During the week we headed from the last round at Malang in the mountains which I thought was hot, down the mountain to Yogyakarta (or known as Jogja) where we really saw how freakin’ hot Indonesia could get.  The only thing hotter was the chilli’s we ate!

The drive down the mountains was actually a kick ass experience with the river winding down beside the road the entire trip and the only thing that would have been better would be getting in a raft and going down through the rapids.  We were bailed up in the street in the middle of nowhere by the Indonesian Army doing marching practice.  I’m not sure why but they took up the whole road. 

We got into Jogja and went straight over to the same tattoo artist who did the dragon on Lewis’ leg so he could get it finished and filled in, while Seb was keen on getting a new tat to add to his collection too.  After the boys were inked up Seb and Clinton headed out to the clubs and the rest of us were pretty stuffed so we headed back to the hotel to finally get some sleep.  About 3am I woke to Seb turning the light on and yelling at me in some mumbled fashion which basically translated into ‘Clinton’s hammered, he’s passed out on my bed, what do I do?”  Being the drunken clowns they were I said just drag him off and turn the damn light off.  It turns out there were balcony’s in the night club and Clinton had downed a bottle of Vodka and decided to jump from balcony to balcony.  After getting up on stage and dancing with the band they were kicked off and out.

When I woke in the morning Sheeny had filmed Clinton passed out and cursing at the toilet and the boys still weren’t even hungover until late the next afternoon.  And to make things worse for the boys we went on a little museum tour to find out about Jogja so Clinton was looking pretty ordinary.  To make things a little better the boys stopped in for a massage in a shopping mall.  Clinton was asleep in 5 minutes and Mason was getting a neck rub but for some reason the therapist decided he had to wear a boob tube.  Funny for us, not so much for him.

We then headed up to Semarang for the 2^nd round of Powercross.  The bus trip was probably the crappiest so far, squashed into a mini-van with 10 people that seats 8 with bags and all.  Sheeny went for a quick pit stop at a servo for I guess in PG version was a piss, but then turned around and had to piss out his ass as well haha.  So the next stop was him getting a 4-pack of emergency toilet paper and pinched some gastro-stop off Clinton haha.

We got into Semarang and went for some dinner and to finally get out of the mini-van.  The best part was Sheeny eating his Nasi Goreng and thinking there was 4 green beans in it.  Well the clown got that wrong as it was the really hot green chilli’s and we had some entertainment for about 10 minutes watching him sweat over it and knocking down about 8 glasses water which didn’t really help.

The next day we had 3 more radio interviews to do, this time all the guys got in on it which made it pretty interesting.  One of the radio stations was pretty ordinary though, we were just sitting in the front room with the door open, car sounds going past and all sorts of background noise.  And the last bit of promotion before the show was doing the parade through Semarang city.  We had 2 riders in each Jeep and cruising through town.  The local towns people were pretty excited to see us even when it was their Muslim holiday.  But the people who came out were pretty stoked to see it.

As for the rest of the time, a few of us were getting pretty sick.  I had inflamed glands as if I was getting tonsillitis, but the track builders were all really sick with the same symptoms as well.  Adam who is the main builder actually had to go to the hospital to get treated.  The show is coming up and I’m only just starting to feel better so we’ll see how I go.. But I should be able to get through.

Check back to see how the show went and then I’m off to Bali for a week holiday before the New Zealand Red Bull FMX Battles.

Til then, take it easy!

Now that's a bike stand - perfectly done so the chair leg holds the bike up and the other chair leg stops the back wheel from rolling forward. Clever haha.

Team Evalube's bikes for Aussie FMX'ers and Racers.

Garuda flight landing in Malang. There's farms on the side of the runway with cows just standing there. Now that would suck if a cow just happened to be sitting in the middle of the runway!

