jako

Hello all, have been in oz 13 years now, used to ride road bikes back home, mainly sport tourers , now I ride adventure/duel sport , over 80 percent of roads outside the city are dirt , seemed a shame not to use them , I’m based just out side Melbourne just ask if you need any more info . Ride safe ?

Hi, good luck with your move to botanic ridge it's a lovely area, we have friends who live there and love it, we live about 15 mins away from there , feel free to ask any questions about the area or oz in general.

Hi, we have been living in Pearcedale for nearly three years and love it, it's much smaller than somerville and not as busy, somerville is about 10 mins away,frankston 20, mornington 25' there's a small shopping centre where you can get most things you need and as I say the bigger shops arnt far away , there's no pub in pearcedale which makes it nice and quiet at night, there not much building around here unless you count botanic ridge which is another 10 mins down the road, I'd say it is great for families , there's loads of space , people are friendly , great for walks etc and just far enough away from busy places if you know what I mean, have a look on google earth and Wikipedia for more info, good luck, jako

Check out the netrider forum, plenty of advice there, each state has slightly different laws, good luck.

i was down at inverloch today and there where loads of kite surfers out on the water, inverloch has a very shallow long beach and easy parking for access to the sand. it looked great fun .