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Notes from the Saddle – Australia Encompassed 2013 – Flinders Ranges to Barossa Valley
Update for the Australia Encompassed Motorcycle Tour 2013 Leaving Marree we hit the pavement again, although only temporarily, until we reached the failed townsite of Farina, a settlement form last century and a stop on the original Ghan Railway. We continued onto the famous Prairie Hotel located at the foot of the Flinders Ranges at …
Notes from the Saddle – Australia Encompassed Motorcycle Tour 2013
The Australia Encompassed Motorcycle Tour for 2013 is now on the homeward stretch and below is the update from Uluru (Ayers Rock) heading towards the Flinders Ranges. A lot has happened since our last post from Uluru. After another spectacular sunset over the rock the group rode out next morning for the biggest ride of …
Notes from the Saddle – Australia Encompassed 2013 – Ayers Rock
The Australia Encompassed Motorcycle Tour group celebrate making it to beautiful Ayers Rock. This amazing tour is now halfway through…..who wants to join us next year? A relatively short ride saw the group arrive into the spectacular Wartarrka National Park that is best known for Kings Canyon, a few beers were enjoyed at the Thirsty …
Notes from the Saddle – Australia Encompassed 2013 – Hot Air Ballooning
An update from the Saddle on our 2013 Australia Encompassed Motorcycle Tour. This week….hot air ballooning over the desert!! Some of the guys were up at 4.30 this morning but for a good reason, hot air ballooning over the MacDonnell Ranges. After being treated to a spectacular sunrise, where the skies caught fire momentarily, the …
Snow during Australia Motorcycle Rental
The Compass Expeditions Motorcycle Rental department recently had a group of Motorcycle Enthusiasts join us from Indonesia so that they could explore the roads and highways of Australia…..Some good video of the antics they got up to including riding up to the snow in Hotham. Hard to believe I know but yes, Australia does …
Notes from the Saddle – Australia Encompassed 2013 – Kakadu to Alice Springs
Update from the Australia Encompassed Motorcycle Tour from Darwin to Melbourne: The team have just reached Alice Springs but not before enjoying the delights of the Mataranka Hot-springs located on the Roper River within the Elsey National Park, that name might ring a bell to those whose read the Australian classic “we of the Never …
Notes from the Saddle – Australia Encompassed 2013 – Darwin to Kakadu
Our 2013 Australia Encompassed tour is underway and this trip that runs from Darwin to Melbourne passes through some of the most spectacular terrain on the planet. This year the group is full of characters and the trip has benefitted from some good weather so far…below we have the first instalment of what is happening on the …
Simon Pavey Rider Training
We have just completed our inaugural off road training weekend and 5 day ride out with Dakar legend Simon Pavey in the stunning South Australian Flinders Ranges. The training trip was a spectacular success but don’t take our word for it have a look at what some clients are saying!!! “There are not enough …
South America Crew
The new Compass Expeditions crew for South America are settled in to the role now so we thought we would let you know a little about who they are. We started with crew training in Brazil back in June for a group of people who had contacted us and who seemed to fit the bill …
Enjoy the video from the 2nd Southbank Sortie Tour
Check out the video that we created from the 2nd Southbank Sortie motorcycle tour that Compass Expeditions ran in conjunction with Southbank Motorcycles in Melbourne. We had a fantastic group of BMW R1200GS, F800GS and F700GS riders along to explore the hills and trails of Lerderderg State Park, Wombat State Forest, Brisbane Ranges National …
Last Minute Relocation Deal – Nazca, Peru – Santiago, Chile
Incredible South America Motorcycle Relocation Deal 4 friends fancy an incredible journey?? Who wants to ride an F 650 GS in South America from Nazca, Peru to Santiago, Chile? Compass Expeditions has 4 x F 650 GS that are to be relocated to Santiago to be sold upon arrival as we have new motorcycles …
Simon Pavey Off-Road Training
7 time Dakar finisher Simon Pavey has joined Mick and Veronica from Compass Expeditions this weekend with his team of instructors to give some off-road rider training to some lucky riders in the beautiful Flinders Ranges, Australia. The training covers many integral parts of adventure riding such as improving your braking on uneven and slippery …
