nev
Super Térrarist
FarRider are having a meetup for lunch at Lightning Ridge, and it's been years since I've been to Lightning Ridge, so sounds like a good excuse for a ride. I had a quick squiz at the map a few months ago and figured on a 3 day round trip, so i booked Accommodation for the Friday night in Cobar and the Saturday night near Bathurst, which will allow for a 1000km ride from motel to motel via the lunch stop. As the day got closer I decided to cancel the Saturday night accommodation, and play by ear, maybe riding a bit further towards home, and have a shorter ride on the Sunday.
Friday morning I was up at 6:30 and bike packed and at the petrol station for fuel by 7am. The morning was a run north, up the Hume to Seymour, up the Goulburn valley hwy to Shep then out to Katamatite where I had my first break, a tuna pack and a stretch in a rest area. Then onward north to Jerilderie for fuel.
The Jerilderie Hotel from where Ned Kelly's gang mounted their raid on the town, robbing the bank, locking up the police and penned his famous "Jerilderie Letter".
Harvest time
Turn off the Newell and onto the Kidman way, to Griffith for a quick bike to eat for lunch, then east through Yenda and up the Erigolia Rd, through Rankin's Springs and Lake Cargelligo for next fuel stop.
It's been a long time since these shops in Naradhan traded.
Lake Cargelligo is a real green oasis in the middle of flat monotonous almost desert scrub and cotton fields.
Further up the road is Euabalong then onto the Tipping Way, which is recently sealed all the way out to Mount Hope, back on the Kidman Way.
From here its about 100km to Cobar.
I knew a FarRide couple who were also staying in Cobar for the night, and had a bit of a look around town in the evenings at the motels and pubs but couldn't locate their bike.
Friday morning I was up at 6:30 and bike packed and at the petrol station for fuel by 7am. The morning was a run north, up the Hume to Seymour, up the Goulburn valley hwy to Shep then out to Katamatite where I had my first break, a tuna pack and a stretch in a rest area. Then onward north to Jerilderie for fuel.
The Jerilderie Hotel from where Ned Kelly's gang mounted their raid on the town, robbing the bank, locking up the police and penned his famous "Jerilderie Letter".
Harvest time
Turn off the Newell and onto the Kidman way, to Griffith for a quick bike to eat for lunch, then east through Yenda and up the Erigolia Rd, through Rankin's Springs and Lake Cargelligo for next fuel stop.
It's been a long time since these shops in Naradhan traded.
Lake Cargelligo is a real green oasis in the middle of flat monotonous almost desert scrub and cotton fields.
Further up the road is Euabalong then onto the Tipping Way, which is recently sealed all the way out to Mount Hope, back on the Kidman Way.
From here its about 100km to Cobar.
I knew a FarRide couple who were also staying in Cobar for the night, and had a bit of a look around town in the evenings at the motels and pubs but couldn't locate their bike.