Travel Stories

Lest darkness fall There are so many good roads in New Zealand it’s difficult to do them all in daylight Look at the top end of the South Island. That’s where all the fiordy-looking fingers […]

No Great Gulph Sorry, Matty, it’s mountains instead Back in March of 1802, HMS Investigator was carefully working her way along the coastline of Spencer Gulf. As far as we know, and certainly as far […]

Macca’s trusses or feral chickens and McDonald bridges The timber truss bridge can be a little treacherous in the wet, but its mostly reasonably grippy. Before the turn of the millennium, feral chickens lived in […]

10,000km in a month, on a 30-year-old bike with a 60-year-old rider Words and photos: Don Thomas from Cairns Hi, Bear Greetings and felicitations etc from a subscriber. Many years ago I did the GOR […]

Where Would you like to ride? Some insights into our readers’ aspirations! A while back, in issue #60, July/August 2010, I asked you where you would really like to go on a bike trip — […]

There is no third class From Jerilderie to Barringun, one of our newest named roads zigzags through Outback NSW. The Bear followed a bit of it ‘We owe respect to the living; to the dead […]

Last year in Jerusalem One missed corner = one adventure Words and photos: Beaker What started off as a nice leisurely Sunday morning ride for breakfast turned into a mini adventure, complete with dirt tracks, […]

Into the Dark Continent Sick of reading about tours you’ll never be able to do? Just ring the number at the end of this story… Words and Photos: Lee Mears My motorcycle is bouncing from […]

Spot the latest Ferris tour All right, all right – that’s the only time we’ll refer to the dogs Ferris Wheels Motorcycle Safaris, Australia’s original international motorcycle tour operator, has expanded its portfolio again by […]

Wanderlust Words and Photos: Ian Klütke There comes a time in the Top End when we try to make the most of the cooler (relatively) dry season weather. The weather tends to be humid, but […]