David Riley

About The Author

David Riley is a history and vintage car enthusiast with a love of travel and adventure. David is a father, husband and pastor living and working in Newcastle, but with roots in inner-west Sydney and a love for the South Sydney rugby league club.

Books by David Riley

Bubsie and the Boys

The First Journey Around Australia By Car

Setting off on a “big lap” of Australia is an adventure today, but 100 years ago it was truly pioneering—especially when it wasn’t what you’d originally set out to do.

In 1925, there were no serviced roads in the great outback. No petrol stations. Nobody had ever driven the northern rout...

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