TRAVERSE Issue 09 - December 2018 | Page 3

Issue #09 5 EDITORIAL: Hitting The Road! 6 CONTRIBUTORS: Who's doing what 8 NEWS 16 10 RALLY DU MAROC: The Price of a World Championship 16 "I WOKE COVERED IN PISS AND SPEW" 24 TRAVEL FEATURE - RUSSIA 34 WE ARE STRONG, WE ARE BEAUTIFUL 36 TRAVEL FEATURE - ITALY 44 BACK COUNTRY DISCOVERY ROUTES 46 TRAVEL FEATURE - AUSTRALIA 56 WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT 60 TRAVEL FEATURE - NEPAL 68 YAMAHA TENERE 700 72 TRAVEL FEATURE - CENTRAL ASIA 46 86 URAL ELECTRIC 88 TRAVEL FEATURE - NEW ZEALAND 102 GEAR 108 REVIEWS 111 WINNERS ... & Grinners! 112 PRODUCTS FRONT COVER: Benji Brundin, Yamaha WR250R, Kakadu. 72 Pic - Lewis Burnett / huntingforparadise.com TRAVERSE Traverse Publications 22/50 Hudsons Rd, Spotswood VIC 3015 Australia Ph +61 417 437 197 Web traverse-magazine.com ISSN 22091319 ABN 30153990674 Editor Leigh Wilkins [email protected] TRAVERSE 3 Advertising Megan Governi [email protected] Copyright 2018. All material may not be reproduced or copied in any form without written permission of the publisher. Long Rider Publications believes that all material is correct at the time of publication, and is not liable for any information that is incorrect within these pages.