Published on July 31st, 2007 | by Boris
As I hinted in my last column, the money-sucking bureaucracy of the NSW RTA was about to metastasise into an Orwellian Ministry of Truth. It would then set about altering the way society viewed the... Read More →
Published on June 30th, 2007 | by Boris
It would surprise no-one in NSW to know that the current Roads Minister, Eric ‘The Bus Lane Blaster’ Roozendaal, is quite a shiny melon. When some 10,000 car-driving cat-rapists were recently smashed with speeding fines for... Read More →
Published on June 20th, 2007 | by Guest Writer
In a world where superlatives (and clichés) are bandied around like confetti (!?!) I thought it necessary to give a definition of the word ‘hero’- a man of distinguished courage or ability, admired for his brave... Read More →
Published on May 15th, 2007 | by Al
SUNDAY 6 MAY 2007 Up around 0430, dress, grab some cereal and coffee. Miles wants us to go to Tom Groggin Station and warn them that we are coming and make sure we can get the chopper... Read More →
Published on May 15th, 2007 | by Al
SATURDAY 5 MAY 2007 Up around 0700, bikes already gone. Quick toast and coffee in pub, on road to Canberra. The Rover appears to be performing slightly better. At Rover dealer around 0800, management not in.... Read More →
Published on May 15th, 2007 | by Al
THURSDAY 3 MAY 2007 Arrived Chez Mick 2230, sought out Mick: “Sorry mate, I haven’t finished work yet. Can I borrow an Internet connection and a telephone for an hour?” I could. Worked for an hour,... Read More →
Published on May 14th, 2007 | by Boris
Remember that song, “Climb Every Mountain”, sung by the Mother Abbess (played by Peggy Wood) in Sound of Music? That woman could sing up a storm, but she didn’t know shit about riding dirt bikes. Nor... Read More →
Published on May 13th, 2007 | by Boris
I love Canberra. But not for reasons you may share. I find it a most beaut place to take my wife for a weekend of chest-thumping moose-sex. Nice hotels, attentive staff, and a general atmosphere of... Read More →
Published on May 13th, 2007 | by Boris
I stood on the banks of the Hawkesbury River at Wiseman’s Ferry staring silently into the early morning gloom. I was filled with excitement and foreboding in equal amounts. The gear I was wearing felt strange... Read More →
Published on May 12th, 2007 | by Boris
The plan was for the BIKE ME! Supreme Riding Soviet to ride to Phillip Island from Sydney — on the dirt. A journey of some 1200km over some of the most beautiful and brutal terrain the... Read More →
