Last fall I started my bikeride back to Australia.

After having visited 120 countries and cycled over 400.000 kilometers in

all continents, I am returning to the place were it all started 27 years ago.

The ride back to Australia I started in Germany and I travelled through

Austria, Italy Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia. After a 3 month in my homecountry Australia I am returning to Croatia in march 2005. In order to continue my bikeride through Turkey, Jordan and Syria before returning into Turkey on my way to Iran, Pakistan and India.

Once I am on the Indian Subcontinent, I will try to get into China and do a big loop

into Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia before heading south towards Australia. During my last

big trips I have learned not to set my mind on days, time and certain routes, because

we are living in an ever changing world. Having the possibility to do just that makes travelling so much easier. In times when I do not know where and when the next bomb will blow up, I think it is important for travellers to be alert and have the chance to make quick decisions. If we are living in a society in which power, religion, wars and chaos have become the basic elements of our social structures it is very sad. We have to be realistic about the elementary changes in the worlds desires and shortcomings. Even we cyclists should become aware of a dissatisfied population in many countries and travel with a little more understanding and awarness for others. I have an idea which route I would like to take…, time will tell. However looking back I have travelled

a long time with similar ideas and everything went well during the last 27 years. If you are interested to follow my trip back to Australia, get yourself onto my homepage www.tilmann.com and see and read what will happen. The menuebuttons

“ON TOUR RIDING TO AUSTRALIA” and “NEWSFLASH” will give you all the latest news.

Looking forward in seeing you there. If you feel like sending me a message, please do so.

TillWaldthaler@aol.com

twaldtha@bigpond.net.au