Friday 20 March went something like this:
Kyogle to Toowoomba via Lions Road, Running Creek Road (aptly named), Rathdowney, Cairneys Creek Road (dunno was Cairney was), Spring Creek Road (dunno Spring either) and Killarney.
This section must be one of Northern NSW / SEQ's best keep motorcycling secrets. I have ridden some of the roads previously and they are still very impressive with a mixture of tight curves, narrow valleys, tight corners, steep grades, very steep grades and very little traffic - and that the boring bits, get over this and the ride gets better, and then there's the views ....... in no particular order.
Derek finds a cache:
At the QLD /NSW border:
I took a similar pic to the above on the ride back from Maryborough QLD two years ago. In the caption, I then mentioned an endangered species. It's survived another two years and in the above pic.
Anyone know what it is? They were once very prevalent in VIC, but you won't see them very often (if at all) these days.
On Spring Creek Road there are a couple of creek crossings. I wouldn't recommend trying these solo, they were very slippery and it took all of my expert riding skills to remain upright (IMHO); Derek stayed upright through tin-arse luck.
At the head of the Condamine River system, which apparently is also the start of the Darling River, and thus I suppose the Murray - Darling.
Did I mention the green vegetation?
Daggs Falls
By the time we got to Killarney the temperature was rising (36C). The ride to Warwick and then Toowoomba was unforgettable, so much in fact I have forgotten all about it or even checking into our motel.
But I do remember turning on the motel a/c, having a cold shower, riding to the Big4 for the OzSTOC NatMeet, meeting a few old mates and a few new mates.
The highlight of the evening was Derek being presented with an OzSTOC T-shirt, and he accepting it - which means (whether or not he agrees) that he now a honorary member of OzSTOC
Pics of the night are still in the soggy iPhone.
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