THE OL' STRZELECKI

The Old Strzelecki Track is part of a well-used trade route that dates back prior to European settlement. These days it is popular with riders and 4WDers, as one…

RELICS ON THE RAMPAGE

PUTTY IN YOUR HANDS

CLYDE MOUNTAIN

THE LAKES WAY

They did what? Monkey mayhem

There are no more peaks to be conquered; no depths to be explored. It’s all been done before. If you’re seeking stimulation take a trip to Disneyland. But you know…

1941 H-D Knucklehead through Cuba

To this day, I can remember the face-off between US President John F. Kennedy and Soviet Union leader Nikita Khrushchev in the early 1960s and how my school had prepared…

Spannerman rides Vietnam

I was invited on a free trip to Vietnam in 1970. The Australian government was prepared to send me free of charge as long as I was prepared…

Dave Barr - Riding the Southern Cross

When Dave Barr set out from Perth to circumnavigate Australia he wasn’t attempting the record for fastest lap of the map. He may have hit new heights of determination and…

Reader tale - A ride through the Southern Alps of NZ

Early morning start to smash south across the Canterbury Plains at zero del cel to meet up with the Dodgy Bastards. 3 base layers, ‘Possum skin cardie and…

Two up touring - Me and you and a bike named Betsy

Nearly 4000m up on the cold and desolate border between China and Kyrgyzstan, Dean Martinello was compiling a mental list of all the stupid places he’d been…

LAP OF THE MAP RACE AROUND AUSTRALIA

He’d made Western Australia in barely three insane days but by the time he reached Port Hedland he was out of his mind. In a successive series of mishaps he…