By Any Means 2
| Right to the Edge: Sydney to Tokyo By Any Means | |
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| Created by |
Charley Boorman Russ Malkin |
| Starring | Charley Boorman |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Russ Malkin |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC2 |
| Original release | 27 September 2009 |
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| Related shows |
Long Way Round Race to Dakar Long Way Down By Any Means |
| External links | |
| Website | www |
Right to the Edge: Sydney to Tokyo By Any Means, also known by the working title By Any Means 2 is a 2009 adventure series by Charley Boorman and is a sequel to the 2008 BBC travel series and book By Any Means in which Boorman travels one from one place to another by any mode of transport. By Any Means 2 follows Boorman's journey from Sydney, where the last series finished to Tokyo.
On 22 March 2009, Charley announced on his Twitter page that a sequel, tentatively named By Any Means 2, was in the works. He originally announced that it would take him and the team from Sydney to far eastern Russia via the Pacific Rim.
Filming for By Any Means 2 commenced on 18 May 2009 leaving from Manly, Sydney with a bike convoy. Boorman traveled across Australia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and completed his journey in Tokyo, Japan.
The journey finished at Rainbow Bridge in Tokyo on 9 August and following this he vacationed in Bali, but with family. Throughout the journey, Boorman kept his Twitter page updated of the latest developments in the trip and released pictures of himself in a 1923 Ford in Japan for example. On 17 September 2009, Boorman announced on Twitter that the new series would air on Sunday the 27 September at 9.00pm on BBC2 under the title "Charley Boorman: Sydney to Tokyo By Any Means".
The first episode sees Boorman departing from Freshwater Park on a hired Deus bike with a very large biker convoy in tow to Frazer Park up the east coast of Australia. The newspapers reported approximately 1,501 riders took part at the start, including veteran racer Wayne Gardner. He then travelled up to Nymboida by bike where he switched with an EVME lime green electric car which he travelled in to Byron Bay. There he stayed in a camp of backpackers before catching a lift with one of them up to Moggill near Brisbane. At Watts Bridge Airfield Boorman travelled in a custom made 9/10 scale Spitfire aircraft up to Maryborough. From Maryborough he caught a Tilt Train to Rockhampton where he caught a plane to visit a cattle station and experience local cattle mustering on horseback. He then hitched a ride in a customized ute up to Cairns. He then joined the Flying Doctors to travel to the Aboriginal settlement of Pormpuraaw and surveyed some of their traditional weapons and art before returning to Cairns and switching to trail bikes to travel up to Helenvale and Cooktown. Later he rode an electric trail bike and caught a plane to Weipa. At Weipa he caught a plane to visit a snake farm in the bush to see some of Australia's most poisonous snakes and later visited a mining community near Weipa. He then caught another small plane to Bamaga and then a boat to Thursday Island on the coast of northeast Australia and Horn Island. At Horn Island he caught a plane across to Daru Island and landed in Daru Airport in Papua New Guinea.
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