BMWMCCWA

Hello Slackers,

Myself and a small group from the Club are leaving for the OCR at Mt Augustus from Wed, 5 August. We will use the OCR as a springboard to go further Outback. We expect to make Carawine Gorge our furthest point before returning to Perth.
You can follow our progress in real time by clicking on the link to my Garmin InReach. The InReach will be activated from Wednesday morning.
See you on the other side!

Link is here;

Maybe consider reducing the date range to last 7 days.

https://share.garmin.com/YZW3R

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Update - end of day 4.

We left Perth and headed for the Off Centre Run gathering to be held at Mt Augustus on Saturday 8 August. We allowed ourselves 3.5 Days to get there. We arrived safely along with about 200 other riders from around Australia. We leave Sunday Morning and headed further Outback toward Carrawine Gorge.
See captions below.


The now abandoned Warriedar Station, a former pastoral sheep station 100 km from Perenjori. The homestead has been recently restored and is in great shape. Camping is available for a fee. We didn’t stay.




The old 6 stand shearer’s shed at another abandoned sheep station. This time at Thundelarra 70 km southeast of Yalgoo. The homestead was closed off being renovated by volunteers.





Back in the day, Shearer’s went from Station to Station the only way they knew how. They were a tough lot!



10 Pounds 10 Shillings seems like a good buy.



The remnants of a bygone era.



Thou Shall Not Pass!
Closed road north of Yalgoo. We checked with the local Shite who gave us their blessing to ride thru. “Just be mindful of water over the road and roadworks” they said.



Mt Gould lock up built in 1888 along the Landor-Meekatharra Road.
Sheep were introduced into the area by the Europeans. That scared off all the native wildlife; the food source for the local aboriginals.
Aboriginals slaughter sheep for food.
Whitefella gets pissed off.
Blackfella gets arrested and locked up.
Blackfella gets marched to Carnarvon.
Blackfella goes to Aboriginal Penal facility at Rottnest.
The rest is history.



Adventure Rider Gypsy camp!






Discussion of where the next one will be held in 2 years time.
It was agreed that we meet in Betoota in Outback Queensland in 2028.


See you on the other side.

My Adventure has ended abruptly. I have had a catastrophic failure of the drive line on the R1200. I am 100km north of Newman on the Marble Bar Road. I am stuck here this evening while RAC organise recovery back to Newman and then on to Perth.
The others have continued on toward Carawine Gorge and beyond.
See you on the other side!

Short 4 minute teaser to whet the appetite.

Join ol’ mate and the Three Amigos as they attend the 2026 Off Centre Run (OCR) held at remote Mt Augustus in the West Australian Outback. The plan was to use the OCR as a springboard to go further Outback and explore. That was the plan. The reality was something completely different.
Grab ya gear; Let’s go!