4 days, 3 states adventure ride April 2011

The ride will start in Gunning NSW at the Telegraph Hotel Gunning Contact for the hotel is (02) 4845 1217

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They have rooms at the moment so get on it and remember we are staying there on the Thursday night the 31st of March as we are leaving the next morning at 7.30am
Please organise your our accommodation at the Hotel or wherever you wish in Gunning if you are going.

The trip will take us to such places as Omeo, Dargo, Swifts Creek, Corryong, Hotham Heights Village, Ensay, Davies Plain, Tom Groggin, Jindabyne, Old Adaminaby to name but a few locations. There is also the chance to ride up to the top of Blue Rag if you are game :laugh: The ride finishes in Gunning on the Monday the 4th afternoon, read afternoon whenever we get there no set time!

The plan is to camp every night once we leave Gunning depending where we are, that means we can ride and don’t end up wasting a couple of hours sitting it out because the next accommodation is to far away Maybe we will stay somewhere one night but it’s not planned.

Required fuel range is 300kms plus to be safe, 350 is better. Please make sure you have the basics for your bike including a spark plug as there will be over 70 creek crossings I reckon, Kram basic means at least one tube ( it will be rocky in spots ) joiner link, and whatever you think you won’t want because getting you and your broken down bike out of the Vic high country would be a costly exercise 😆 

The mapping is finished, Mickp has provided some of the route to Omeo and from Jindabyne to Gunning on the return. Middle sections will be run off route sheets not GPS. The route total Gunning to Gunning is 1352kms meaning we need to day 338kms a day or there a bouts. There is one 60 km bitumen section which is Googin to Jindabyne and is unavoidable. There will be small sections as we run in and out of towns. There will be longs hills, lots of creeks and an adventure I promise.

Going are

TB
Nickj

Boulder
Fish

Tryhard
Gavb

Mickp
Lotsa

Moose
Kram

Owl 02
Krusty

Steve adventure Moto
Steves mate

And then when we get back to the Canberra area Kram, Moose, Nickj and Myself are continuing for another four days from Canberra, via forests and dirt tracks to Mittagnong, then we will take the proper Caves to Caves route we used for the birthday ride a few years ago. Once we come out at the bitumen at the top of the caves we we go left instead of down to the caves, back into the forest thru to the Oberon Rd using tracks from the Hampton ride this year. F
rom there onto where we meet Mal5.1 and Donna on the start of the Camerons ride. Across into Sunny corner and work our way to Bathurst out thru Ophir then Long Point to Hillend pub. There to Sofala out thru the Turon river and the hard route with all the creek crossing to Capertee, Garden of stone, black fellows hand trail, mt Wilson, Mt Lagoon, Colo Heights, wheel barrow ridge, St Aburns, Kulnura, Yengo, Putty, Bulga, the Watagns. That’s the bail out for Kram and Moose and then home for everyone

If everyone can confirm if they are going please.

TB

For Kram, Moose, and Boulder and Fish if they come along we have booked rooms at the Captains Flat pub

http://www.gdaypubs.com.au/NSW/captains+flat.html

We will peel of before Gunning and head to captains Flat to start the 2nd half of the 8 day adventure

TB

Distances between towns and fuel distances

Gunning to Omeo 446kms. (fuel @ Corryong 290kms)

Omeo to Dargo 148kms (fuel)

Dargo to Swifts Creek 75kms
(304kms)
Swifts Creek to Ensay 82kms

Ensay to Omeo 51kms (fuel)

Omeo to Tom Groggin 120kms

Tom Groggin to Jindabyne 54kms (fuel)

Jindabyne to Captains Flat 254kms   

(Jindabyne to Gunning 281ks)

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A FULL TANK ON THURSDAY NIGHT WE WILL BE LEAVING EARLY FRIDAY MORNING

Mobil Gunning
86-88 Yass Street, Gunning, NSW 2581
Monaro, Snowy Mountains, South Eastern NSW
p: (02) 4845 1224  

TB

Unfortunately Krusty has had to with draw from this ride. That means there is a space available for the High Country part of this ride. The ride leaves Gunning (near Canberra) at 7am on Friday the 1st of April and returns to Gunning on the afternoon / evening of Monday the 4th of April. The ride is planned as a camp each night ride although things could change, we may stay somewhere but don’t plan for that. You will need to be self sufficient for all evening meals. Lunch will be wherever during the day (trail snacks would help) a 300km fuel range is required in case one of the planned stops doesn’t have fuel / weather conditions force a change or just because. You will be paired with Gaz as your riding buddy (Gaz is good value)
The planned route is below
Gunning to Omeo 446kms. (fuel @ Corryong 290kms)

Omeo to Dargo 148kms (fuel)

Dargo to Swifts Creek 75kms
(304kms)
Swifts Creek to Ensay 82kms

Ensay to Omeo 51kms (fuel)

Omeo to Tom Groggin 120kms

Tom Groggin to Jindabyne 54kms (fuel)

Jindabyne to Gunning 281ks
(Jindabyne to Captains Flat 254kms )

Please PM me if you are interested

TB