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Previous Meetings:
Bristol, UK, March 8, Saturday 8th March Meeting at Midday. Details on the HUBB here.
Australia, February 22-24 2008, Details here.
New Zealand, February 16-17, 2008 - Details here. Arthurs Pass, NW of Christchurch.
UK North, 6th Northern Mini-meeting, March 1/2, Cropton. Details here.
Thailand Mini-meeting, January 19, 2008 report. Location: Khaomao Khaofang Restaurant.
Viedma, Argentina, December 8-9. This is always a fun event, and a great stop on the way south to Ushuaia for the Christmas party, or even if you're heading north! If you're in the area, this is not to be missed. pics to come!
Portugal, 24-26 August 2007. Location is Gois. Story to come!
HUMM, Spain, 1-2 September 2007, This is a VERY different HU event with Austin Vince and Lois Pryce - if you're interested in an awesome and fun dual-sport / big trailie / little trailie event in the Spanish Pyrenees, check it out here! VERY limited registration!
Canada, Nelson, British Columbia, August 9-12, 2007
Story to come!
USA West, Silverton Colorado, July 12-15, 2007
Story to come!
UK, June 21-24, 2007
Story and photos posted!
USA East, North Carolina, June 14-17 2007
Story to come!
Australia, February 23-25 2007
Tintaldra Hotel, near the border of Victoria/NSW,
on the Murray River, east of Albury, and almost equidistant from Sydney and Melbourne! Meeting
report.
Thailand, Chang Mai, January 12-14,
2007,
Report here. A good time was had by all in Chiang Mai! 2008 Meeting in
the planning stages.
Viedma, Argentina, December 8-10 2006.
Brief Meeting
report and a few photos. The
gathering point for travellers in all of Southern South America!
Copper Canyon, Mexico, October 10-13 2006
Report
and photos to come. err someday...
Portugal, September 15-17 2006.
Report and photos to come.
Belgium, September 8-10, 2006.
Report and loads of photos
here - Perfect weather, and a good time was had by all - and yes, it's on for next year
too!
Nelson, British Columbia, Canada, August 25-27, 2006
Fabulous weather made for a record turnout and a fun event! See what you missed here!
USA West, Leadville, Colorado, July 6-9 2006. Rain
- but we had a good time anyway!
Story and pics, more to come.
UK, June 22-25, 2006 was awesome!
Pictures and writeup - send yours in!
USA East, North Carolina, USA, June 15-18, 2006.
Pictures to come - send yours in!
Viedma, Argentina, Third Annual Meeting, December 16-18, 2005.
2005 event writeup here and 2004 event writeup here.
Oscar Knecht, HU Viedma Community and organiser of the meeting says "...we will have some
Argentinean moto travellers... very good asados and good wines on the river shore, or the beach, see some historic
and interesting places..."
From reports so far, sounds like everyone had a great time - I'm so jealous! Grant
First Photos here
Copper Canyon, Creel, Mexico, MID-week - Oct 11 - 14, 2005
See webpage here for details. As usual we had a great time
- awesome riding, fun presentations, and the usual glitches :)
Australia, September 30 - October 2, 2005
Location was same as the last two years, in Ulmarra. Famous Australian RTW travellers Ken and Carol Duval did a great job of hosting, Shirley Hardy-Rix & Brian Rix show Ireland to Melbourne, Haydn & Dianne Durnell did a great show on Alaska to Ushuaia and other travellers discussed shipping, packing and first aid. For the first time this year, there was a For Women Only panel discussion with experienced women travellers answering questions.
Report and pictures here! For 2006, we could use a little assistance
- your help is much appreciated. Contact me here.
Portugal, Third Annual Meeting, September 22-25, 2005.
New location in Porto, again hosted by Antonio Caldeira. Note the Photo Contest! Report and photos coming soon.
Western Canada, Fourth Annual Meeting, September 9-11 2005
New location for 2005 in Nelson, BC, at a new motorcycle only campground in some of the most spectacular mountains in the world! Report and photos coming soon.
Western USA, First Annual Meeting, Colorado, July 7-10, 2005
Awesome riding in a spectacular location - Report and photos coming soon!
108 of us had a great time!
UK 2005, Fifth Annual Meeting, June 24-26, 2005
Meetings over!
Eastern USA / Canada, Second Annual Meeting, North Carolina, June 17-19, 2005
Meeting report coming soon here. We had a blast! 98 people showed up, almost double last year! Registration for 2006 and dates coming soon - reserve your place early, the cabins will book out!
Viedma, Argentina, Second Annual Meeting, December 3-4, 2004.
2004 event writeup and photos here. Oscar Knecht, HU Viedma
Community and organiser of the meeting says "...all was very good in the meeting, we had a great time, and lots
of fun too. The weather didn't help us, so we only had five travellers bikes and five locals." Register for the 2005
Meeting here.
