📼 This is an archived record of the 2022–2024 Ride for Hope journey. It is preserved reading, not a live trip — links, forms and dates reflect the original diary.
◍ A Ride for Hope
The traveller and two fellow riders standing with their loaded motorbikes on a Timor-Leste lane.

Melbourne → London · 2022–2024

A Ride for Hope

One man, one motorbike, and an attempt to ride across the world — through Australia, Timor-Leste, Indonesia and beyond.

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When your world feels like the inside of a tumble dryer, it can be hard to get oriented.

When the wheels fall off, the strength to face the day can be somewhat elusive.

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The journey in phases

A motorbike kicking up dust on loose sand during pre-ride training.
Preparation
6 entries · 2022-06-11 – 2022-06-25
A glowing orange sunset over the water at Darwin.
Australia
46 entries · 2022-11-08 – 2023-01-31
The traveller and villagers ankle-deep in mud, planting rice together in Timor-Leste.
Timor-Leste
16 entries · 2023-02-02 – 2023-03-27
The vast, mist-filled Bromo volcanic caldera.
Indonesia
26 entries · 2023-03-10 – 2023-04-25
Malaysia & Thailand
11 entries
Malaysia & Thailand
11 entries · 2023-04-26 – 2023-05-20
A quiet photograph from the final sabbatical chapter, after the ride was cut short.
Return & Aftermath
8 entries · 2023-05-23 – 2024-04-06

Latest from the road

Monday calls… Sabbatical draws to a close
6 April 2024
Monday calls… Sabbatical draws to a close
A quiet photograph from the final sabbatical chapter, after the ride was cut short.
25 July 2023
Sabbatical – take two
Slowly
8 July 2023
Slowly
Improvements, feedback and what’s next
19 June 2023
Improvements, feedback and what’s next
Second opinions and coffee conversations
6 June 2023
Second opinions and coffee conversations
Re-entry
1 June 2023
Re-entry

Glimpses

A group of Darwin locals in a warm embrace, welcoming the traveller.
Sharing a drink with two hospitable locals in a Darwin bar.
A smiling selfie with a local host beside his yacht in Darwin.
A local woman laughing beside the bearded traveller at a roadside meeting in Timor-Leste.
Morning tea shared with Timorese villagers around a table by the rice fields.
A family of several riding together on a single scooter in Timor-Leste.
A local fisherman resting among his gear on a Timor-Leste beach.
The traveller and villagers ankle-deep in mud, planting rice together in Timor-Leste.

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