Travel

Quantum of Garda Shaken and stirred Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a master criminal or secret agent, but by the time the third Land Rover painted in the glossy, intimidating black of the Guardia […]

Take the high road Australian tour operator Mike Ferris will really get you high Ferris Wheels Motorcycle Safaris has announced another new international tour, beginning in 2010. Combining elements of its long-established safaris through India, […]

Pub tip Recommend a hotel to your fellow cruiser riders. If there’s a pub that you like, just follow the template below and send us the details, including a few photos. cruiser@universalmagazines.com.au is the address. […]

Sir Len’s shed A giant car and bike museum filled with mystery It’s probably true that, as I’m frequently told, I have one of the best jobs in the world. Editing a motorcycle magazine takes […]

Tasmania the easy way Let someone else do the planning Early in the New Year, Mrs Bear and I packed our bike gear and headed south to Tasmania. A perfect Busman’s Holiday awaited us — […]

Princes Highway deviation – Off-line As is often the case, the road less travelled calls us Nobody likes roadworks while they’re happening, except sadists who are riding behind beginners with no gravel experience. But we […]

So I go, I go, I go … Oops, different Mole. Not Kylie territory at all, really Once I organised a motorcycle launch for Triumph Australia up here below the Western Tiers. I rode the […]

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 […]