Copper Canyon, Creel, Mexico, Oct 14 - 17, 2004
The new longer format worked really well - lots of riding, lots of time to talk and look at bikes, and
plan new trips. We had a rider training course put on by Jim Hyde of Rawhyde Adventures, which got rave reviews,
and we plan to repeat and expand on that next year. We're also working on having rental dual purpose bikes available
for advance booking.
2003 Mexico Photos posted here! 2004
photos and report - coming, some posted now - please send
them in by contacting me here!
Australia, Second Annual Meeting, October 1-3, 2004
Same location as last year, Ulmarra, NSW. Ken and Carol Duval bravely volunteered to host it again
this year. Story and photos coming
here - soon.
Western Canada / USA, Third Annual Meeting, September 10-12 2004
Carol Palladino and Peter Cameron hosted this event again,
in beautiful Revelstoke, BC. Some of the best riding country in the world, rides of every description,
including one to a local hot spring. Watch for new location for 2005!
Meeting report and pictures coming....
Portugal, Second Annual Meeting, September 24-26, 2004.
Held at a great new location, in Gois, and very well hosted by Antonio Caldeira. I
did make it there, and had a great time - thanks to all the wonderful Portuguese hospitality! Meeting report and photos coming.
UK 2004, Fourth Annual Meeting, was July 9-11, 2004
The 2004 meeting story here with pictures and a magazine article on it.
Well over 200 people attended, and all had a a great time - Grant was unable to make it, but Susan made
a surprise visit.
Eastern USA / Canada First Annual Meeting, North Carolina, June 18-20, 2004
Local residents Richard and Karen Fawcett and Jim Donaldson organised a fantastic meeting. Great
location, near famous Deals Gap, and hundreds of miles of fabulous roads. The riding both on and off-road was
awesome! Details
here.
New Zealand, Sunday 18th January 2004 Mini-Meeting
"spit-roast on the beach nearby here at Amberley (Pegasus Bay to be exact). Food supplied!"
Viedma, Argentina, December 5-7, 2003
Oscar Knecht, HU Argentina Meeting organiser, wrote and said: "...We are very, very happy, because all in our meeting was very good." Event Report and NEW photos HERE.
La Paz, Bolivia, November 8th, 2003.
CANCELLED due to the political situation at the time in Bolivia, and consequent delays/rerouting.
Copper Canyon, Creel, Mexico, Oct 31 - November 2, 2003
The Meeting at Creel, Copper Canyon was fantastic! A great turnout, unbelievable on and off-road riding, beautiful scenery and great Mexican hospitality contributed to a very successful meeting.
Photos posted!. If you have any photos from the event please send them in!
July 11-13, 2003, Portugal First Meeting, 2003,
(em Português abajo)
Location: Odeceixe, near São Miguel. A great turnout, some thirty travellers from Portugal
and Spain showed up for some super slide shows and rides. Unfortunately we (Grant and Susan) were not able to make
it, and our apologies to those who expected to see us there.
Full Details of the event and pictures here.
Contact Gonçalo
Pais if you're interested in attending next year or helping out. If you wish to put on a slide show let us or Gonçalo know.
Here's a .pdf of the 2003 rally, in English and em
Português.
em Português:
1º encontro do HU em Portugal, de 11 a 13 de Julho 2003
Local: Pq Campismo São Miguel, perto de Odeceixe
INSCREVA-SE JÁ para assegurar lugar! Todos os detalhes do evento
e os formulários de inscrição aqui.
27-29 June, Somercotes, UK 2003, Third Annual Meeting,
A blockbuster weekend with about 200 happy participants, described as "...uniquely typical travellers atmosphere
that's an odd ball combination of mellow, and tail wagging enthusiasm." See story and pictures here.
25-27 April 2003 in Ulmarra, NSW, Australia,
This was a great rally, with a terrific turnout. New photos of the rally. Details
here.
September 5-7 2003, Western Canada / USA Second Annual Meeting,
Carol Palladino and Peter Cameron (see the ezine for their rtw) hosted this year's event in beautiful
Revelstoke, BC. Fantastic riding country, all sorts of rides, including one to a local hot spring.
Report and pictures here.
July 12-14 2002 Second Annual UK Travellers' Meeting in Derbyshire, UK,
Story and pics.
July 11-14 2002 Eastern Canada / USA Travellers' Mini-Meeting,
For information see the HUBB posts
here and the August 2002 newsletter.
May 24-26, 2002 Western Canada / USA Travellers' Meeting in Nairn Falls, BC,
Story and pics.
May 2001 UK, the very first HU Travellers Meeting,
Story and pics.
YOU could have a Travellers Meeting in YOUR area!
If you are interested in holding a Horizons Unlimited Travellers Meeting in YOUR area, have a look
at "How to Host a Travellers Meeting." We would like to see
a Horizons Unlimited Travellers Meetings annually on every continent!
History of the HU Meetings, and what it's all about
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Morocco, April 24-27 2008 - The Mini-Meeting will be at Maadid near the sand dunes of Erfoud - Details and registration here - sign up now, and make your plans to be there!
