Read a report I wrote about the 2013 Challenge here:
Kathy's 2013 Postie Bike Challenge

Or download a PDF copy (2.4Mb) here:
Kathy's 2013 Postie Bike Challenge

Visit the Official
Postie Bike Challenge
 Website

Some of the photos I took ...

You can access an interactive map of the whole trip here:

2013 Postie Bike Challenge Route

or the individual days here:

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Day 6

Day 7

Day 8

Day 9

Day 10

Here's a link to the 2013 Postie Bike Challenge
as recorded by my SPOT Messenger

A table showing the start point for each day and the daily and distances I rode.

Click on the map below to see the proposed route for this year.

Outback South Australia road conditions
(updated several times a day)

Map showing relative sizes of Australia,
the United States of America
and the United Kingdom.

About me ...

My name is Kathy Leslie and I live in Canberra, ACT, Australia.

I've been a keen motorcyclist for more than 35 years and I currently own  a 1980 Honda CX500, a 2006 Honda NT700V, a 2007 BMW F650GS and a 2012 Honda CTX200.

Having completed the
2009 Postie Bike Challenge
and
2012 Postie Bike Challenge
I've decided to have one last go! 

About this year's challenge ...

The organisers have decided that, having done previous routes through Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory, it is time the Postie Bike Challenge visited Tasmania.

The shortest route from Hobart to Alice Springs is about 2,500kms.  There is no point in taking the shortest route when you can take a much more adventurous - almost 3,300km (including up to 1,000km of unsealed roads) - route at a top speed of 70 kph!

"We have listened to your suggestions and in 2013 we will include Tasmania as the launching pad for another Postie Bike Challenge adventure.  We currently have our team scouring over the best routes, roads, and fire trails through Tasmania.  Our route through Victoria is still being planned but I can say that we are making a bee-line for the edge of the Flinders Ranges in South Australia before taking the Oodnadatta track to our final destination in Alice Springs, Northern Territory.  As in previous events we will be looking for all manner of roads and surfaces to challenge you.  If we can find a good sand track - we'll take it!  If we can find a water crossing - we'll take it!  If there is a fire trail to the top of a mountain - we'll take it!"

This year 41 men and 11 women from Australia, New Zealand and the UK, and ranging in age from 19 to 72 years of age, have signed up to take the Challenge!  This intrepid group of travellers comes from all walks of life including a company director, student, truck driver, lawyer, miner, business analyst, teacher, finance broker, farmer and retiree.

A table to show average minimum and maximum temperatures
during the month of August along the way.

A table showing actual destinations
and daily/total distances.
(Click on the number in the 'Day' column to view a map of the proposed route for that day)

My Preparation Checklist ...

Email Me ...

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