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Curing PMS (Parked Motorcycle Syndrome) 

Canadian winters can be tough on bikers. Months of no riding  and longingly looking at your parked bike can take its toll. If you’re like me you probably spend the off-season with your head buried in motorcycle mags, online articles, or in a deep hole of YouTube videos dreaming of warmer weather and getting backContinue reading “Curing PMS (Parked Motorcycle Syndrome) “

Airlie Beach and Australia’s Whitsunday Islands – The gateway to the Great Barrier Reef

We will finally get the trip’s proper time line back on track with this post! We apologise to those of you who were confused by the post from the Outback, we lost a bunch of saved posts for some reason but now we’re back on track and continuing north up Australia’s east coast. We leftContinue reading “Airlie Beach and Australia’s Whitsunday Islands – The gateway to the Great Barrier Reef”

Summertime in the Australian Outback – Cairns to Alice Springs, Uluru to Port Augusta

We flew back into Cairns on December 29th after our Christmas break to resume the great Aussie road trip. We only had carry on bags so we pushed our luck showing up at the Brisbane airport 10 minutes before boarding time. It’s a bad habit that I’m sure will one day backfire but until itContinue reading “Summertime in the Australian Outback – Cairns to Alice Springs, Uluru to Port Augusta”

Win the Ultimate Ski Trip to Banff & Lake Louise! A contest from home

Want to win the ultimate ski vacation to beautiful Banff and Lake Louise, Alberta? Why not Get To Banff this winter! Check out www GetToBanff.ca for details and entry. Not at all on the topic of our road trip in Oz, but we do love our home in Banff and encourage you to check thisContinue reading “Win the Ultimate Ski Trip to Banff & Lake Louise! A contest from home”

Australia’s Capricorn Coast – Central Queensland & Carly’s return home

We rejoin the trips proper timeline with our next instalment from Agnes Water to Carly’s home turf as we travelled north to Rockhampton and Yeppoon. With only a few hours drive up to Yeppoon and no need to stress about setting up camp we left Agnes after our morning surf on another beautiful sunny dayContinue reading “Australia’s Capricorn Coast – Central Queensland & Carly’s return home”

Australia’s East Coast Road trip Continues – Agnes Water, 1770

They say that the weather in southern Queensland is “beautiful one day and perfect the next”. So far that adage has rung true, the weather has been unbelievable! As we move north the temperature climbs as does the humidity but having spent time in Mexico before our arrival in Australia it really has been aContinue reading “Australia’s East Coast Road trip Continues – Agnes Water, 1770”

Brisbane to Rainbow Beach….Almost

Our first official day of the road trip! As we mentioned in the last post we started slow, fighting a combination of rush hour, weekend and school holiday traffic getting out of the city. We didn’t care though we were finally on the road, windows down, music turned up, surf boards strapped to the roof,Continue reading “Brisbane to Rainbow Beach….Almost”

Australia – The Adventure Begins

Being back in Australia has been incredible so far, for Carly it’s always great to be home and for me there has been a real sense of familiarity after our brief visit last year. Seeing family and old friends has been amazing for both of us and we’re still humbled by everyone who came toContinue reading “Australia – The Adventure Begins”