READERS’ TRAVEL WHAT DID EMERSON SAY AGAIN?

Australian Motorcyclist Issue #23

• MOTOmania GET AN EXPERT
• BEAR FACED
• ISLAND EVOLUTION
• NEW BIKE PRICES HOW MUCH IS IT
• WHAT SAY YOU? HAVE YOUR SAY. IT’S FREE
• THE GREAT DAYS OF MOTORCYCLING CLASSIC MORRIS
• A JACKET THAT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE NORM’S
• TELEGRAPH TO THE CAPE
• READERS’ TRAVEL WHAT DID EMERSON SAY AGAIN?
• LONG TERMERS WHAT HAVE WE DONE NOW?
• BIKE LAUNCH YAMAHA TRICITY
• PUBS OF THE MONTH
• I BUNGLED BIG TIME
• TRAVEL EDELWEISS TOURING
• WORLDS BEST CUSTOM BIKES
• COLOGNE BIKE SHOW THE LITTLE BITS
• MELTS LIKE PUTTY IN YOUR HANDS
• LAUNCH INDIAN SCOUT
• TOURING TASSIE
• TWO METRIC CUSTOMS
• MOTOGP TECHNOLOGY AND POWER
• BOMBALA BIKE SHOW…
• NEWS THE LATEST AND GREATEST
• FIRST LOOK
• FURBALL

MELBOURNE TO ADELAIDE THE BACK WAY

“TIME IS RELATIVE.” ALBERT EINSTEIN WORDS/PHOTOS MICHAEL WALLEY

I love touring in Victoria and I’ll tell you why. In my home state of South Australia, if you want to venture down a back road to take the more scenic route, or just for something different, chances are it will be a dirt road. A lot of times it will have those small stones that are more like marbles or have those nasty corrugations due to the dry weather and lack of infrastructure to keep on top of maintaining them. Now I’m not bagging South Australia as we don’t have the population to sustain the roads to Victoria’s standards, but I’m always amazed when I travel across the border to find tar roads in the middle of nowhere. (I really need to get a dual purpose bike.)