Day 6 started out very warm in Byron Bay and my plan was to try and beat the weather en route to Gloucester. I had a number of choices of roads and as I hadn't touched the Pacific Hghway for 10 years decided to see if it was any better. It certainly has a reputation for traffic and roadworks. Nothing has changed! It took me two hours to get down to Grafton and that included a … [Read more...]

Today was a quiet day in Byron - mainly because it was raining for most of the day. I did get to the DesmoHQ on the outskirts of town just as the rain really started to come down. They have some tricked up bikes however they all went under cover when the water started falling! I had a comment from Vince on yesterday's post with some questions that needed answering with regards … [Read more...]

Day 4 was the final day of the Ducati Turismo and was a run down to the coast. Tenterfield was cool but dry when I set out and I stopped first at the Corner Cafe in Tenterfield for a good country breakfast. The first section of the run was on the Bruxner Highway to Casino - 128 kms of a mix of twists, turns, sweeping bends and undulations. There was a reasonable amount of … [Read more...]

Day 3 started out with a refuel at Armidale in northern NSW and the planned route was to head over towards the coast and then back to Glen Innes before finishing up in Tenterfield. I consulted the weather forecast to see that it would start cold, get much warmer and have no rain. The forecast was wrong - very wrong! I left Armidale rugged up riding in 10 degree C temperatures … [Read more...]