In the beginning I mentioned that I may do an appraisal on my "new" bike. (Anyone who has no interest in motorcycles should now disconnect ha-ha) This bike is not “new” but a 2010 model which does not differ from a 2015 model all that much except from the water cooled engine I have been riding from age 16 and had perhaps 20-25 mainly BMW motorcycles during that time. Some of them I have had for a long time on which I covered over 180.000km or m...

Before leaving Sydney I had checked the weather forecast. Sunny, but rain showers coming from the north. As I was going north I knew what I was facing. There is no way to avoid them unless they travel in the same direction; in that case you can position yourself between the showers and enjoy a mostly dry day. Today it was not the case though. I had to adjust my route north by avoiding twisty mountain roads and staying at the flatter well used roads. Rain is norma...

Hello all, Another blog but this time from within Australia. I planned to visit my daughter/son in law and grandchildren this month and thought why not combine this with a relaxed trip via roads I have read about in a variety of motorcycle magazines. My daughter lives close to Canberra (between Sydney and Melbourne) and with close proximity to the Australian Alps. As usual I will be riding my motorcycle in favour of using a car because, although the destinatio...