How this blog came about (Paul McIntosh)

I have been into all aspects of scooters for some time now. I got my first scooter (a Vespa 50) when I was 17 (1985) and I have been hooked ever since. I have especially liked scooter touring, doing many many thousand km's, I've toured New Zealand a few times, done a bit of Australia including Sydney to Perth, Europe and North Africa all on Vespa PX 200's.

I stumbled across Michael Marriott's book "Two-up" By Scooter to Australia when googling for some history on the Melbourne scooter scene. I managed to track down a second hand book , read it and loved it.

It seemed a pity though that books such as these would disappear, especially in an age where it costs nothing to bung something up on the internet. I tracked down Michael Marriott through the publisher and to my delight not only was he alive, he gave me permission to publish the book on the internet for free!!!

So I have decided to publish the book chapter by chapter as a blog for everyone to enjoy...