Riding Tasmania: Builders, Champions & the Edge of the World. The Motorcycle Portraits EP 3

Описание: Episode three of my Australian motorcycle journey begins at the bottom of the world — in Hobart, where the air feels scrubbed clean by the Southern Ocean, and the light has that sharp, Antarctic edge.

My first stop was with Andrew Knott, founder and custom builder at https://atomiccontraptions.com.au/ His workshop sits quietly, but what emerges from it is anything but. Steel, patience, imagination — Andrew builds motorcycles that feel less assembled and more summoned.
From Hobart, I rode north toward Coles Bay, tracing the island’s eastern edge. That night, I stayed at a BIG4 Holiday Parks campsite, falling asleep to the hush of wind moving through coastal scrub. At dawn, Honeymoon Bay revealed itself in impossible shades of blue before spilling into the vastness of the Tasman Sea. It’s the kind of place that makes you pause mid-sentence.

Then came Jacob’s Ladder in Ben Lomond National Park — a narrow ribbon of gravel clawing its way up the mountain in a series of improbable switchbacks. From below, it looks like a mistake. From the saddle of a loaded motorcycle, it feels mildly unhinged. Loose surface, sheer drops, the constant calculation of throttle and balance. It was sketchy, yes — but also wildly alive. The kind of road that leaves you laughing inside your helmet when you reach the top, half from relief, half from awe.

From there, I rolled into Launceston to photograph three-time Australian Superbike Champion Malcolm Campbell. Time has a way of reshaping racers — the speed remains in their eyes, even when the body carries the evidence. We spent hours talking. His story is one of triumph and fracture, victory and consequence — the fine line every racer knows but few articulate. It’s the sort of story that lingers long after the engine noise fades. If you want to ride with Malcom, check out his tour company in Tasmania: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?...

Further north, the road delivered me to Greens Beach, where I reunited with Jake and his father, Ben. I’d first met them eleven years earlier when Ben was stationed as a police officer on Elcho Island in Australia’s Northern Territory. Back then, Jake was a kid orbiting his father’s world; now he runs a sprawling farm with the calm confidence of someone who grew up understanding responsibility early.

The final stop was with shipping magnate Chas Kelly and his delightfully excessive collection of cars and motorcycles. Some collections whisper; his roars. Rare machines lined in careful rows, polished chrome catching afternoon light — each one a story of acquisition, obsession, and mechanical art.

I hope you enjoy this episode.

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HUGE thank you to all the people and companies who supported me on this leg of the journey.

Robb Talbott
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