Gibb River Road Adventure - Kimberly, Western Australia

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4.9 • 915 Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2022

⏱️ 88 minutes

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In the North West of Australia, lays the Kimberly Wilderness area and that’s where the famous Gibb River Road is found. The Gibb River Road is part of the Savannah Way road trip which crosses north Australia and is well known as a four wheel drive route, rugged and scenic, remote and sparsely serviced, and for this group of riders it’s also excellent adventure motorcycle country. Mike Beaton, Nevin Wittber and Ben Wittber share a common interest of motorcycles and adventure riding. Over the years they’ve refined their ride into a sort of well oiled machine, everything from route planning on a phone app, to repair gear and parts, and the correct amount of fuel and water required. Each team member has responsibilities, and they are all on the same travel page, meaning they know how to ride together, in fact they even have rules for when to fuel and when to stop, and before you think this is going too far, you have to realize that this works for them. If you've enjoyed this episode please consider supporting this show by going to adventureriderradio.com/support and also check out our sponsors. Follow Adventure Rider Radio: Facebook: AdventureRiderRadio Instagram: @adventureriderradio Twitter: @ADVRiderRadio For more on this episode see the show notes at Adventure Rider Radio.

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0:00.0	Three guys that live in Australia, Nevin Whitper, Ben Whitper, and Mike Beaton, two brothers and a friend.
0:07.0	They met through a common interest, motorcycles, of course, adventure riding, and over the years they began to ride together and they sort of refined their
0:13.8	ride into a type of machine. Now I say machine because they plan their rides with
0:20.0	the precision of a well-oiled machine.
0:22.5	Everything from route planning on a phone app that they all carry to repair gear and parts, who
0:26.8	carries what, no redundancy that isn't required, the correct amount of fuel and water
0:31.2	required for each section, right on down to the
0:33.6	personal items even ensuring that they have trimmed their nose hairs right
0:37.7	before they leave. No, I'm serious about that. Now just wait you're going to hear
0:41.4	more about that and a lot more.
0:43.0	Everything is on a checklist.
0:45.0	Each team member has responsibilities and they all travel on the same page, so to speak,
0:50.0	meaning they know how to ride together.
0:52.0	They've got rules that they all follow and agree on it.
0:54.8	In fact, they even have a rule for when to stop for fuel
0:57.6	and how long they're going to stop for.
0:59.4	And before you think this is going too far,
1:02.4	you have to realize it works for them. Now to give you an idea the adventure
1:06.1	portion of the trip that we're about to talk about is called the Gibb River
1:09.6	Road. Now it's up in Northern Australia. That's about 3,000 kilometers or about
1:14.9	1800 miles from their home and I think by the end of the trip they end up doing
1:19.6	around 8,000 kilometers which is somewhere I think just shy of 5,000 miles in about three weeks time.
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