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Meet Charley Boorman and Toby Price

Charley Boorman and Bily Ward arrive into Australia next week ready for another Outback Adventure riding from Sydney to Melbourne via Broken Hill, the Flinders Ranges and Great Ocean Road. Its set to be another fantastic one and if you aren't already signed up to take part there is still the chance to get involved.

On the 17th of March at around 10 am the group is expected to arrive at the National Motor Museum located in Birdwood, South Australia. There to meet them will be Toby Price who finished the 2015 Dakar Rally in 3rd place on his first attempt; Jeremy Burgess, former race engineer to Valentino Rossi; Andy Haydon, first Australian to podium on the Dakar Rally in 1985; Dave Schwarz who was the teammate of Andy Caldecott who was tragically killed during stage 9 of the 2006 event and Tracey Caldecott and family.

We invite you to come along and hear the bike Dakar Rally Bikes being started up and to chat to these icons of the motorcycling world about past events, stories and experiences they all share together in this fascinating museum. Discounted tickets for the museum will be available on the day and proceeds from the occasion will go towards the Andy Caldecott trust.

Again congratulations to all racers in the 2015 Dakar Rally and as a reminder you can find the top three results from each class below:

Bikes ; 1st Marc Coma (Spain), 2nd Paulo Goncalves (Portugal), 3rd Toby price (Australia)

Cars: 1st Nasser Al-Attiyah (Qatar), 2nd Giniel de Villiers (South Africa). 3rd Krzysztof Holowczyc (Poland)

Trucks: 1st Airat mardeev (Russia), 2nd Eduard Nikolaev (Russia), 3rd Andrey Karginov (Russia)

Quads: 1st Rafal Sonik (Poland), 2nd Jeremias Gonzalez Ferioli (Argentina), 3rd Walter Nosiglia (Bolivia)

Beyond Siberia - Riding the Road of Bones Trailer

Beyond Siberia launching at Cannes!

As everyone may be aware, we filmed the epic 2014 Road of Bones and now we have some more amazing news, Compass Expeditions is going to Cannes, well the documentary that is, none of us own a tuxedo!!!

It is with great excitement that we announce that international television distribution company “Beyond” will represent our series and will be releasing it at MIPTV in Cannes; the worlds most prestigious TV / Digital market event, held annually at the Palais Des Festivals, Cannes.

Yvonne Body, Beyond Distribution’s Head of Acquisitions said: "We are very excited to be launching Beyond Siberia – Riding The Road of Bones at MIPTV. It’s an action-packed series that will appeal to audiences all over the world, who will share first-hand the hardships and dangers of the ride, as well as the spectacular scenery in countries that very few people will ever visit themselves. This is true armchair adventure."

Planning for our second TV series is well underway. This 2 part series will also be one of the world’s most challenging motorbike routes. Starting in Cairo and riding the full length of Africa arriving in Cape Town 3 months later.

We hope to have the DVD series available late April, stay tuned for more info!

Find out more about the 2016 London to Magadan

Arriving to places like this requires a sense of humour

Speaking of Major Adventure

What kind of person does it take to complete a major expedition of 75 days or more? The most successful tours are always made up of people with a good sense of humour, excitement about the destinations and enthusiasm for the small events along the way. Its all about adventure and we've had our share of things that go wrong or threaten to change a meticulously planned adventure. On the 2014 London to Magadan we had an entire side of a mountain collapse and briefly cause us to replan the route back into Russia via a 10 day detour. Currently in Chile a Volcano is causing us to potentially reroute a tour.

The most important thing is to go into an adventure with the mindset that things can differ to the set plan. It is inevitable when travelling in certain parts of the world that the perfect route you had in your mind is not always possible for circumstances beyong your control. Whether you are travelling on your own personal adventure or taking part in a tour/expedition like the ones that we run, it is the people who are adaptable, can see the humour or who just think laterally are the ones who have the very best adventures. Often it is the road you don't expect to travel down that brings the most reward. The riders on the 2014 London to Magadan were an exceptional group of individuals but they also worked well as a team and found the funny side of the adventure whenever they could.

We look forward to having many of those same riders return for our upcoming 2016 South America 360 Expedition in Feb which travels around the circumference of South America, the next Cairo to Capetown in September 2015 and of course the next London to Magadan taking place in 2016.

Africa and the Patagonian Lake District calling

A quick update on our tours for 2015 and beyond:

Our 18 day Patagonia Explorer tour for January 2016 is full, Patagonia Explorer for Feb 2016 has one rider and one pillion space remaining. Such has been the speed of the bookings coming in that we have decided to release a third Patagonia Explorer tour for November 2015 for those that missed out.

Starting in Santiago on the 15th of November and ending with a flight from Ushuaia to Buenos Aires and then a final night in the hotel in Buenos Aires on the 2nd of December 2015 its another opportunity to ride through some of the most spectacular landscapes in the world. BMW F700GS are available as standard with our F800GS and R1200GS available as upgrades. Get in fast if riding the bigger bikes appeals as there are just a couple available.

In Africa our 25 Day African Explorer tour is filling fast with only the F800GS and R1200GS liquid -cooled bikes still available. Taking place from 3rd - 27th of July this ride is a ride to the best spots in the southern parts of Africa. The Big 5 animals in wide open spaces, Victoria Falls, Botswana, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Swaziland and Mozambique! A truly memorable ride to the heart of it all in the sunny continent. Join us in Africa!

Finally, last minute spot open on 2015 Coast to Coast

A cancellation has just come in on our popular 2015 Agua y Salares Motorcycle Tour that starts in Iguazu Falls in Brazil and ends in La Paz in Bolivia.

What this means is that we now have one final rider space available on either the 42 day South America Coast to Coast (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Lima, Peru), 27 Day Atlantic to Altiplano (Rio to La Paz, Bolivia) or the 17 Day Aqua y Salares (Iguazu Falls to La Paz). The rider can choose either a BMW F700GS or the taller F800GS for any of these trips. A discount of $1000 off the advertised price for the Coast to Coast, $700 off advertised price for Atlantic to Altiplano or $500 off advertised price for Agua y Salares is on offer. Upgrade to F800GS is at additional cost.

A great chance to ride across the heart of South America!

Thats all from us for now. Tell us about your upcoming adventures and feel free to ask any questions about ours. Whatever you are doing though, ride safely and remember to just roll with it!

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