In the dead of night, just before the witching hour, massive bolts of lightning tore the sky apart; thunder, following close on the heels of each pyrotechnic stab, shook foundations and rattled windows; and the wind shrieked its rage in…

All was silent at the beachside townhouse as I surfaced from a deep and dreamless sleep; and it was dark. The ferocity of last evening’s storm had abated in the early hours; lightning, thunder, and gusting rain squalls had moved…

An early morning breeze gently moved the curtains framing our open window as I woke. In the darkness, the bones of the hundred year old wooden structure creaked; the building flexed in the cool of early morning. I pushed back…

Given the first part of our ride was to be through the inner city, we’d decided to get on the road after the clutter and gridlock of rush hour had subsided. In any case, our aspirations for the day were…

Sunrise was still an hour away when I woke; not that there was anything unusual about that. The house was absolutely silent; and dark, except for a faint glow that spilled into the room from the nightlight in the hall.…

It had been stifling. From early afternoon atomic bursts of grey-white cumulonimbus towered above an ominous pall of blue-back just above the horizon; signalling the imminent invasion of a massive storm front. The humidity climbed steadily, stabilised and hovered alarmingly close…

We have only just added Australian Road Trips as a new Category to our Bikes & Byways – Roads Less Travelled Website. So, there are no Blogs posted yet. However, planned Blogs for the future include: Top End Road Trips…