My comments assumed "Howe Island" really meant Lord Howe Island (LDH). Completely different to the travel that you (OP) at doing. I assume kcupp95 thought the same too.
Great riding you have done. I'm jealous. And, don't trust SYD baggage handlers with bike boxes.
Well, in 2006, the SYD baggage handlers were just excellent - as was Qantas check-in staff.
I had purchased a RT tocket to BNE from YWG in Canada and brought my bicycle, a trailer, etc. After buying a circle AU addition and bicycling the Savannah Way on 1200+ km of dirt, I flew with boxes of bicycle, stuff, and a trailer. Qantas staff just charged me (in Sept 2006) $150 UA and I was off. Everything arrived fine - except that the TSA-Nazis in LAX crushed my tim-tam cookies during an inspection and unwrapped my greasy bicycle parts and mixed them with my clothes. truely ignorant people.
Now, however, things with QF baggage handlers are different. Unfortunate