Powercross track from Malang - All the big jumps were dug into the ground since there was not enough dirt

I think the Indonesian people were a little excited about Powercross. Roughly 10,000 spectators in Malang

Mason doing the hard work

That's right! I got Metallica - Master of Puppets played on Radio.

Advertisement for the 5 round Powercross series. A few mistakes obviously but there it is. It can be seen on almost every street in Malang

Selecta Water park entrance. They love their statues over here

My first dose of speaking Indonesian on the radio. I think it means Good afternoon, my name is Steve... or something like that.

Me and Kim Ashkenazi doing the radio interviews. Long day doing 3 radio stations with 4 hours sleep trying to understand Indonesian

Yep - that's a 4stroke under my graphics kit. Didn't think I'd see that again. Brand new KTM 250SX-F but I boiled her over in the hot conditions riding 2nd on the limiter to make 75ft.

Kim at the first radio station

Where we spent most of our time in Malang - little cafe over the road from the hotel that have the best mango and cookies and cream smoothies you'll ever have

We thought we were just riding 3 of the Mayor of Malang's bikes on our own. Word got out and there was about 30 riders who turned up for the full adventure ride into the mountains. Best day ever!

Sheeny enjoying the coy pond. Pretty relaxing until those big ones want to take your finger or toe

The Mayor of Malang's home and council headquarters. Very nice place!

Checking out the Mayor's range of photo's from the local Malang area and places we should go. Edi was one cool guy

The Mayor's bikes. Edi knows what he wants thats for sure. Fully customised KTM 250EXC-F and 450EXC-F's. There's something missing (yeah look for the brake pedal) Full automatic clutch so it's got back brake on the bars.

Lunch with Edi at his compound. Biggest prawns you'll have

The Mayor's meeting room. Looks like a university theatre. The boys decided it was time for work. Order... Order!

Army marching up the middle of the road in the middle of nowhere.

Lewis getting inked up... nice spelling too mate :)

Jogja museum with a 3D model of Indonesian island

MMmmmmm MM! Deep fried BAT! Heads and all

Sheeny and the boys chilling in Jogja

Clinton 'Runny Arse' Moore feeling worse for wear after a huge night

Mason wearing a boob tube to get a massage... I don't know why.. don't ask, i just think he wanted to wear it.

Yeahhh that's a lot of scooters going for the one bowser

Semarang radio station promo's with all the boys this time, oh and Rrrrrrrinnnyyyy

Parade through Semarang - Harley rider was classic - anything to get in a photo

Me on top of the Jeep during the parade

Semarang track getting built. Good track but plenty of rubbish mixed into the dirt

Adam the track builder.. even with the communication barrier he managed to build good tracks really really quickly!

Clinton taking the hacksaw blade to his 04 YZ... apparently jackhammers with a full plate just weren't working when he almost kicked it away

We need one more stand for the KTM... Stat! This is right at the Semarang track, just so happened to have a bloke with a welder and grinder to knock up a new stand for us on the spot

Qualifying on race day. Lewis going over the single-tabletop

Press conference that was swamped by the crowd

If I knew the photo I emailed was being used for a life-size poster for press conferences I would have at least smiled. Still cool but haha

Oh yeah, tick that box. I was opening the show by playing background drum beats for Sheeny and Clinton and then had a 45 second solo before my introduction. Closest I'll come to being a proper Rock Star haha

Kim Ashkenazi reviving his glory years in practice. Qualified 2nd only 1/100th of a second behind Lewis Woods

Blown CRF150 after it overheated in the mud

the ramp we were delivered... 3 stages don't work. Curve, flat, curve.

Dr. Steve taking care of poor old Sheeny

The new promo ad for Evalube? It's so smooth

Extra Joss... or Extra Josh? It's an energy drink in Indonesia that's made from grape juice.. Either way Sheeny is a celebrity

Hanging with the band. Typical rock star life, a few bottles of JD were empty and we had to drink straight out of the bottle. Ahh I'm not a bourbon drinker. It hurts.

