Winter break in the warm north

The signs were clearly pointing to autumn when we arrived in Christchurch around mid-May. The bare trees cast long shadows in the pale midday sun, and the maximum temperatures barely reached 10°C. Behind us lay a wonderful tour that had taken us over 4,000 km from Auckland on the North Island to the largest city on the South Island. True to the motto "it can't get any better than this," we decided to end our New Zealand trip here. This raised the question of where and how we would spend the approaching winter. We quickly found an answer, as we had been reluctant to leave Australia seven months earlier, having only been able to explore sections of the coastal regions and thus a very small part of this vast continent. We were also interested in the interior, especially the north and the center, and the climate there would be ideal for exploration in the coming months. However, we knew from previous plans that the distances, due to the solitude of the Outback, were not feasible for us by bicycle.

On a whim, we found storage space for our motorcycles in Cairns and rented a Toyota campervan there as our new means of travel.

Since June 4th, we are on the road, enjoying mostly sunny and dry weather with temperatures around 30°C. We're no longer fueled by muesli, but by unleaded 91-95 fuel. (Karumba, Australia)