The story of two friends taking on an 1,000km gravel bike packing adventure between the cities of Melbourne and Adelaide, hoping to make it in time for the Tour Down Under. The trip was strongly inspired by the route of the famous railway also named Overland and saw the two riders take on some of the harshest terrain Australia has to offer in the peak of summer.
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