Kim and his 'bencong'. Or Lady-boy. Haha, she picked him out from a mile away for a photo.

Lewis taking out top qualifier

Yep - It was muddy alright. This is the 'downramp'

Adam trying his best to work with what he had. Mud sucks

Parade through Purbalingga. Jeeps without rollbars or something to hold on to are a bit of a death-trap

First shower at 4pm. And we were still trying to work out how to do an FMX show?

Kim's bike getting the rebuild it needed before he went out and almost blew it up that night again

Sheeny and his fans

Part of the waterpark at the hotel.

Bit hard to get grip boys?

Dad used to tell me standing in cow-poo makes you grow 6 inches. I still got some growing to do.

And then I cut my toe while walking in the mud. Mmmm infection here we come. Hopefully the antiseptic will fix that one up.

Kicking out the jams! Back on the drum kit for another solo.

Other part of the water park. This place kicked arse. Green Valley resort, thank you!

Kim belting out Enter Sandman at Karaoke

Lewis singing his metro songs

Blake's mate, 'ranga' couldn't handle his thickshake and it went all over him!

Now that's a TV remote!

Sheeny finished off the night in the toilet... he was there for a good few hours

.... I don't even know what this was about

Drummer's shouldn't be singers as I proved

2 tickets to the Guns show

Clinton working the guns in Bandung Gym

Raining again in Bandung. Hoping the mud dries out and we can get a track happening

99ers radio station interview

Band playing the last set at Bandung Powercross

My bike after riding the Bandung show in the mud

Mosh pit in the mud and ruts watching the band rock it out

Ruts left in the downramp from landing. Some were up to the swingarm as we landed in them

Getting ready for the 'rolling thunder' parade. Riding TS 185's haha

Now that's a bike stand - perfectly done so the chair leg holds the bike up and the other chair leg stops the back wheel from rolling forward. Clever haha.

Team Evalube's bikes for Aussie FMX'ers and Racers.

Garuda flight landing in Malang. There's farms on the side of the runway with cows just standing there. Now that would suck if a cow just happened to be sitting in the middle of the runway!

Powercross track from Malang - All the big jumps were dug into the ground since there was not enough dirt

I think the Indonesian people were a little excited about Powercross. Roughly 10,000 spectators in Malang

Mason doing the hard work

That's right! I got Metallica - Master of Puppets played on Radio.

Advertisement for the 5 round Powercross series. A few mistakes obviously but there it is. It can be seen on almost every street in Malang

Selecta Water park entrance. They love their statues over here

My first dose of speaking Indonesian on the radio. I think it means Good afternoon, my name is Steve... or something like that.

Me and Kim Ashkenazi doing the radio interviews. Long day doing 3 radio stations with 4 hours sleep trying to understand Indonesian

Yep - that's a 4stroke under my graphics kit. Didn't think I'd see that again. Brand new KTM 250SX-F but I boiled her over in the hot conditions riding 2nd on the limiter to make 75ft.

Kim at the first radio station

Where we spent most of our time in Malang - little cafe over the road from the hotel that have the best mango and cookies and cream smoothies you'll ever have

We thought we were just riding 3 of the Mayor of Malang's bikes on our own. Word got out and there was about 30 riders who turned up for the full adventure ride into the mountains. Best day ever!

Sheeny enjoying the coy pond. Pretty relaxing until those big ones want to take your finger or toe

The Mayor of Malang's home and council headquarters. Very nice place!

Checking out the Mayor's range of photo's from the local Malang area and places we should go. Edi was one cool guy

The Mayor's bikes. Edi knows what he wants thats for sure. Fully customised KTM 250EXC-F and 450EXC-F's. There's something missing (yeah look for the brake pedal) Full automatic clutch so it's got back brake on the bars.

Lunch with Edi at his compound. Biggest prawns you'll have

The Mayor's meeting room. Looks like a university theatre. The boys decided it was time for work. Order... Order!

