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Seldom Seen Sumba. Eastern Odyssey by ferry and motocycle.

Wednesday, 18 Jan 2023 | Views [98]

The Bitter Taste of Failure.

Thursday, 16 Apr 2015 | Views [1232] | Comments [1]

At around 1100 metres my clutch threw in the towel. A fistful of throttle saw nothing happening at the back wheel. I dismounted and spat on the clutch housing; it was like throwing water onto a hot bar-be-que plate. What to do? I was stopped at the bottom ... Read more >

Tags: adventure, indonesia, motorcycling, road trip, sumbawa

Flores - it drives me round the bend! Part 2. Hu'u Beach to Bajawa.

Saturday, 7 Mar 2015 | Views [1168] | Comments [1]

  Mt. Tambora - it had defeated me this time. As I rode towards Hu'u Beach memories of my climb there in 2008 returned. It was a special place made more so because few outsiders ever got to visit it. On April 15, 1815 the world shook. Tambora ... Read more >

Tags: adventure, flores, indonesia, motorcycling, road trip, sumbawa

Flores - it drives me around the bend! Part 1: Lombok to Mt Tambora

Thursday, 29 Jan 2015 | Views [1532]

  There is no better feeling than riding out the gate and hitting the highway astride a motorcycle. I'm beginning a road trip east. East, the exotic east! My imagination, fuelled by the exploits of explorers and adventurers past, and by the writings ... Read more >

Tags: adventure, flores, indonesia, lombok, motorcycling, off-road, sumbawa

Horizons Unlimited - the go-to site for Motorcycle Adventurers

Thursday, 15 Aug 2013 | Views [792]

Around the World Travellers Grant and Susan Johnson, 11 years on the road and not finished yet, run a website for motorcycle travellers, featuring the 'Horizons Unlimited Motorcycle Travellers' e-zine,' delivered to your e-mail box free for the latest ... Read more >

Tags: road trips

Photos: Roads less Travelled - Trans-Sumatran Highway 1973

Saturday, 23 Jun 2012 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Wild Bendigo!

Monday, 21 Apr 2008 | Photo Gallery