This tour's colourful 5.000 km are a mixture of Australia's highlights and exquisite off-road travel, experienced on some of the most famous tracks which once opened up the Australian Outback, The Oodnadatta Track and Gunbarrel Highway degree of difficulty is medium.

Tour: Perth - Ayers Rock (Uluru via Docker River) - Melbourne (or vice versa)
Total distance: approx. 5.000 km
Level: medium to demanding
Prices: see bottom of page
Dates:  06.06.2010 - 26.06.2010  Melbourne - Perth 

We start our journey in Perth, where the picturesque Swan River enters the Indian Ocean. After visiting Perth, we conclude the day with an evening in the port of Fremantle. This romantic old part of town with its pubs and restaurants offers a grand background to our imminent crossing of the Australian continent.

We leave coast and civilisation behind to reach the goldfields of Kalgoorlie. The goldrush here has perservered for over 100 years. Today, it will fascinate us just as it affected people in the early days, despite that hardship associated.

After this, a different kind of rush awaits us.

Thousand kilometres on the tracks of the Gunbarrel system, through unspoiled nature. Here we visit two missions of indigenous Australians and a lonely weather station, where we, as part of a guided tour, get to appreciate life and work of a local meteorologist.

In the heart of the Outback, at Uluru - Ayers Rock, we take a break for a day to experience this immense monolith and Kata Tjuta - Olgas.

Then Coober Pedy. Opal capital of the world, or rather the worlds weirdest opal field. Odd people, smutty pubs and a lot of atmosphere. Back to the bush after this strange brush with civilisation and out onto the Oodnadatta track, we can sense its former importance as a north-south connection. The track ends in the most beautiful of all South Australian National Parks, the Flinders Ranges. We spend the night near Wilpena Pound.  

Shortly after Adelaide, we drive along the Lagoon of Coorong National Park. Then follows as a final treat, the Great Ocean Road.
For 250 km it winds its way through the coastal range, passing many picturesque bays and beaches. At Cape Otway National Park we organise a horse ride to view koalas in their natural habitat (optional extra).

Two days later the tour finishes in Castlemaine.

You can also join the tour with your own bike. Price: AUD 2.180,- 

Prices include:

• Pick-up service from airport at tour starting point
• Motorcycle rent for duration of tour
• Third-party insurance and full comprehensive insurance with AUD 3.000,00 excess; excess can be reduced to AUD 600,00 by payment of AUD19,00 per day. 
• intenance of the motorbike and repairs during the tour (provided that they are not caused by actual fault)
• Spare motorcycle during tour transported on trailer
• Support vehicle and luggage transport
• German/English speaking tour guide
• Maps and roadbook
• campground fees
• cook
• GST and taxes

Prices do not include:

• Air fares
• Fuel
• food (breakfast and dinner): AUD 110,00 per week (payable at the tour guide before tour starts)
• Admission fees for national parks, museums, etc. and other activities
• additional insurance (see above)

Requirements/Driving Licence:
For Australia, an international driving licence (in combination with the national driving licence only) or an English translation of the national driving licence (in combination with the national driving licence only) is needed. The drivers participating must be 21 years of age at least and in possession of a driving licence for all motorbike types.

Please note: We reserve the right to make changes at any time.