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Well, given I didn’t exactly have a choice I ended up with three weeks off over Christmas and with the wife still working what was I supposed to do but ride, so that is just what I did.
This report actually is a follow up to a ride done a number of months ago into the Towrang district North-East of Goulburn. On that day (and on the Weestrom) I had been exploring a number of roads before I found and interest side road which naturally I decided to follow. The problem being however that daylight was drawing to a close and after about 10 – 15 minutes of enjoying the area I decided that I did not want to be on the road with to many natives.
So I placed the area in the memory bank with plans to return, only it took far longer than initially planned.
Deciding to go via Wingello I headed to Inverary Road, onto Canyonleigh Road and towards Brayton. Through the three gates on the private property and onto the high speed section when a little something catches my eye.
Figured what the heck, nice area, nice bike, just may make a nice shot.
Gotta say though, there is something about the electricity substation that I find intriguing, so I took a pic of it as well while I had the camera out.
From here it was onwards to the intersection with Brayton Road. Now I have travelled Carrick Road and Brayton Road but it was Bull Pit Road that I was after so I headed off on it for the first time.
The road is nicely surfaced an undulates over a few hills with some damn fine views before you come upon a sealed section where you will find the Wollondilly River, which looked very enticing on the day.
Continuing on it was shortly onto Towrang Road where it was left then right onto the start of the area I was after which runs off Tarlo River Road.
When last here I took one of the sidetracks and came upon an area that looked very interesting but potentially rough and with the day nearing an end I headed on home. Today though the light was fantastic and the track was waiting so it was onwards and upwards, literally as I was soon to find.
The track itself is easy for the first kilometre or so, just as I remember it but then you enter the wooded area and things change as the track becomes rutted, covered in rocks and tree debris whilst commencing an uphill climb. That climb soon becomes steeper as you traverse a few erosion mounds and find a track littered with fist sized rocks filling the ruts that have been made by rainfall. And to add to it all, the track is quite steep (although not as steep as others I later found) which the pictures taken on the way back down (shown below) do not really illustrate.
Once at the top I took the left fork along the ridge top which offers some great views of the hinterland through the trees.
This track is something else as it trundles across the ridge and varies from hard pack, to sand, to extremely loose rock and includes some sections of mud, serious fun. At various points there are side tracks, all marked which will need further exploration but being as steep as they were I will wait until I have some knobbies.
The view looking outwards to the east.
The view down and as usual it does not do the steepness justice, although referencing the trees to the side may help a bit
Looking back at the DR. I was no more than 10 metres from the DR when taking this pic so the steepness is slightly evident.
From here is was just follow the track, see where it went and hope it came out.
The first part was easy, the second part took me within view of Goulburn, the third part I gave up on as the track turned away from the general path I was after and I also had to be back home by mid afternoon (had been an hour from the top of the hill so far). Mind you, the track offered more challenges due to the hills and variable surfaces, all of which were an awesome challenge for my limited experience but heaps and heaps of fun.
Various parts of the track
After finding more and more track, which meant more fun I decided to turnaround and come back another day, but with mates just in case help was needed and to show them the area. So, it was turnaround time and back the way I had just come, damn shame that I tell you.
So back the full length and out I head with a small drinks break on the drop off the ride where the clock was checked and showed that I had been on the track for over two hours which sure didn’t seem like it.
I have since found that the ranges were the Cookbundoon ranges and that there is a hut that has been built on one of the cliff edges, so that sounds like an excuse for a return ride to me.
Garry
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