Travel Stories

Cool ride Jim Graham has some fun in the snow In July last year, after 30 years of motorcycling, I finally had my first “off”. A 4WD did a U-turn across double yellow lines right […]

The Leap Hotel Laid-back drinking, Queensland style, plus a history lesson  If you’re old enough to remember the cartoons of Ken Maynard, you’ll find the ambience of The Leap Hotel very familiar. Known these days […]

A day away Here’s the second half of our guide to a great day in any of a dozen cities in Australia or New Zealand. What do we have for you in this issue? More […]

Going off Nostalgia’s getting better all the time I’m getting an itchy backside. No, it’s not what you might think (I hope, anyway), it’s just that Ted Simon seems to be on his third ride […]

First icy you Want to try out your winter riding preparations and skills? Here you go One moment he’s there, the next he’s gone. The bloke I’d been following at a respectable distance along the […]

Over the hump Here’s the latest (or at least most recent) way of getting from the coast to the hills in NSW Even in Australia, which doesn’t have a particularly long history of road building, […]

Aspiring ride It can get lonely, way out west I have to admit that I was mildly concerned when the rusty, dented Mark II Zephyr swerved into the layby where I was parked, on my […]

Mussle Frog He has a scooter as his official transport, and he knows his tucker. Listen to him Words: Bertrand Cadart/Peter Thoeming Photos: Francesco Marena/Lou Martin As Dame Edna Everage once pointed out, “whenever the […]

Low-speed sayonara Have you always wanted to go 285kp/h? You can, but not on your rental bike. Japan had not been high on my list of places to tour. But when an international group of […]

Borgundiscony Here’s a bit of everything for you Usually, I get left alone to decide what I’ll write about and when. Every now and then the Bear will nudge me in one direction or other […]