Love the weekend

[alanMember]

done 60 or70km of singles today combined with yesterdays efert am feeling rather old at the moment bugger better drink another rum

[Adrian GaleMember]

Trailboss wrote:

Well Saturday morning, bikes full of fuel, Salina and the kids are running around like chooks with their heads cut off :laugh:

So bugger this I am leaving for a ride. Spot tracker is different today

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Out to near Bathurst, up the Bridle trail , Hillend pub for a bite, down to Sofala, along the Turon river run, through to Capertee using the tracks from the Birthday ride, Capertee along the railway to the Gardens of Stone, the power line track to Clarence, railway service tracks to Mt Vic

Enjoy your day peeps

TB

Hi TB ,were you able to get past the roadblock on the Bridle Track or did you have to detour around it? Sounds like a great ride.

Cheers
Galey :blink:

[GregMember]

GaleyKTM300 wrote:

Hi TB ,were you able to get past the roadblock on the Bridle Track or did you have to detour around it? Sounds like a great ride.

Cheers
Galey :blink:

Hi Galey

They have placed big rocks etc as a way and means of blocking / closing the track but you can get through pretty easy (I did on the Tenere with bags on) but as I said to Gaz etc at Hillend if you want to ever ride the Bridle trail again do it sooner rather than later. I reckon they will get serious and block it off.

It was a good days ride Galey

TB

[Gary BloxsomeMember]

Hey there TB, Good to catch up for lunch at Hill End on Saturday. Your afternoon of riding turned out a lot better than ours. Warren (OWL03) riding the X Krusty xr400 build lost it on a tight left hander and straight into a ditch. Smashed BOTH of his wrists poor bugger. Anyway, ambulance ride to Mudgee Hospital then another ride to Dubbo then the air ambulance back to Sydney. Went into a 4 hour surgery last night in an attempt to repair the damage. Will keep you all posted.

Gaz

[Mick DMember]

OWL 02 wrote:

Hey there TB, Good to catch up for lunch at Hill End on Saturday. Your afternoon of riding turned out a lot better than ours. Warren (OWL03) riding the X Krusty xr400 build lost it on a tight left hander and straight into a ditch. Smashed BOTH of his wrists poor bugger. Anyway, ambulance ride to Mudgee Hospital then another ride to Dubbo then the air ambulance back to Sydney. Went into a 4 hour surgery last night in an attempt to repair the damage. Will keep you all posted.

Gaz

Bugger!! Sounds nasty. Keep us posted on his recovery.

[Gary BloxsomeMember]

OWL 03 went into Surgery last night at 5pm and got out at 10.40pm. His wife tells me this morning that he will be a metal detectors night mare with his new mechanical wrists.

More later

Gaz

[terryjhaynesMember]

Such a bummer to hear of riders geting hurt badly,, just sends a shiver through me.Anyway hope he heels up nice n quick.

[Dwayne OMember]

OWL 02 wrote:

Hey there TB, Good to catch up for lunch at Hill End on Saturday. Your afternoon of riding turned out a lot better than ours. Warren (OWL03) riding the X Krusty xr400 build lost it on a tight left hander and straight into a ditch. Smashed BOTH of his wrists poor bugger. Anyway, ambulance ride to Mudgee Hospital then another ride to Dubbo then the air ambulance back to Sydney. Went into a 4 hour surgery last night in an attempt to repair the damage. Will keep you all posted.

Gaz

:blink: That`s a bummer Gaz,,,,
Hope he heals up alright & gets back onboard soon,,,,,

All of you OWL`s are tough to keep track of who is who :laugh:

[Mick DMember]

EAGLE`02 wrote:

:blink: That`s a bummer Gaz,,,,
Hope he heals up alright & gets back onboard soon,,,,,

All of you OWL`s are tough to keep track of who is who :laugh:

Good play with words Eagle….:laugh:

[Dwayne OMember]

Yeah, sometimes the humour just flows ,,,,

[GregMember]

Trailboss wrote:

GaleyKTM300 wrote:

Hi TB ,were you able to get past the roadblock on the Bridle Track or did you have to detour around it? Sounds like a great ride.

Cheers
Galey :blink:

Hi Galey

They have placed big rocks etc as a way and means of blocking / closing the track but you can get through pretty easy (I did on the Tenere with bags on) but as I said to Gaz etc at Hillend if you want to ever ride the Bridle trail again do it sooner rather than later. I reckon they will get serious and block it off.

It was a good days ride Galey

TB

I am heading up to the farm this weekend, is on the Bridle Track at Bruinbun not far south of the Bluff… I will scoot up and check out its pass-ability.

Greg

[GregMember]

Shouldnt have any trouble Greg we have been through there a couple of times since then. What a great ADV ride eh.

TB

[Adrian GaleMember]

shelbyjet wrote:

Trailboss wrote:

GaleyKTM300 wrote:

Hi TB ,were you able to get past the roadblock on the Bridle Track or did you have to detour around it? Sounds like a great ride.

Cheers
Galey :blink:

Hi Galey

They have placed big rocks etc as a way and means of blocking / closing the track but you can get through pretty easy (I did on the Tenere with bags on) but as I said to Gaz etc at Hillend if you want to ever ride the Bridle trail again do it sooner rather than later. I reckon they will get serious and block it off.

It was a good days ride Galey

TB

I am heading up to the farm this weekend, is on the Bridle Track at Bruinbun not far south of the Bluff… I will scoot up and check out its pass-ability.

Greg

Nice work shelbyjet. Enjoy your ride/ weekend.

My bros and I are planning to do a bridle track run when old mate Mick is back on the bike after his broken femur. Looking for a good spot to camp with firewood as well

TB , you will get an invite to lead the way over the river.

Galey

[GregMember]

Just got home from the farm after last weekends false start due to the weather… I took a run up the Bluff, heading toward Hill End only as far as where the Bridle Track leaves the Macquarie just past the Root Hog crossing (which was way underwater still).

The road condition is not great, but easy on a bike. Saw four adventurers watching the flowing river at Bruinbun on Saturday morning, would have loved to join them as they headed to Hill End.

So, in short the Bluff is easily passable on a bike, some nice large rock slides to the east of the bluff and some snotty low sections to the west, which my brother and nephew on little light weight KTM’s though would have the big girl Tenere turning around, but she handled her self too well and let me keep my feet on her pegs while my nephew (and don’t you love teenagers) poured the water out of his boots. The track has just been graded too, right up to the closure just before the Bluff so makes for some nice riding along the fast flowing swollen river.

Wish the Turon crossing was not so deep, Hill End was getting closer very quickly. Next time – and next time I will follow the 990 Adventure and DRZ and friends, the weather was a cracker.

Greg

Edit:

The Macquarie is back down but still flowing too fast to cross and the crossings are still un-passable, including the Turon.

Couple of screen grabs from my helmet cam – sorry about the dust on the lens…

The whole track to the road closure has just been graded (grader is still onsite) and makes for a nice ride along the Macquarie (and with the road closure presents little oncoming traffic!)
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Just past the Bruinbun river monitoring station, the road is washed out. There is a vehicle access crossing to the right but is boggy.
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One of the new rockslides, make a car passing difficult
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Second rockslide is not as significant.
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Downed tree puts you a little close to the edge
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Approaching the bluff obstacle
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Plenty of room for a bike though, just don’t look down, there are a few cars at the bottom…
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The road past the bluff is rocky but the view is worth it.
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