The morning sun shimmered off the chrome as Mandy fired up her Honda CMX 500, me the Honda XL750 Transalp. The engines purring with confidence, the weather playing the game and really needed to have a ride. I gave her a grin under my helmet—she rode that bike like it was an extension of herself. …
Epic Rides & Dodgy Decisions: My New YouTube Mixtape! Ladies, gentlemen, and confused wildlife of the Atherton Tablelands—buckle up! My latest YouTube masterpiece is here, and it’s got more twists than the Gillies Range on a rainy day. This mixtape of a ride is a glorious, high-octane mashup of different rides with different people—because what’s …
The Gillies Highway is found in Far North Queensland, Australia. This is a ride you need to do, not want to do. It was voted the best ride 2024 within Australia (errrr….. by me and I was the only one who voted). I have made a short Video of the ride. Please enjoy. Have an …
Glacier – Morteratsch It’s really cool. (And I’m not even sorry for saying that.) What an opportunity. What a moment. This turned from a good idea on a whim into a lifelong dream being realized. Sometimes, life gives you those rare chances to stand in awe of something greater than yourself, and this is one …
Switzerland – WOW The Swiss government has organised a planning App called “The Grand Tour”. It is very helpful for planning where to go within Switzerland and what to see. It weaves its way through backroads, B roads and generally mind-altering scenic places. I mean, Switzerland is the manifestation of your most wildly vivid, idealistic …
Porto – Ah, you have been truly wonderful. Last day in Porto. Last walk around the tiny streets. Last climb down the, uneven, misshapen and wonderfully rickety city stairs. A lad walks past with a very apt print on his shirt, “Porto-It’s got hills”; that it does, that it does. Within Porto and across the …
Read more “Bouncing back beyond bountiful Barcelona … err to Montserrat”
Barcelona will be our spring board or base camp over the next few weeks. A day here, Porto for five days, three days in Barcelona then 10 days in Switzerland, 4 days in Barcelona again then home to Australia. Camping – Rain 5:30am we heard the first drops of rain on the tent roof. It …
Panniers What’s in all those packs? I have been asked this so many times and I did intend to do a breakdown of our equipment list from the beginning of the trip…but I didn’t. So, here is the full-ish list. Firstly, we are using Ortlieb Panniers. They have seen 13 countries, rough and smooth conditions, …
Tarragona Tarragona, a large industrial town with major ports and active industry. It’s so good to see all the manufacturing and industry throughout all of Spain, each small town appearing to have its own factory/plant. Everything from raw materials to finished articles, ceramics, cars and all sorts of things are produced. Employment and financial security …
Delta – from La Rapita to L’Ampolla What’s a Delta? I didn’t know either. It’s not an Australian singer or a country song. In this case, a delta is an area of flat land that is farmed using flood irrigation. Open aqueducts, gates, rushing water, and healthy new growth surround us, creating a landscape both …
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$$$ the moment/experience, not the room itself A number of people have asked how we manage to travel for such a long period of time. We are on long service leave. In Australia, once you have worked 7 years within the same job you are able to take 10 weeks holiday on full pay. We …