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SCOTT Brown wants to be an example to his students at Wingham High School.
He wants them to know that anything is achievable if you set goals.
Scott exemplified his mantra of "set a goal - it can be achieved" by riding solo from Wingham to Darwin on a 650 BMW Dakar motorcycle, a feat in itself, to then compete in a motorcycle racing competition at Hidden Valley. And win.
As a member and president of the BEARS (British, European, American Racing and Supporters) Australia Motorcycle Racing Club, Scott travels around Australia on a yearly basis to compete in the clubs championship series.
The series consists of six rounds with races in South Australia, Queensland, the Northern Territory, Victoria and NSW.
Riders amass points through each round and there are four races at each meeting of 20km length. The field is split into five formulas, formula one being the newer, faster cycles. Scott, on his racing bike, a Ducati 900R, won all four of his formula five races at Darwin.
And not only that - he also set a new lap record. "I took two and a half seconds off the lap record, which was really pleasing because that had stood for six years," Scott said.
It's hard to know whether Scott is more enthusiastic about his success at Darwin, or his long, lonely trip up.
As it's a particularly long haul to Darwin, competitors pool and hire a semi-trailer to carry the racing bikes, leathers, tools, spare tyres and other racing gear, the distance. Then competitors make their own way to the venue.
Initially, Scott was going to ride up with some mates, but they pulled out, electing to drive instead. That didn't stop Scott, though, who stuck to his plan and took to the road on his bike.
He left straight from work on a Wednesday afternoon and arrived at Darwin the following Tuesday.
"It cost me hardly anything to get there and I thoroughly enjoyed the ride up. I did a big ride 30 years ago - I rode halfway around Australia in two weeks and did 12,500 kilometres in 12 days.'' he said.
"That was 30 years ago and I'm a lot older and sorer now.
"But honestly, the 4300 kilometres that I did to Darwin was a thorough pleasure and I enjoyed it. Sure, there's hours of sitting on the bike and you get a numb bum, but once you get off, you're right.
"And you meet great people. I couldn't believe the amount of grey nomads. That's really what struck me - caravans, 4WDs, utes, camp trailers - there were so many out there, and in seven days I saw two motorcycles and they were going the other way. There's nobody out there riding it!" Scott said.
He also met some interesting characters. "I had the best night in the pub at Daly Waters in the NT. It was awesome. Met some wild characters. These cowboys, and these ringers, and these chopper pilots - they're telling me what they do and I'm like 'you're crazy! You do that! You jump on bulls and wrestle them to the ground and chase them with your chopper!'
"And they ask what I do and I say I'm riding my motorcycle to Darwin and they said 'you're what? You drag your knees on the corners, that's crazy that stuff!' It really was a magnificent pub," Scott laughs.
Scott enjoyed himself so much he wished he could have ridden home again after competing, but everyday life called.
"I would have gladly ridden back to work at Wingham and I would have gone via Broome! And Perth! And come back through the centre, but I had to be back at work. I'd already taken a week's extra leave to ride up," explained Scott.
After winning three out of his four races in Queensland and four out of four in Darwin, Scott is now in the lead in the BEARS titles for his formula.
He hopes to back that up with wins at Phillip Island next.
Scott is not going to hang up his leathers any time soon after that.
"It's my hobby. Some blokes go fishing, I go motorcycle racing when I can."