Destination Discoveries

Silos Estate is an historic South Coast winery blending sustainable viticulture, boutique accommodation, alpacas, and local dining. It’s the perfect weekend escape.

Rocking Out Into the Hawkesbury: Just 75km from Sydney, Ebenezer offers heritage charm, scenic riding routes, and a perfect riverside escape. Discover this hidden gem with historic churches, great teas, and wide-open picnic grounds.

Discover why scooters rule the streets of Paris. From parking ease and local connection to navigating the city’s complex streets, scooters offer a stylish, efficient way to explore the City of Light. Riding a scooter in Paris is an experience like no other.

Sean Golhhawk, his partner Kat and her daughter Annika didn't go the Cambodia for the temples, they went for seven days of wild enduro riding through jungle tracks, riverbed mud, and axle-deep bogs. It was chaos, it was tough, and it was exactly what they had hoped for.

If you’re keen to give fishing a go, especially in calm river estuaries, here’s some great news: you don’t need top-of-the-line gear to start catching fish. Estuary fishing is a perfect entry point—low cost, low stress, and a whole lot of fun.

 

Riding through the landscape of meadows and fields on the beautifully surfaced country lanes of Czechia is pure joy. The roads wanders pleasantly through the verdant countryside, and are rarely straight - which is how me love it.

Any self-respecting Aussie motorcyclist will know the name Nabiac because of the fantastic National Motorcycle Museum, but Nabiac is more than just a place to go and look at classic bikes, it’s an awesome country town with Scenic roads and cozy places to stay and eat.

Imagine spending five days riding the Dolomites and sleeping in the same comfy bed every night! By basing yourself in Klobenstein, you can explore epic routes like the famous Sella Ronda and stunning mountain passes,.

The Grossglockner High Alpine Road is about riding. I didn’t even attempt to count the hairpins and gentler corners, but I can tell you there are a lot as you ride from tree lines to snowfields.

Moreton Bay, off the coast of Brisbane, Queensland, is a paradise for boaters. Its crystal-clear waters, diverse marine life, and stunning island scenery make it a must-visit destination for anyone seeking adventure on the water. 

I tried to take this seriously, I really did. I must have asked three dozen New Zealanders (Kiwis) whether they remembered the Forgotten World Highway, and they all said “yus”. Not all of them had been there, but they knew of it.

Flathead are a fantastic sport fish, easily targeted with a basic rod and tackle. For beginner fishers they can provide a fun entry to the sport. Flathead are a common estuary species, found in waters all around the Australia coastline.

The ride out to Parkes from Sydney can be approached a number of different ways. You have a choice of two roads across the Blue Mountains, and once you’ve crossed the “Sandstone Curtain” you can choose between a wonderful variety of routes from gravel tracks to major highways.

If you're looking for a road trip destination that's a little outside the square, then visiting Talc Alf in Lyndhurst, South Australia should be on your list. This modern-day Diogenes creates stunning talc stone carvings and lives in a Nissen hut, and that's just the start.

Dubai is a standard stop for anyone flying from Australia to Europe or North Africa. Next time you're heading that way, get out of the airport and into a motorcycle to enjoy epic riding, and explore landscapes that make you feel like you are on another planet.

If you think about the locations of great motorcycle collections, you might consider the National Motorcycle Museum in the UK, or the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum in the US. Peterborough in South Australia? Not so much… But don't discount it

In 1984 a team from Yamaha Motor Company head office in Japan, travelled down under to produce an Aussie special of the 55MPH staff magazine. 40 years later we retrace their steps, visiting the same locations, and revealing how much has changed in four decades.

Bathurst's National Motor Racing Museum celebrates the wonderful 85 years of racing on the 6.1km road circuit. While vehicles of the four-wheeled variety dominate the display, the circuit's rich motorcycle history is not forgotten, and is well celebrated.

In 1961 a racing circuit opened just outside the Blue Mountains city of Katoomba. While its heyday was during the 1960s, the circuit remained operational until the mid-1990s. Incredibly, the track still exists, hidden by the thick scrub that has been reclaiming the area.

Sydney's Harbour Bridge, the picturesque coastal roads that hug the coastline south of Sydney to the Illawarra, and the winding roads through the Southern Highlands can all be discovered in one epic day of riding. Join the Yamaha crew as we discover some of the best riding roads in Australia.

More than a century ago, Edgar Meller won the very first motorcycle Grand Prix of Australia. The race was held at the Yetholme circuit, located just outside Bathurst. However, the site of this important piece of Australian racing history is often overlooked.  

The Ténéré is a name synonymous with Yamaha Motor's adventure models. The famous name inspired two great pals, Rowland Kirishima and Kawanishi, to head out on a grand tour of Europe and Africa, riding their Ténéré 700 motorcycles.

Australia's queen of off-road racing, Jess Gardiner, gave access to her Offroad Riding Institute to provide the Yamaha Motor Journey team with a full day of off-road coaching that included Yamaha dirt bikes, side-by-sides, and e-Bikes.