Some of our favorite rides are rides to nowhere. We live in the Ozarks, the roads follow the ridgeline and valleys of the terrain, and there are very few straight roads. A few months ago we left in the morning and ran through most of 2 tanks of gas. We would see a road that looked interesting and take it. Got thoroughly lost and had some great riding. At the end of the day we figured an hour or two to get back, entered "Home" on the GPS and found we were only 2 miles away from our house.
hyea: Used to do it in 4WD's/Expedition vehicles too, sometimes even heading out for a few months at a time; often leading other like minded/similarly interested people from 4WD/Geo-caching/Exploring Clubs etc along; even took to running Tag-along Tours on the same lines - yep, many people paid me to follow along on my 'expeditions to nowhere', knowing they'd get to see interesting things/places and that I'd always get them home safely.... eventually! 
. And my GPS is always on too, so not only can I press the 'Home' button whenever I feel it's time to head that way, but when I do (eventually) get home, I can download a track of exactly where I've been & even how I got there! I keep notes with every track too, just to remind myself of the interesting things & sights I found along the way, how good the twisties were, where the best bakery/coffee/rest stop was etc etc - and so that when the Child Bride & my kids start looking thru my records once I'm not around/doing it any more, they'll have some idea of how I spent my time on these rides. :thumbup: hyea:
I do this ^^ a LOT!!
These days, now that I'm not quite so fit & healthy any more, I still try to do it at least once a day/every day on my RT if I can, often with the Child Bride along, but alone if she's otherwise busy - altho I do use a different term to that 'rides to nowhere' label - I call it 'Stooging', or 'Stooging around'; and rather than always taking 'the smaller road', I take 'the most interesting looking road'
It's all part of the Ryde More, Worry Less lifestyle - it's not WHAT you ride/drive, it's THAT you ride/drive, and that you get out there at every opportunity!
hyea:
Isn't that what you Aussies call a "walkabout"? or in your case a "Rideabout".
) is generally where you have a purpose - a 'moving on to better pastures' type thing, where the bush tucker is likely gonna be better than where you were last hanging out for a while.