Calne Bike Meet
Every year Calne, Wiltshire in the United Kingdom hosts the largest free motorcycle meet in Europe. Thousands of motorcycle enthusiasts come from far and wide to attend, listen to the bands, visit the stalls, support the sponsors and have a great weekend camping with a bunch of like-minded enthusiasts. This year our very own …
Notes from the Saddle 2: Serra do Rio Rastro and Iguazu Falls
Jerry has been in Brazil with our new guides on the 2013 South America Coast to Coast Motorcycle Tour which travels from the beautiful city of Rio de Janeiro on the Atlantic and ends 42 days later in Lima, Peru on the Pacific Coast. The day started out with the typical morning fog but once …
2014 Road of Bones Route
Mick has now successfully researched a new route through Europe for the 2014 Road of Bones Expedition. “This is a new and exciting route that takes in some of Europe’s finest and most renown regions” says Mick from his hotel in Austria! We have completely changed the European section of this motorcycle expedition that now travels to one of …
2013 BMW R 1200 GS Available for Rent
Compass Expeditions became the first Adventure Motorcycle Tour company to offer the 2013 BMW R 1200 GS as part of its Australia Motorcycle Rental fleet with the purchase of two of BMW’s latest addition to the famous world conquering GS brand. We have received quite a few reservations already from people wanting to be some …
Notes from the Saddle – South America Coast to Coast Ride 2013
It was looking to be a rainy start to the 7,700 km South America Coast to Coast 2013 tour which kicked off in Rio but a blessing from above Corcovado (Christ the Redeemer) saw the rain clouds lift and we were given stunning views from both Sugarloaf Mountain and Christ the Redeemer. Arriving to our ride base …
New Road of Bones Route for 2014
With the BMW Days over Mick is now researching a new and improved route through Europe that will form a very small part of our classic London to Magadan Road of Bones Expedition for 2014. Mick has just ridden the incredible Grossglockner in Austria, a landscape of utterly stunning beauty through the Alps. With 45kms …
Compass Expeditions at BMW Motorrad Days 2013
We have just wrapped up another hugely successful event at the incredible BMW Motorrad Days 2013 in the stunning Bavarian town of Garmisch – Partenkirchen, Germany. An estimated 35,000 BMW riders attended this 3 day event which is the biggest BMW rally on earth. We were very pleased with the interest in our tours from …
Compass Expeditions Crew Training in Brazil
Stage one of the new Compass Expeditions crew training is now complete. We have moved from the classroom into the field so to speak. All applicants proved to be remarkable and it was an extremely tough decision to decide who to keep and who to let go, so tough in fact that we have …
Compass Expeditions Crew Training
June 2013 – Compass Expeditions Motorcycle Tours cover the globe and that requires good capable crew and ride leaders who work well together, are mechanically able, knowledgeable in first aid, confident and, probably most importantly, have a good sense of humour.It is a tough job but definitely has its rewards and many of our …
Interview with Charley Boorman
Charley Boorman leads Australia tours with Compass Expeditions In early 2013 Motorcycle Adventurer Charley Boorman led two fantastic tours with motorcycle tour experts Compass Expeditions that were a huge success. The first tour was called Sydney to the Outback and was an amazing 10 day ride passing through the Blue Mountains, Broken Hill, Flinder Ranges …
Lois Pryce women only tour
Click to visit the Lois Pryce Website Lois is going to be leading our Tassie Devilettes womans only ride in November and she is quite the legend….in 2003 Lois left her job at the BBC and decided that the time was right to travel the length of the Americas, from Alaska to Ushuaia. There was only …
Atacama to Machu Picchu Tour Photos – APRIL 2013
Here are some photos from our April Compass Expeditions – Atacama to Machu Picchu Motorbike tour, courtesy of Rob and Lynda Hargreaves. There are some fantastic shots in here taken as the tour rode through some of the most spectacular scenery on earth for a motorbike ride. The journey started with the gateway to the …