📼 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

Overview

The Journey

The ride unfolded in phases — from preparation in Melbourne, up through the Australian outback to Darwin, across to Timor-Leste, island-hopping through Indonesia, on into Malaysia and Thailand, and finally an injury-driven return home. Each pin on the map below marks a night on the road.

A motorbike kicking up dust on loose sand during pre-ride training.

2022-06-11 – 2022-06-25

Preparation

6 journal entries · begins with “An idea”

 A glowing orange sunset over the water at Darwin.

2022-11-08 – 2023-01-31

Australia

46 journal entries · begins with “On the road!”

 The traveller and villagers ankle-deep in mud, planting rice together in Timor-Leste.

2023-02-02 – 2023-03-27

Timor-Leste

16 journal entries · begins with “Dili: days one and two”

 The vast, mist-filled Bromo volcanic caldera.

2023-03-10 – 2023-04-25

Indonesia

26 journal entries · begins with “Border crossing the hard way”
Malaysia & Thailand

2023-04-26 – 2023-05-20

Malaysia & Thailand

11 journal entries · begins with “Malaysia to Thailand – problems come in threes”

 A quiet photograph from the final sabbatical chapter, after the ride was cut short.

2023-05-23 – 2024-04-06

Return & Aftermath

8 journal entries · begins with “Home for hospital”