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These are to be regarded as lifestyle shots and not to be taken too seriously.
By removing the Pulsar's front passenger seat it was possible to convert it into a
sort of mini mobile home for a month long 7,000/8,000km solo tour of the outback.
1.
The trip began last Friday at 6:00AM, a bitterly cold morning in Wangaratta. The first night in this sleek silver shell was spent 30km north of Temora where
the overnight temperature fell to minus 3 degrees Celsius as you can see by the ice on the windscreen. The olive coloured sheet on the bed is a space blanket
which on the underside is a metallic silver coating that insulates the feather down sleeping bag. The laptop is supported by a cantilevered table off the front seat.
0600hrs, time to get up, have breakfast, tidy the car, do one's ablutions and hit the road.
2.
The circular bag behind it contains an ingenious tent that when removed from the bag erects itself in just three seconds.
However, getting it back in the bag isn't quite so easy - until you get the hang, it's probably quicker to fold a parachute.
3.
Towns out here in the Outback are mostly 150 miles apart and I have been clocking up an average of 250 miles each day. The roadside scrub
completely obscures the Pulsar from the highway only 50 metres away. The green net "sock" on the rear window is to keep mozzies and midges out.
4.
At this time of year the red landscape is dry and pleasantly sunny and warm, 20'c - 26'c in this region
although it will get hotter when I enter the Northern Territory, still nearly 600 miles away.
5.
Cellphone and Internet coverage is flaky out here, available only in the larger towns.
So if you breakdown motorists help each other out by contacting the Royal Automobile Club to which I am a member.
They send a roadside assistance unit to wherever you are. There's a depot in every town in Australia.
If it can't be fixed within three working days then RAC arrange to have your car towed or shipped home.
Or if it's a write off they'll pay for accommodation and travelling expenses up to a set limit.
I love hearing of your outback holidays and shall keep looking out for more en route' 
Those annoying zzzzzzzzzzz's around the ear at night is disturbing & on the rare occasion I've caught the blighter or I turn on the light with dogged determination to catch & squash it, but it is most disconcerting having caught it & thinking it wasn't going to fly again & for it to take off again on opening my hand. 
... and SCARE NICK ! 
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