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TRAGIC TRAVELLERS

The 2018 Ténéré Tragics ride was a run from heat-drenched Hervey Bay in Queensland to Dubbo in New South Wales via the twistiest and most imaginative routes possible.

Offroad heavy, the ride hosted bikes from the very first model Ténéré (1983) to the present-day 660 and 1200. Some were immaculate and some well worn.

The crazy Queensland weather threatened to turn things ugly but in the end only a single mid-ride detour was needed and we were treated to one amazing landscape after another.

The week started with a surprise of epic proportions when Aussie Dakar and all-round navriding legend Rod Faggotter arrived unannounced to the

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