News from El Galleon Dive Resort & Asia Divers, Puerto Galera

At Odex & Devocean Dive Cleanup – Ride Report #28

October 7, 8 & 9
Its been three days of fun here in Brisbane and the Gold Coast. Leaving Eric’s home on the Sunshine Coast, Friday afternoon after a great lunch at the Edge Café Montville we headed off to Brisbane. Finding our home for the next three nights and meeting up with Matt Carter (our flat mate) we went to register and see what was happening at the ODEX dive show, where I would give a presentation on the Saturday, about our ride around Australia. That night we orientated ourselves to Brisbane, had a few beers with the exhibitors before calling it a night. [more]

Brisbane part 2 – Ride Report #27

The past two days have been easy riding and very relaxing days, no tight schedule and no need at all for early starts. Left Gladstone and headed for Bundaberg to see where they brew that Bundaberg Rum. It had been many years since I was in Bundaberg. As all these places, it really has changed and little to nothing I remembered. Had lunch and left for Tin Can Bay, the roadwork’s became less and travelling was much more pleasant. Coming into Tin Can Bay and taking a turn down along the waterfront it was clear why my old friend [more]

Brisbane Ride – Ride Report #26

October 3
Today was a very hard start after last nights mammoth drinking session with Jim and Snake. Today we left at 9am, the latest start since we left Sydney some five weeks ago. Leaving Cairns we could not help but notice the green, so much of it compared to what we have bad been seeing in the past weeks. We rode almost non stop to Townsville where we stopped and had lunch and dropped into see Craig from Remote Area Divers. After a good [more]

Perth Scuba Cleanup

It was a case of second time lucky with the weather for the “Aussie Fundraiser” on Sunday and the weather this time around was perfect. The event was a joint effort with Dive Ski & Surf (Dive Locker Fremantle) and Perth Scuba (Dive Locker Canning Vale).

The idea… To do a clean up event for Project AWARE’s Dive against Debris at the same time as raising some money for a couple of very deserving charities. [more]

Last day in the bush – Ride Report #25

October 2
Leaving Karumba we headed off back towards Normanton and back onto the Savannah Way passing through, lovely Glenore Crossing and stopping for fuel at Georgetown a population of 200, one being a very nice guy from Singapore who was running one of the two gas stations in this small town. After Georgetown we then stopped at the Undara Volcanic National Park and took a two hour tour through the Larva tubs, interesting, lots of wildlife in the park. [more]

At the Queensland – Ride Report #24

October 1
We were up at around 5am this morning, thinking of getting an early start with all intentions of going up to Karumba north of Normanton, north mid Queensland. It was a bit frustrating as we needed a little oil and the service station although awake, lights on and several staff, they would not sell us anything till 6am, not even if they were ready. A country town attitude we are learning to (slowly) to accept as the way it is, why, don’t ask! [more]

Into the North – Ride Report #22

September 28
Leaving Halls Creek this morning at 5:30am we rode off wondering what our ride would bring us today. The past two days had been full of adventure, but the riding from Port Headland to Halls Creek, as much as we enjoyed it, was starting to be much the same. To our surprise it did change in so many ways. First we started to find the road was no more long straits as it has been in so many places.[more]

Back on road – Ride Report #21

September 27
“Back On The Road Again”, dadadadadadadadada, dadadadadadadadada, on the road again, yes we are back on the road again after going through quiet the ordeal, we managed to get it all together, 7am hardware opens in this tiny town called Broome, hear that back home, where nothing opens before 10am!! By 7:15 we had the tool we needed and Terry was on the case, had it all back together, cleaned up and we took off for Halls Creek, some 680 kilometres down the road, by around 8am. [more]