My road is forever new…
Hello, I’m Warren, writer and photographer of Motorcycle Paradise, a totally free and independent website about motorcycle travel.
There is no sponsored content here. I’m not selling anything. I finance all my rides and gear myself. I am not skilled as a writer so all I can offer you is basic words and honest accounts of real experiences. These will however be totally free of marketing spin with no requests to like and subscribe which is rare in this world of algorithm driven content from YouTubers.
I started Motorcycle Paradise blog in 2006, however it’s roots go back to 1995. It was originally a “home page” (as personal web sites were once called). Public internet access was a new thing then purchased by the hour and blogging was limited by dial up modem speed and limited storage, often just a few megabytes. That site never became much until I rebooted it on Google’s Blogger platform ten years later. Now it’s a WordPress site with 40GB of motorcycle travel related content.
The name of the blog comes from the region I used to ride most Sundays; Northern Rivers, Australia. This area was once described as a ‘paradise for motorcycles’ by one of Australia’s leading motorcycle writers (The Bear) and that description stuck in my head.
The blog expanded considerably after I left my career in 2013 to ride my bucket list, choosing to measure success in life by my values, not material possessions or the opinions of others. What seemed the dumbest thing I could do by my former colleagues turned out to be the best decision I’ve ever made. 2022 I was diagnosed with cancer. You never know how long you might have left to do what you dream about.
The good news is I had successful surgery and so far remain clear (fingers crossed). I have resumed riding motorcycles and ticking off my bucket list rides. I will complete my bucket list by end of 2025 with 100 motorcycle tours posted to this site.
I’m aware that most people are too lazy to read and prefer YouTube. However this blog only exists to please me – not to entertain others or earn money. It is my travel diary and I prefer to record my rides in written words and photos. I shot video for 10 years in the 90’s but never looked at any of it ever again and lament not having many photos of that decade now to reflect back on.
Motorcycle Paradise blog is designed primarily for viewing on a PC. I try to deliver a reasonable mobile device version but it is after all a photographic site thus is always going to optimised for and look better in hi-res.
Feel free to drop me a line if you have any questions but I am not interested in any marketing proposals or guest posts.
Thanks for visiting.
