The 24 hours leading up to our crossing I was a bubbling mixture of excitement and nerves. Ever though we had taken all precautions and gear, knowing the risks and the stats, it is a high risk trip and needs to be respected as such. While it is a risk we have taken, it was with our eyes wide open. We chose saying yes to a life of adventure, knowing that it was a choice for a a life well lived. Read More
In two days we will have traveled from one edge of the country to the other, flying thousands of kilometers across four states, taken off five times, and I will have been strapped into my copilot seat for nearly 12 hours. We’ve seen the breadth of the Australian landscape, from the turquoise waters off Broome, the red ridged desert waves of the great sandy desert, the spectacular Olgas and Uluru, the salt plains of Lake Eyre, before coming into the Melbourne cityscape under a spectacular sunset. Read More
Departing Mount Isa for Birdsville we received notification over the radio that fuel was seen leaking from the right wing.
Heart rate goes up oh so slightly. Read More
With a 27 knot tailwind at 2,500ft we had a lucky chance to cruise low along the coast for the 200 or so miles from Lizard to the very very top of Australia. Read More
So after months of planning and pent up excitement, we’re off into the big blue, on the ultimate fully flexible, fully refundable ticket. Bags are packed, plane is loaded, flight plan is lodged! Read More
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