Guides
What you need to know before the road
Planning, state-by-state route references and the practical material — fuel, gear, rules, seasons — that decides whether a long Australian ride goes well.
Planning a Long Motorcycle Trip in Australia
Australia is planned in riding days rather than kilometres, because the gaps between towns are the trip. This guide covers distances, permits, fuel, weather, wildlife and the paperwork visitors need.
Route guides by state
The roads that define riding in each state, with the regions they cross.
Route guide
Motorcycle Rides in New South Wales
New South Wales packs coast, escarpment, mountain crossings and alpine country within a day of Sydney. Here is how each of the state's main riding areas works.
Route guide
Motorcycle Rides in the Northern Territory
The Territory is one long ride between two very different climates. This guide covers the Top End parks, the Stuart Highway south, the MacDonnell Ranges and the unsealed Mereenie Loop, with the fuel and season realities that shape each leg.
Route guide
South Australia: Hills, Flinders and Eyre
Adelaide puts a tight hills run, a coastal peninsula and the Flinders Ranges within reach of one tank. Here is how each of the state's riding regions works.
Route guide
Motorcycle Rides in Victoria
Victoria fits coast, tall forest and alpine country into a small state, and most of it is within a day of Melbourne. Here is how the main riding regions work.
Route guide
Western Australia: South-West to the Kimberley
Western Australia rewards riders who plan in days rather than kilometres. This guide runs from the south-west forests to the Gibb River Road, with the sealed and unsealed reality of each stretch and the fuel gaps that decide your timetable.
Practical
Gear, outback logistics and the road rules that catch interstate riders out.
Practical
Australian Road Rules for Motorcyclists
Most Australian road rules are identical everywhere. The handful that are not — filtering limits, licence recognition, tolls and park access — are the ones that catch riders crossing a border.
Practical
Outback Riding: Fuel, Water and Range
Fuel range, water and a plan someone else knows about are the three things that decide whether an outback ride is hard work or genuinely dangerous. Here is how to work all three out before you leave.
Planning and timing
When to go, what to carry, and how to think about the distances.
Planning
When to Ride in Australia, Region by Region
Australia has no single riding season. The best month in Darwin is the worst month in Perth, and the Centre swings from 36 °C afternoons to frost in six months. Here is how the calendar actually works.
Planning
Gear Checklist for an Australian Ride
A working checklist for riding in Australia: the helmet standards that actually apply, clothing that copes with heat and with frost, and the kit that earns its place once a trip runs past a week.