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Another long ride (560km) and to top it off, we even got rain from Lithgow all the way home.

At Dubbo we bumped into a petrol tanker driver (Paul) who we'd also met at Bourke on the way to Tibooburra. At Bourke he mentioned that his dad had died the week earlier of prostate cancer so to bump into him again at Dubbo was weird. A quick chat and some encouragement from the petrol station owner to ‘keep going’ got us back on the bikes again to Mudgee for lunch.

From here it was an interesting ride home, mostly because we had some corners.

Home at 6.00 pm. It was good to see family. Everyone had missed everyone!

Now I can say that with everyone back safely, donations well exceeding our target, with the message about prostate cancer placed in front of over 100,000 people and the 3 of us having had a fantastic experience of the outback that we have well and truly achieved out goals.

We rode just over 3800 km of which about 1800 was on dirt. We slept out either on the side of the road or at a creek beds for 6 nights. We saw billions of stars, lots of emus, kangaroos, lizards and goats. We met some funny people (the publican at Corner store who told us he was the topless dancer but only after coming out of the chiller room for that extra effect – Rob, who fixed our trailer at Tibooburra who told us that to avoid punctures, he keeps all his tyre pressures at 40psi – even the wheelbarrow – the two Italian blokes we met somewhere just before the Strzelecki Track who told us they caught fish at Coopers Creek in their esky.

Importantly, we did what we said we’d do.

From here, we’ll post more blogs summing up things and including a few more photos so please keep re-visiting and send any comments – we really appreciate them. Soon, we’ll compile all the vision & photos into a DVD which we’ll sent to all the people who have donated as a way of saying thanks.

The trip was made easier because of help from

- GIO

- Twynam Agricultural Group

- VA.Hire.com.au

- BMW Adelaide

- Nigel Morrell Motorcycles

- Bills Motorcycles

- Panavision

- The Prostate Cancer Institute (Thanks Phill)

- Cross Road Tyres (Bourke)

and of course the over 70 people who donated to help us get to our current balance

This was all done for a few simple reasons
1) If your over 50 talk to your GP about prostate cancer at your annual check up
2) If you have a history of cancer in the family - do it earlier
3) Research will develop solutions to solve prostate cancer. Your donations go to support the fantastic work at the Prostate Cancer Institute and the Cancer Care Centre at St George Hospital

Thanks