Trip ideas
Routes worth building a trip around
Each of these is a real road or road combination, described with the direction that works, the timing that matters and the places a rider actually stops.
Cairns to Cape York: The Peninsula Road
The ride to the top of Australia is mostly a preparation problem. This is what the peninsula road asks of a rider, where the surface changes, and what has to be booked before Laura.
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Great Ocean Road by Motorcycle
The Great Ocean Road is 243 kilometres of coast, forest and limestone, and it rides very differently in each direction. This trip idea covers the sections in order, when to go, and how to loop back through the Grampians.
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Oxley Highway and New England Rides
The Oxley Highway is the run riders from Sydney and Brisbane both travel for. This is the shape of it, the way north through New England, and the permits and weather that decide the day.
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Sydney to Melbourne Along the Coast
The coast route between Sydney and Melbourne is slower than the inland highway and worth it in the right places. This trip idea breaks the Princes Highway into stages, flags where the road tightens, and covers the Gippsland finish.
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Tasmania Motorcycle Loop
Tasmania is small enough to ride around and large enough that the loop has three distinct characters. This is the order that works, and the park passes and weather that decide it.
Building your own instead
The state guides describe individual roads rather than itineraries, so you can assemble a route from them. Start with the city you are riding out of, then read the state guide for the region it points into.
If a route crosses a state line, read both guides. Road rules, speed limits and wildlife patterns change with the border, and the planning guide covers the differences that matter.