by Scott on 17 Jun, 2015 - Comments Off

So we finally acquired a little hoon-box that is suitably unsuitable enough for the 20,000 kilometre sprint. Featuring a stonking great 0.996 litre engine, this little monster is capable of getting to 100km/h in as little as 16.7 seconds and can reach a jaw-dropping top speed of 140km/h downhill with a tail wind. Presenting our […]

by Scott on 30 Apr, 2015 - 0 comments

Alright fellow followers. Update time. We have revisited the first draft of our route which we planned out during Session #1 – the one we’ve been parading around on our website for the past while. Doing the calcs, this route would have seen us journey 21,151kms of roads and questionable terrain. This means we would […]

by Scott on 28 Jan, 2015 - 0 comments

Brad brad brad… where do we start? Mr Bradley Cooper is a scraggly-haired lad from the dirty deep south of the South Island. Hailing from Makarewa near Invercargill, Brad has had a world of freedom at his fingertips from day one. During his early years going to school at a small-town High School brad would […]

by Scott on 02 Dec, 2014 - 0 comments

All things being fair, it must be said that New Zealand is a relatively safe place to live. Putting aside, of course, our often ridiculous choices we make about personal safety. We have no notable poisonous insects or nasty animals. Also, humans in NZ generally (generally) want to be nice to other humans. The same […]

by Scott on 25 Nov, 2014 - 1 comment

      After our freak out of the couple of dozen countries on our visa list, we’ve locked ourselves into a weekly meet up where beers are dinner and Scotty is left staring through his camera. Puzzling with each other over how to start nutting the route planning, we printed and sellotaped a few […]

by Scott on 14 Oct, 2014 - 0 comments

We’ve been working super hard to get our site and social accounts set up and we’re finally done! Phew, that’s one less thing to do. Next steps? Try to get some sponsors! Oh, and sorting visas, flights, route, timeframes, and a car too…