Aussies Overland -Shirley Hardy-Rix and Brian Rix Addicted to Moto-Travel

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4.9 • 915 Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2014

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Aussies Overland Brian Rix has been riding motorcycles since he was young on his father’s farm near Victoria in Australia, mustering sheep during his school holidays on a motorbike. Passionate about travel, he dreamed of travelling around the world on a motorcycle. Lucky for Brian, his wife Shirley Hardy-Rix enjoyed riding pillion and agreed to go along for the ride. So in 2003, Brian, a career policeman and Shirley, who had her own media business, took time off from their normal middle class life and fulfilled their lifelong ambition of motorcycling around the world on a BMW 1150GS. In one year, they traversed 27 countries and rode more than 56,000 kilometres. And then in 2011, Brian and Shirley, both now retired, shipped their 2008 BMW 1200GS Adventure to Santiago, South America and rode from the bottom of South America to the top of North America, then through Western Europe and Southern Africa, visiting 5 countries altogether and covering over 80,000 kilometres. All in 16 months. They have shared their adventures by writing two books, “Two for the Road” and “Circle to Circle”, an inspiration for anyone who wants to experience the world by motorcycle, especially happy couples riding pillion. Join us as we talk to Brian and Shirley, a spirited couple who decided to live life to the fullest and just do the ‘big trip’ they dreamed about. Aussies Overland Website http://www.aussiesoverland.com.au Horizons Unlimted Website http://www.horizonsunlimited.com

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0:00.0	My name is Brian Ricks. I'm a retired police officer.
0:07.0	So we're mainly homicide and crime investigation. After 36 years, I now ride my motorbikes as long and as often as I can.
0:21.1	And I'm Shirley Hardie Wicks, Brian's wife. I don't ride, I'm opinion and I'm very happy on the back of the motorcycle. Oh, You're listening to Adventure Rider Radio.
0:50.0	Welcome to another episode of Adventure Rider Radio. My name's Jim Martin.
0:57.0	Well, we're going to deal with travel addiction today.
1:00.0	We're going to talk with Brian Ricks and Shirley Hardy Ricks, who are most certainly addicted
1:06.1	to travel on their motorcycle.
1:08.8	We got a good one for you.
1:10.1	Stay with us. Today we're talking with Brian Ricks and Shirley Hardy Ricks, who are both from the
1:19.8	land of Oz and are clearly addicted to traveling by motorcycle and after hundreds of thousands of kilometers
1:25.9	they're still doing it. Two up. Today I've caught them at their home in Melbourne Australia.
1:31.5	Welcome to Adventure Rider Radio.
1:33.0	Yeah, thanks, Jim.
1:34.0	That's appreciated.
1:35.0	Well, let's start off by talking about your travels.
1:38.0	You gave some indication there, Brian, of what you're into.
1:41.0	Clearly, you're severely addicted to riding a
1:44.8	motorcycle and I applaud you for that. Give us an overview of your travels. Okay
1:50.4	well first of all I've been riding bikes since I was about, I was more the first one at 12
1:56.0	and I've written the Outback and all the country areas in Victoria.
2:00.0	And as I went through my career, I was through the ranks and became a homicide investigator,
2:05.3	homicide officer in charge.
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