When I moved to Dorrigo, I didn't know anything about Waterfall Way.
I'd never been through the area
and just found the amazing, green place that I'd ever seen.
Didn't even know that places like that existed in NSW.
It's just amazing.
Then I just discovered some of the best motorcycling roads in Australia.
And getting out and exploring,
I just take it nice and gentle through the corners
thinking about where I am on the road
And just enjoy that amazing place
right outside my door.
The bike I ride at the moment is a BMW F800GS Adventure.
The reason I got a bike like that is so I can
can look at a firetrail or a road and be confident I can go down that road and come back.
If I travel at an appropriate speed
handles all of the roads with ease.
I've found some surprising places that some people never get to see.
Riding Waterfall Way, you can get lost in the environment really easily.
The sunsets. The waterfalls
The green, rolling hills. The rainforest.
And the views
are just absolutely stunning.
And Waterfall Way isn't called Waterfall Way for no reason.
There's a lot of beautiful waterfalls there.
Some go under the road.
Some go alongside the road.
And if you take a couple of little side trips off
you'll find some of the most spectacular swimming holes
at the bottom and top of waterfalls that you can find anywhere.
So the enjoyment I get out of motorcycling now
is just getting out on country roads and exploring.
Being an upright, tall position
I can look around cars or around obstacles
and see things coming if I need to
and plan ahead.
Some of the hazards that you find along Waterfall Way
would be very limited opportunities to overtake.
If you come up behind a slow-moving truck,
the best thing to do is when it's safe to do so, pull over into one of the rest areas
and let the mountain clear up and enjoy that for a while.
One of the unique hazards on Waterfall Way is three single-lane areas of road
where traffic coming down needs to give way.
Just be aware that you might have to stop
because there's other vehicles in the section of road.
So make sure you give vehicles plenty of room
and give way if you need to.
Someone once said to me, 'When you stop learning you stop living'.
So I practice every day out on the road.
I practice my spacing.
I practice my looking through corners.
Braking smoothly
and hazard avoidance.
It just adds extra enjoyment to the ride.
Being a paramedic, I learn that life is short.
And it makes me want to go out and appreciate
every moment that I possibly can.
There's always something over the next hill.
There's always something down the next track.
And it's just...
Just being enveloped in the environment
that's just so unique.
And what that does is just
it just gives you a new sense of ...
...of life.