Travel

Handle with care It’s not the safest road in Australia, but it’s one of the best In his book, Down Under, Bill Bryson credits Lachlan Macquarie with “the world’s first nearly successful attempt to name […]

There’s more than gold in… them thar hills Take a ride around Victoria’s Gold Country IT SOMETIMES SEEMS to me that every town I visit in Australia was founded for just one reason: because gold […]

Guide to the kicks Old Route 66 has almost disappeared. Dale Butel is there to make sure it doesn’t evaporate completely Believe it or not, there are more roads in the world than we have […]

Three wheels on the Hume Once again, the best-laid plans of mice and bears gang agley… Mice? Who said anything about mice? But the bearly-laid plans definitely went agley when I headed down the Hume […]

Blowin’ in the wind Lunch in Kiama, anybody? Great Cruiser Rides is a new feature in Cruiser+Trike that will introduce you to some, well, great day and weekend rides. Whenever we can we’ll find you […]

Six degrees of acceleration Getting acquainted on a first date can be awkward, but this one went quite smoothly Words & photos: Elspeth ‘Gillian’ Callender I was beginning to feel out of place. I work […]

Cactus Bites Bear Two days on the road gets you to a lot of places in southern California When The Eagles sang that “you can check out any time you like” at the Hotel California, […]

Rocket Man A Rocket to Woomera sounds like coals to Newcastle, but there is method in the Bear’s madness… There’s a blue rocket made of steel up on a stand in Woomera’s rocket park, so […]

Getting down Things are looking up down there Here’s a free tip for the national parks people responsible for Death Valley: tell potential visitors it’s just like going down into a mine — without the […]