Feature Stories for Adventure Riders
Connect to stories of adventurous routes, hidden places and lonely beaches. Check out riding and camping equipment and get the low down and places to camp for free.
Low cost, high quality tent – Gear Guide
The Spartan 2 Hiking Tent is one of the most cost-effective and well-made tents currently on the market. Check our my review of this tent.
Tour old gold mining towns in Queensland
An easy ride from Townsville, the old gold mining town of Ravenswood is a living museum. A bikers paradise and a day’s round trip from Townsville of a side trip on a nine day tour of the Outback.
Bowen Bikers
A climb, the coastline and the kind of connection you only find when bikers stop and talk.
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Books and Guides
Books about travel ignite the soul and provide fuel to the adventurer. This trilogy provides a deep descriptive insight into the place that is Queensland, developing a sense of place. They entertain with travel narratives full of wonder and unique Australian humour. Queensland is one of the best adventure motorcycling destinations on the planet. But it’s not for the faint at heart.
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Gun Fights, Ghosts and Goannas
This book is more than a motorcycle travel story, it’s an adventure through the heart of Queensland and the soul of Australia. Along the way, Gary learns the secret of life, loses his money by betting on chickens and solves the murder of the swaggie from the song Waltzing Matilda. His message to the reader is that it’s never too late to set and achieve goals. If he can do it anyone can, and it’s easier than you think. Just twist the throttle and look out for kangaroos.
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Red Dust and Rainforests
Continuing his path of self-discovery, Gary faces deep bull dust tracks, mechanical failures, and challenging riding conditions that test his skills and resilience.
Red Dust and Rainforests captures nature’s raw power, the joy of camaraderie, and the spirit of self-discovery in this final chapter of a 20,000-kilometre odyssey through Queensland. For anyone eager to break free from the ordinary and embrace a life-changing journey, suit up—your adventure awaits!”
Sand Dunes and the Serpent
Sand Dunes and the Serpent is a journey into the vast, unforgiving heart of western Queensland — where distances are measured in days, not kilometres, and the land quietly tests those who travel through it.
The final book in the Queensland Adventure Riding Series, Sand Dunes and the Serpent, is more than a travelogue. It’s a reckoning — with solitude, with place, and with the forces that draw people back to the edge of the map. Some journeys reveal landscapes. Others reveal what’s been coiled beneath the surface all along.
Convicts, Con-Men and the Great Southern Land
Convicts, Con-men and the Great Southern Land is a solo motorcycle journey through the heart of New South Wales, where history isn’t found in museums—it’s carved into the land itself.
Riding a fully loaded bike through the state, Gary retraces the footsteps of convicts, explorers, and opportunists who shaped early Australia. From the legacy of the First Fleet to tracking the first space missions. This is a story of resilience, survival, and reinvention.
But this isn’t just a ride through history.
Along the way, Gary reflects on solitude, mental health, and the clarity that only comes from long days in the saddle—where the noise of the world fades, and the real conversations begin.
Part travel story, part personal journey, this is the first in a New South Wales series that explores the spirit of adventure, the weight of the past, and the freedom of the open road.
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I am an award-winning Australian author and speaker whose work explores the connection between people, materials and landscape.
Through travel — by motorcycle, rail and on foot — I document artisans, makers and regional communities, preserving the stories of those who create, repair and sustain culture through skill.
My writing is an inquiry into exploration, place, craftsmanship and the enduring value of knowledge.