Snowy Mtns tour

I did a tour to the Snowy Mountains early this year, was a great trip but tiring due to the pace/time limit set of 5 days! I would very much like to do the trip again with say 7 days and some slight alterations to the route, mainly the same roads but in different directions of travel on some parts and an extra day in the snowys area itself and the dailey Km's reduced with the other extra day.

Great motorcycle roads # 19

Lions RdFrom Rathdowney to the Summerland way runs the Mt Lindsey h-way which I have already posted and is a great ride. If you were not going on to Uki from Kyogle then you could allways ride back over this route, the Lions Rd. Or you might aproach this from the Gold Coast side having gone down to Kyogle via any of the numerous good rides on that side of the ranges.Like most rides I post this

Review - KBC VR2 Helmet

I bought a new helmet start of 2006, however its turned out to be a disappointment.This is the best looking helmet I have ever seen and I had to have it when I saw them on the net. Great graphics design and everyone says they love the look however the helmet is unfortunately rubbish. The blue visor lasted 2 weeks before scratched beyond use. The liner which was a bit cheap feeling to begin with

Billinudgel - Mullumbimby - Federal

Billinudgel - Mullumbimby - Federal


This is quite a way south so most Brisbane people have not ridden on these roads much, but its really not so hard to do, even from Brisbane northern suburbs this ride is still only a day trip if you leave early-ish.

From Murwillumbah follow the old highway (Tweed Valley Way) until the new highway then ride the service roads to past Biilinudgel where you

Great motorcycle roads # 17

O'Reilly's Mountain

Yes there is yet another mountain range in the hinterland to ride! This is a ride not so well known as the road surface in the past has been poor - even by aussie standards - but it has been resurfaced and widened in many places and some parts are now excellent.

The road out from Canungra is new, and alot of bits have been resurfaced on the hill itself.



From the coast

Top ride

Huge ride today - phew I am tired, covered about 600 km and just made it back home before dark at about 5.30pm.I met my regular ride partner about 9.00am at Mudgeeraba and we went south and did some roads we knew and some we didnt (well some I didnt know anyway) I have a new variation on a couple of roads I allready knew. From Chillingham to Uki via Tyalgum which seemed a bit bumpy first time I

Chefs cafe or coffee suggestions

Alot of posts get lost in the archive and some belong there I guess but good places to stop for lunch are more important. Here then is the collection so far in no particular order.Uki Pub. Oddly no pictures yet, but one of the best pubs as far as food and location.Kunghur Sphinx Cafe. Great food and coffee and many motorcycle mags to read while you wait.Graze cafe, Mooloola Valley. Tasty food and

Japan motorcycle tour # 4

I'm starting to have 2nd thourghts about this idea.I'm reluctant to quit the dream despite things not really adding up on it. I am still doing my japanese class and this is seperate to the tour anyway as I have other reasons to learn the language. But problems are many with weather and navigation and language barriers.Big problem is if I go it will be alone - so not sure how much fun I will

Great motorcycle roads # 16

Burringbah Range via Tweed Valley Way

From Murwillumbah head south on the old pacific h-way to Burringbah range. This is a well known favourite of bikers, wide cambered hotmix mountain range that was the main highway 1 Brisbane to Sydney before being by-passed and is a very fast addictive set of curves.


There is one fix mounted speed camera that you need to be aware of travelling south -

Japan motorcycle tour # 3

Well my Japanese school hasnt folded yet so am now enrolled in Advanced A class. Would like to continue to the end which is advanced E but they still dont know if they will continue beyond this term. Talk of moving to another area to reduce overheads but rents are expensive anywhere close to the city regardless and their problem is they dont have alot of students as they dont advertise and rely

Good motorcycle rides # 15 - Mt Tamborine.

Mt Tamborine

Update 2011. The northern ascent is being resurfaced and should be much improved once finished. The road to Tamborine village via Logan Village has been resurfaced on the 2nd half and is much improved on it's previous condition.

This is not one of my favourites but unfortunately it seems to be the place on the south side people mention if you were to be talking about riding a

Sundays ride

6 riders today, weather was fine in morning but we encountered a light shower about midday in NSW so turned away into Billinudgel pub for lunch. I think we could have ridden on through it quickly, some other bikes heading that way still, but then again long way from home to be getting wet in winter. So I didnt get to ride the 2nd half of the ride, its a route I have not posted up here yet...

Great motorcycle roads # 14 Summerland Way

Summerland way
This road starts near Woodenbong in the middle of nowhere from the north and many people miss out on it's best section by riding down the over rated Lions Road. There is a new section of road where the rough section once was and then you have excellent quality tar all the way to Kyogle.

Not really close to Brisbane or the Gold Coast you ride this as part of a day out. After the