Army marching up the middle of the road in the middle of nowhere.

Lewis getting inked up... nice spelling too mate :)

Jogja museum with a 3D model of Indonesian island

MMmmmmm MM! Deep fried BAT! Heads and all

Sheeny and the boys chilling in Jogja

Clinton 'Runny Arse' Moore feeling worse for wear after a huge night

Mason wearing a boob tube to get a massage... I don't know why.. don't ask, i just think he wanted to wear it.

Yeahhh that's a lot of scooters going for the one bowser

Semarang radio station promo's with all the boys this time, oh and Rrrrrrrinnnyyyy

Parade through Semarang - Harley rider was classic - anything to get in a photo

Me on top of the Jeep during the parade

Semarang track getting built. Good track but plenty of rubbish mixed into the dirt

Adam the track builder.. even with the communication barrier he managed to build good tracks really really quickly!

Clinton taking the hacksaw blade to his 04 YZ... apparently jackhammers with a full plate just weren't working when he almost kicked it away

We need one more stand for the KTM... Stat! This is right at the Semarang track, just so happened to have a bloke with a welder and grinder to knock up a new stand for us on the spot

Qualifying on race day. Lewis going over the single-tabletop

Press conference that was swamped by the crowd

If I knew the photo I emailed was being used for a life-size poster for press conferences I would have at least smiled. Still cool but haha

Oh yeah, tick that box. I was opening the show by playing background drum beats for Sheeny and Clinton and then had a 45 second solo before my introduction. Closest I'll come to being a proper Rock Star haha

Kim Ashkenazi reviving his glory years in practice. Qualified 2nd only 1/100th of a second behind Lewis Woods

Blown CRF150 after it overheated in the mud

the ramp we were delivered... 3 stages don't work. Curve, flat, curve.

Dr. Steve taking care of poor old Sheeny

The new promo ad for Evalube? It's so smooth

Extra Joss... or Extra Josh? It's an energy drink in Indonesia that's made from grape juice.. Either way Sheeny is a celebrity

Hanging with the band. Typical rock star life, a few bottles of JD were empty and we had to drink straight out of the bottle. Ahh I'm not a bourbon drinker. It hurts.

Kim and his 'bencong'. Or Lady-boy. Haha, she picked him out from a mile away for a photo.

Lewis taking out top qualifier

Yep - It was muddy alright. This is the 'downramp'

Adam trying his best to work with what he had. Mud sucks

Parade through Purbalingga. Jeeps without rollbars or something to hold on to are a bit of a death-trap

First shower at 4pm. And we were still trying to work out how to do an FMX show?

Kim's bike getting the rebuild it needed before he went out and almost blew it up that night again

Sheeny and his fans

Part of the waterpark at the hotel.

Bit hard to get grip boys?

Dad used to tell me standing in cow-poo makes you grow 6 inches. I still got some growing to do.

And then I cut my toe while walking in the mud. Mmmm infection here we come. Hopefully the antiseptic will fix that one up.

Kicking out the jams! Back on the drum kit for another solo.

Other part of the water park. This place kicked arse. Green Valley resort, thank you!

Kim belting out Enter Sandman at Karaoke

Lewis singing his metro songs

Blake's mate, 'ranga' couldn't handle his thickshake and it went all over him!

Now that's a TV remote!

Sheeny finished off the night in the toilet... he was there for a good few hours

.... I don't even know what this was about

Drummer's shouldn't be singers as I proved

2 tickets to the Guns show

Clinton working the guns in Bandung Gym

Raining again in Bandung. Hoping the mud dries out and we can get a track happening

99ers radio station interview

Band playing the last set at Bandung Powercross

My bike after riding the Bandung show in the mud

Mosh pit in the mud and ruts watching the band rock it out

Ruts left in the downramp from landing. Some were up to the swingarm as we landed in them

Getting ready for the 'rolling thunder' parade. Riding TS 185's haha