I am presently travelling south to Alice Springs in a campervan that is packed to the hilt with my desert cart, food, equipment and provisions. Tomorrow, Sunday, I will spend the night at Old Andado station on the western border of the Simpson Desert, I will have my last hot shower then my good friends John Logan, Ros Consoli and Esther Nun will deliver me to my start point, East Bore. I will spend Monday assembling, packing and checking over my equipment and cart and collecting my thoughts. On Tuesday June 30, 2015 I will take my first steps of a journey that has been over a year and a half in the planning, on a journey that will immerse me in the sea of sand that is the Simpson Desert, I will be tested physically, mentally, emotionally as never before… Am I ready?

I have trained hard, I have dragged tyres and scaffolding poles up and down the beach, I have walked, ran, jogged hundreds of kilometres, studied maps, researched past expeditions, drawn up contingency plans, have crossed my t’s dotted my i’s. I have enlisted the help and support of kind and generous sponsors without whose help I would not be in the position that I find myself now. I feel fitter than I’ve ever been, I am strong in mind, body and spirit, I have never felt so alive…. Am I ready? Yes I am. Will I make it? I will give it my best!