Electromoto Adventures
Ninety-one days
Six sections, One battery
In June 2026, Ed Darmanin departs Sydney to complete the first circumnavigation of mainland Australia on an electric motorcycle — approximately 18,000 kilometres, visiting every state and territory, solo and unassisted on an Energica Experia.
Departing Sydney on 24 June 2026, the Big Lap traces an anti-clockwise circuit of mainland Australia — north up the Queensland coast, west across the Gulf Country and the Top End, down through the Kimberley to Broome, south along the WA coast to Perth, and east across the Nullarbor through South Australia, Victoria, and home to Sydney.
The route divides into six sections. Two are ridden two-up with Sally — Ed's wife — through Far North Queensland and the WA coast. One is ridden with Ed's son Evan, from Palm Cove via Cape Tribulation and across the Gulf country to Mount Isa.
The remaining three sections are solo, all on the same Energica Experia electric motorcycle.
Plotted, charged, mapped
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The BMW that didn't go
Ed purchased a BMW R1300 GS Adventure specifically for this trip. It is arguably the finest long-distance adventure tourer ever built — the obvious choice for 18,000 kilometres of Australian outback.
But with petrol supply across remote Australia under serious and growing pressure, the calculus changed. Consuming approximately 900 litres of fuel across 18,000 km during a national supply crisis — with the real possibility of Level 3 or 4 restrictions being introduced mid-journey — felt both practically risky and difficult to justify.
The Energica Experia runs on domestic electricity. It is structurally immune to the disruptions affecting conventional transport. And Ed knows it intimately from the Darwin ride. The choice became straightforward.