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We’ve travelled extensively through New South Wales from the outback to the cities to the coast and the mountain ranges. Read our suggested routes, places to go and stay, interesting roads, and don’t forget to share your rides with readers.
Wauchope, the gateway to the famed Oxley Highway, will this Saturday declare itself the first motorcycle friendly town in NSW. Its follows Bicheno in Tasmania which was the first Motorcycle Friendly Town in Australia and Texas in Queensland which was the first on the mainland. The Wauchope initiative to declare itself a Motorcycle Friendly Town …
The Oxley Highway is a road you have to ride at least once in your life, according to veteran motorcycle journalist Mick Matheson, who has produced this video to prove his point. “There are about 300 corners, the traffic is usually light, and the experience covers more than just the ride because of the character of …
Bookings are now open for an epic motorcycle tour following in the footsteps and camel tracks of ill-fated explorers Burke and Wills from Melbourne north to the Gulf of Carpentaria. Hopefully the 3250km tour is less doomed than the poor explorers who perished at Coopers Creek on the return journey! The 2015 Burke & Wills …
One of the most popular attractions in Tamworth and certainly a favourite among the Hoggies at the 24th Annual HOG Rally is the Powerhouse Motorcycle Museum. MotorbikeWriter is currently attending the rally, dubbed the Iron Horse Muster because of the cowboy element of Tamworth, and we are looking forward to returning today to the museum …
Motorcycle icon Charley Boorman loves Australia and can’t stay away. Charley, who was voted 18th all-time UK motorcycle icon in May will return Down Under in March to lead another Compass Expeditions Outback tour. READ THE ICON LIST HERE The third 10-day Outback tour starts in Sydney on March 11 and passes through Broken Hill, …
Tamworth exists in our national conscience as that little country town where they like both types of music, where the guys are all boot-scootin’ cowboys and where the gals are charming gingham-wearing warblers. That’s an understandable misconception as it has hosted the Tamworth Country Music Festival every January since 1973. But Tamworth is a whole lot more …
“Long Way” star and official top 20 UK motorcycle icon Charley Boorman will return for his third year with Compass Expeditions in March 2015. Charley and good friend and manager Billy Ward will lead the third 10-day Outback tour which goes from Sydney to Broken Hill, Flinders Ranges, Grampians, Great Ocean Rd and ending in …
Long before State of Origin footy clashes between NSW and Queensland erupted, there was a clash of governments at the border that has yielded one of the greatest biker roads in Australia – the Lions Rd. In 1969 the NSW government rejected calls for a shortcut to link the communities of Kyogle in northern NSW …
The perfect Mother’s Day for a biker would be a romantic weekend in a country cabin on your favourite biker road with your partner and your bike by your side. That’s exactly what Chris and Jillian Druery are doing this weekend (2014) at Ripples on the Creek cabins in northern NSW. The cabins are right …
The Oxley Highway is one of those roads that returns the reputation of the word “highway” to the rider’s lexicon. It’s a ride of many facets, two climates, changing conditions and varying moods. If you attack it from the east, it starts at Port Macquarie which is down by the sea and therefore quite mild …