Karl arrived in Melbourne on a battered lumber ship after 87 days at sea — Christmas, New Year’s, and his 22nd birthday all spent aboard the Ivy. From there, he cycled through Victoria and New South Wales, faced Australia’s worst roads, and pushed north through Queensland, worn down but determined.

I took the same route with some sidetracks through New Zealand, Uluru, a stop to see the Big Pineapple, Bowen’s Big Mango, and a retreat to Port Douglas.

Karl left Australia weary, backtracking for weeks before finally working his way aboard the S.S. 

Bezwada with 230 wild horses bound for India.