Simon and Peter are always very funny, and in their presence I think I become funny as well, so we spend much of our off-bike time in continuous amusement. Our diverse professional backgrounds and curiosity about the world - man-made and natural - leads to varied conversations, but we don't just talk amongst ourselves, taking every opportunity to chat with others, and sometime we even talk to them about things other than motorcycles.
Our latest ride was suggested by Peter involving visits to 2 motorcycle museums - Nabiac and Tamworth - and the Art, Design and Desire motorcycle exhibition at the Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane. Timing was dictated by a few things including state border closures due to COVID, the dates of the QAGOMA exhibition and a birthday party in Brisbane. The stars eventually aligned and we headed north from a COVID-free Sydney on 20th April 2021.
This blog chronicles our chats with people we met on our journey, our conversations, observation and other stuff. Enjoy!
Ian, Peter and Simon during our first night's stop at the Barrington Riverside Cottages. Peter created a Scallywag logo and had it printed on T shirts for us - just in case we had a senior moment an couldn't remember who we were