Australian Road Rider

WALCHA TURNS IT ON

There are permanent signs leading into the small town of Walcha letting everyone know its Motorcycle Rally happens on the third weekend of November each year.

It’s rare to see any signs related to motorcycling in Australian country towns, and one which encourages a visit would be rarer still, but Waicha is a motorcycle town. On the Saturday of the rally a few months back, hundreds of bikes participated in the parade through town, looping around from the local showgrounds where participants can camp and lots of the

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