New South Wales

In the past I would have said that riding to the Hunter Valley (say through Wollombi or via the Putty Road) was the best part of the whole experience. However, after the last visit, I am now of the opinion that the ride there is only the beginning... read more in Issue 1.

Riding bushranger country. In the 1830s, James McKeown, an ex-convict and bushranger, was reputed to have been using the Jenolan Caves as a hideout. Known to the local Aboriginal people as Binoomea, “Dark places”, it is easy to imagine the caves providing safe refuge for fugitives who did not wish to be found... read more in Issue 3.

Riding the Ways to Brisbane. The intention was to take Thunderbolts Way to Uralla, hitch a ride on the New England to Armidale and tackle the Waterfall Way and find a camping spot before dark. However, for some reason the occupants of the tin top were not to keen on the winding road (but if you ride, the Waterfall Way is a truly magnificent route to Grafton)... read more in Issue 4.

Loop from Coffs Harbour. North from the Showground on the Pacific Highway past Moonee Beach and North Sapphire Beach. Turn left onto Bucca Road, then right towards Glenreagh (stop at the Golden Dog, Russell Crowe’s local pub). 40km past Glenreagh turn left at the T intersection into Armidale-Grafton Rd and head for Nymboida... read more in Issue 6.

Day 2 and we take Manning Street (Kiama) and head south, turning right on Saddleback Mountain Road. Then onto Fountaindale Rd, Jamberoo Rd, Jamberoo Mountain Rd to the Illawarra Highway. This route is one of the best biking roads I’ve been on - very curvaceous, mountainous, and well-sealed... read more in Issue 8.

Victoria

We arrived at Phillip Island to a scene that could have been a set from a Mad Max movie! Imagine the world after a nuclear explosion – civilisation barely holding together, the smoke from campfires casting a haze over the skyline and all manner of tents providing shelter. Not to mention the rather fierce looking inhabitants... read more in Issue 2.

Queensland

Cape York trek. We did it all. Bikes were drowned, beers were drunk, friends were made, bones were busted, creeks were forged, backpackers entertained, army trucks bogged, 2500km’s completed, tyres shredded and skirts worn? Put simply - as an annual leave option of going to a theme park to stand in ticket lines or doing a SIDS Motorcycle Trek, you know which one is going to provide the real stories for your next camp fire yarn... read more in Issue 4.