Equipment List

My plan was to cycle around parts of Australia, camping along the way at either camp sites, or wild camping where camp sites were not located.

I planned to cook my own food using a gas stove. More than that I wanted to cook Chinese food where possible!

Having done a little searching on the Internet, I got an idea of equipment. Due to weight restrictions on the flight, I got some of the gear in the UK and the rest I picked up in Australia.

For convenience I have listed the full equipment list so you can see everything I actually took on the road. Later on I'll do a review of some of this equipment.

Note: Things did change a little along the way. For example I decided not to cook Chinese food half way through, that cut quite some weight. But I had to change tents to a heavier one. 

Bottom line was, bike plus gear was around 55Kg for most of the trip.

The fully loaded bike, and boy was it heavy

Packing List Weight  (Kg) Bike Bike + Front rack + Rear rack + pump + cycle computer + front & rear lights 14.497 Rear Panniers 2.600 Front Panniers 1.400 D-Lock 1.400 Tool Bag (tubes, spanners, screwdriver, lube, tyre levers, allen keys) 0.934 Spare Batteries (6 AA & 8 AAA) 0.278 Luggage straps x 3 0.240 Bungee strap 0.140 Cycle clips 0.032 Zip ties 0.020 21.541 Sub-total Tent Bag Sleeping Mat (Exped down mat 9cm DLX (LW)) 1.300 Outdoor Rug 1.270 Tent 1.260 Sleeping bag (Rab Explorer 300)  0.979 Tent poles and pegs 0.868 Pillow (Exped Comfortfoam Pillow M)  0.170 Sleeping bag liner (Rab Traveller)  0.154 6.001 Sub-total Eating MSR Fuel bottle, full of Shellite (0.240 empty) 0.850 Food thermos 0.705 Rice  0.536 MSR Stove 0.520 Oil container, mostly full 0.473 Porridge 0.454 Cutlery and Utensils (Knife ,fork, spoon, teaspoon ,spatula, wooden spoon, 2 cutting knives, peeler) 0.437 Frying pan 0.435 Snack bars x 8 0.431 Oyster sauce 0.353 Soy sauce 0.343 Pan and Lid 0.291 Cutting board 0.220 Large plate 0.217 Salt 0.211 Dried Fruit 0.180 Pepper 0.165 Cup 0.153 Small plate 0.128 Bowl 0.114 Tea bags 0.093 Cornflour 0.078 Tea cloth 0.061 Sponge cloth & liquid 0.058 Tea strainer 0.011 Tea bags English Breakfast 0.111 Tea bags Green 0.060 Sugar 0.090 7.778 Sub-total Water Thermos flasks x 3, FULL 4.647 Water filter 0.536 Plastic water Bottles x 1 0.096 5.183 Sub-total Clothes (Assuming worn 1 set) Gore-Tex rain coat 0.997 White trainers 0.750 Fleece 0.675 T-shirts x 3 0.560 Hiking Trousers  & Belt 0.356 Ordinary Shorts x 1 0.338 Sandals 0.309 Travel Towel 0.300 Swimming Shorts x 1 0.256 Underwear x 3 0.240 Cycling socks x 5 pairs 0.200 Padded Cycling short Liner x 1 0.141 White socks x 1 0.065 5.187 Sub-total Bathroom Toiletry bag 1.770 Wet tissues 0.180 Extra Sunblock 0.129 Hand wash 0.068 Dry tissues 0.042 2.189 Sub-total Medicines and First Aid First aid kit 0.274 1.726 Sub-total Phone Phone 0.150 Wall Charger 0.063 Australian adaptor x2 0.084 Glasses Reading (Ti) 0.104 Contact lens replacement Glasses 0.151 Ray Bans 0.092 Blue ski-glasses 0.067 Books 2 books 0.370 Chinese 0.124 Other Bose Headphones (without case) 0.204 Bose headphones Case 0.229 Pen Notepad Passport carrier Wallet Lamp 0.257 Solar Charger 1.895 Sub-total TOTAL WEIGHT 51.596