Kung-fu Hillbilly wrote: ↑Mon Apr 13, 2020 6:27 pm With international travel restrictions likely to be in place for the foreseeable future I'm considering spending the winter/spring months touring through the Australian outback self supported on a recumbent trike.



These long distance touring adventures have been really enjoyable experiences in the past with a Murray river (Australia's longest river) paddle remembered as the most enjoyable so far. The sense of freedom and adventure in these endeavours I find quite rewarding, not to mention the increased fitness and healthier lifestyle that also comes with powering your self for months on end, the people you meet, the vast open landscapes.....Another aspect I enjoy about these trips is being removed from the gadgets I've become so addicted to in recent times, allowing one to rediscover an appreciation for simpler things in life, including a basic routine or rhythm week to week.

There's a fitness component that has to be addressed as I've not engaged in any real physical exertion for a while - yes, I can walk for days, but that doesn't really compare to hauling a trike and loaded trailer for thousands of kilometres.

I'm not completely sure I'll undertake the journey but the idea is growing.

My choice of trike would be a Greenspeed Magnum XL.

Duncan wrote: ↑Mon Apr 13, 2020 6:40 pm

Kung-fu Hillbilly wrote: ↑Mon Apr 13, 2020 6:27 pm With international travel restrictions likely to be in place for the foreseeable future I'm considering spending the winter/spring months touring through the Australian outback self supported on a recumbent trike.



These long distance touring adventures have been really enjoyable experiences in the past with a Murray river (Australia's longest river) paddle remembered as the most enjoyable so far. The sense of freedom and adventure in these endeavours I find quite rewarding, not to mention the increased fitness and healthier lifestyle that also comes with powering your self for months on end, the people you meet, the vast open landscapes.....Another aspect I enjoy about these trips is being removed from the gadgets I've become so addicted to in recent times, allowing one to rediscover an appreciation for simpler things in life, including a basic routine or rhythm week to week.

There's a fitness component that has to be addressed as I've not engaged in any real physical exertion for a while - yes, I can walk for days, but that doesn't really compare to hauling a trike and loaded trailer for thousands of kilometres.

I'm not completely sure I'll undertake the journey but the idea is growing.

My choice of trike would be a Greenspeed Magnum XL.

Here is the latest model. .

Spoiler:

SternAAlbifrons wrote: ↑Fri Jul 24, 2020 3:34 pm LOL ^^^
Yep, nothing better than a good ex wife. Seriously.
I got 4 and it will soon be 5 if i dont get back home before too long.

atst wrote: ↑Fri Jul 24, 2020 4:46 pm Hey nothing for me to think about now no looking for flights places to stay, now relaxing on a hammock listening to the blues enjoying the warmth wasting my days away life's good again