EDITORIAL
TRAVERSE:
Adventure Time!
F
ebruary, it usually marks
the start of the adventure
season. The weather in
the northern hemisphere
is perhaps getting better,
the Christmas hangover
has subsided and in Australia, it's time
for the Adventure Travel Film Festival.
The 2018 edition was one of the
classics, not necessarily enough
motorcycle travel, yet more than
enough travelling inspiration for
everyone. And yes, we at Traverse
loved it all.
If you get a chance visit the festival
later this year; Western Australia in
May, England in August and Scotland
in September.
While listening to many people at
the festival discussing what it means
to them to go on an adventure we had
a think about it and reckon Jacqui
Furneaux's letter to her mother in this
issue of Traverse sums it up perfectly.
An adventure can be anything;
whether exploring your past, visiting
a foreign country or taking the wrong
turn out of the front gate.
February means the Dakar has
been run through South America and
won. While Mattias Walkner won the
TRAVERSE 5
bikes section Traverse gets a unique
perspective of what it takes to make
a comeback to the event by 2016
champion, Toby Price.
Keeping the motorsport theme, we
have news about a unique event taking
place next month in South Australia,
we look at the Rally Raid built BMW
G310GS, and have a review of a 47 year
old motorcycling classic in tribute to
it's creator.
This issues Traverse Travel Features
are proof that adventure can take place
anywhere; forgotten trails in a country
a million miles away, roads close to
home, a gathering of 'strange' Russian
machines or a tiny spot of land in the
middle of a dangerous ocean. We have
it all covered.
Enjoy issue 04 of Traverse, read
through, there's a chance to win more
goodies.
Leigh