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February 19, 2014 by pillionpassionista Leave a Comment

No motorbike riding this week. Instead we were holidaying on beautiful but tiny Lord Howe Island, about 500 kms off the coast of NSW.

There are only about 20 cars on the island, and the speed limit is 25kph. Not that it prevented one of the young local family lads from wrapping himself around a palm tree on his motorbike a few years back (RIP Harry).

For the tourists especially, the main way to get around the island is by bicycle.

pushbikes on Lord Howe Island

It’s been some years since either Zorro or I have been on pushbikes. But as the saying goes…

It really does come back to you pretty quickly.

The roads and lack of traffic are forgiving enough when you haven’t quite got your balance.

And I never reached the speeds required to understand what Zorro is always trying to explain about ‘counter-steering’ of motorbikes on corners.

We rode around on pushbikes almost every day of the week we were there. I noticed that the seat pain from the motorbike ride was similar, and I hoped the daily punishment might toughen things up a little (ooh yeah!)

Low tech lifestyle

On Lord Howe there’s no mobile phone reception and extremely limited internet use. It is so removed from our technologically driven world that I don’t think Zorro even missed his motorbike.

For one heavenly week anyway…

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The pillionpassionista is discovering the joy of being on the back of a motorcycle, one weekend at a time. She rides with her partner "Zorro" in Sydney, Australia - the greatest city in the world (at least when the sun is shining and the roads aren't clogged).

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Who is the Pillion Passionista?

Who am I? Probably not who you imagine. Nothing like the cliched 'bikie chick', certainly.

I grew up in the middle-class leafy north shore of Sydney, worked in the corporate world for many years, and left my mid-life crisis behind me some miles back.

When I tired of playing second fiddle to my beloved partner's beloved motorbike, I decided I wanted to be a part of his weekend road trips.

Not fancying the idea of learning how to ride, I took the easy rider option and hopped on the back.

Follow along as the pillionpassionista discovers the joy of being on the back of a motorcycle, one weekend at a time.

She rides with her partner "Zorro" in Sydney, Australia - the greatest city in the world (at least when the sun is shining and the roads aren't jammed).

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