been nice to stop more along the way.
- Dave Heinemann 🇦🇺dHeinemann@fosstodon.orgApr 23, 2025, 9:50 AM
I set my alarm for 5 am, planning to leave Tamworth early, but it was bloody freezing, and sleep got the better of me. I eventually got up at 9 am and just extended my stay by a night.
I later found out there had been a cold snap - it was 5°C (41°F) overnight, and it was STILL freezing by the time I jumped on the bike at 10 am and went exploring.
Here's the Golden Guitar (Tamworth), and the Big Chook (Moonbi).
- Dave Heinemann 🇦🇺dHeinemann@fosstodon.orgApr 23, 2025, 10:49 AM
Tamworth NSW is great to visit for a ride. The roads are extremely well maintained, and the highways in and out take you over rolling hills with pleasant views. It's also fairly green. Reminds me a bit of Innisfail in North Queensland. I could ride around here all day if I had the time.
- Dave Heinemann 🇦🇺dHeinemann@fosstodon.orgApr 23, 2025, 1:31 PM
Captain Thunderbolt's Rock (Uralla NSW), and a historic grave (Bendemeer NSW) dated to the late 1800s, before Australia even Federated and became the country we know today.
- Dave Heinemann 🇦🇺dHeinemann@fosstodon.orgApr 23, 2025, 9:27 PM
Got up bright and early, with plans to ride to Goondiwindi QLD.
My original plan was to visit Port Macquarie NSW followed by Brisbane QLD, but I nixed them due to forecasted rain. I already got enough of that this week! I love the flexibility of solo travel; I can change my plans on a whim. 😁
- Dave Heinemann 🇦🇺dHeinemann@fosstodon.orgApr 24, 2025, 12:43 AM
Gunnedah NSW also has some awesome silo art - but I still think Three Moon takes the cake.
