G'Day,
Did a 12 month bike tour around and across the big Island called A-U-S-T-R-A-L-i-A in 1988 (25000+k's) and kept my trusty H-D FL for almost 20 years back in Oz for touring between Melbourne - Sydney - Brisbane - Cairns.
October 2011 brought me once back to Western Australia and did the WA Goldfields Ride (Golden Quest Discovery Trail) Perth - Coolgardie - Menzies - Kookynie - Laverton - Lenoara / Gwalia - Lake Ballard - Kalgoorlie - Esperance - Albany - Perth (total approx. 5000k's with a BMWF800GS).
Golden Quest Discovery Trail: http://www.goldenquesttrail.com
Right now, I am in the final planning stages for my 2012 Australia's Longest Short-Cut 14 day trip (Perth >> Brisbane): http://www.outbackway.org.au
Still haven't decided to take a BMW GS1200A or Yamaha Super Tenere 1200 on the Outback highway.......