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Galston Gorge

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 […]

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Big ride out

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 […]

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Your Call

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 — […]

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The Kidman Way

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 […]

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‘Adventure’ touring

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, […]

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Dalmatian Delights

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 […]

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North by north-west

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 […]

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Natchez Trace Parkway

You’ve heard of ribbon development. But what about ribbon non-development? The buffalo started it all, they and some of the other wild animals of the American South. They migrated up the Mississippi, at first, and […]

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Riding Patagonia

Fin del Mundo… …the end of the world with Compass Expeditions Some rides you never forget. Our recent tour to Chile and Argentina, visiting almost mythical Patagonia, gave us several rides to remember. The seven […]