Three state ride details

[JohnMember]

Trailboss wrote:

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Yeah that works great and would be a good way out there and you could lead us from Ivan hoe to the corner, what sort or tracks/ terrain are we talking about?
I have some photo’s from a few years ago around the place I’ll have a look and post them if I can find them. Generally flat ranging from black soil to clay to pebbly. Just out of White Cliffs I remember several dips

Yeah the railway service lines follow a straight line but are not dead straight them selfs and are 100 times better than a dirt road wouldnt you say?
Sometimes the railway access track was in better knick than the Menindee/Ivanhoe Rd!! Depends on your thoughts though, personally I’d rather gets some early KM’s under my wheels so that we are not forever trying to catch up time and rush towards the end.

Then we can get back to Broken Hill, down the water pipe or railway to Menindee and railway to parkes
There are plenty of gates along the way between Menindee and Broken Hill, but they will help with the regroup and give everyone a chance for a blow.

Richmond is good and close, say how did you find us here?
Your people got in touch with my people and… well here we are!

[GregMember]

Hang onto them, we will catch up later this year or next, need to get all the guys interested in the ride there if we can, we can put all the maps ideas etc out there and work something out. I dont want to do any black top but know some will have to be done, but the object is the SMALLEST amount we can.

thanks

TB

PS you wrote
“I have some photo’s from a few years ago around the place I’ll have a look and post them if I can find them. Generally flat ranging from black soil to clay to pebbly. Just out of White Cliffs I remember several dips”

Are they just dirt roads?

[JohnMember]

BROKEN HILL >> MENINDEE VIA RAILWAY AND WATERPIPE LINE

From Menindee Road travel (NE) along the railway line until you get to point A marked on the map (if you are doing a recce you could check this section out as I used to go via the tar from point A to Broken Hill). Then you can jump over to the water pipe or stay on the rail line, either way there will be heaps of gates and if it is dry, plenty of dust. Despite what the stupid Google map says you just follow both to Menindee there is a pump house at Kinalung accessable from the tar Menindee Rd. You can literally ride into Menindee along either track. Suggest though that once you get to Sunset strip you go via Railway (northern side of the line) as it follows the shoreline of Menindee lake (dry at the moment).

http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=d&saddr=Unknown+street&daddr=Unknown+street&hl=en&geocode=FbUJGf4dkP5xCA%3BFSWMGP4dyeVyCA&mra=mr&sll=-32.069702,141.976233&sspn=0.032875,0.054932&ie=UTF8&z=13

Once you hit Menindee there are many options back to Ivanhoe, most direct via the Ivanhoe/Menindee Road. Depending on timings could return to Ivanhoe via Pooncarie. But imagine time will be against us.

I used to have access to Burke and Wills cave, located on private property roughly north of the railway, but the managers have changed. It would be a good ride/experience but would need to chase up the current owner/manager. But if you hadn’t had a huge ride without it there would be something wrong.

[JohnMember]

Basically dirt roads of varying standards, dependng on weather and the last time the Central Darling Shire ran a blade over it or in the unincorporated area the RTA.

Bulldust, creek crossings, if it rains you are screwed can’t ride on the stuff as it is like ice.

I think the Wilcannia >> White Cliffs is tar as they wanted “all weather” access/egress as for rest all dirt excepting the short transports to connect the dirt.

Tar is for double mocca, chocca, latte sipping gaylord road bike riders, not that there is anything wrong with that:woohoo: . But they won’t be sharing my swag!!:angry:

[JohnMember]

Ivanhoe/Menindee Road in good times…

[GregMember]

good talk soon

[JohnMember]

Same road different time and place

[shaneMember]

jtb2879 wrote:

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shane_vor wrote:

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Well, what about a black tie event…I’ve seen reports of black tie events being held out in the middle of nowehere…

Black tie? You belter!:woohoo: You have never BOUGHT a tie let alone a black one! Besides you don’t need an excuse to drink… you just need a place!:silly: :blink:

Not only do I have a black tie but the dinner suit to match! You’d be surprised what I have tucked away in my cupboards!!!

Last time I was at White Cliffs was erm 2 or 3 years ago? Road from Wilcannia was dirt but VERY well graded!

[Paul SouthwellMember]

yeh you must leave the gun at home but;)

[Paul SouthwellMember]

I am going to sunny corner next month will give a report on roads and how cold the beer is:silly: :blink: :X

[GregMember]

Boulder I hear your looking for big fuel tank for your Doctor, check the other thread in the 3 state ride forum there maybe some info that will help you there. Hey and check the 3 state ride out next year on this thread, would suit that big tank

TB

[shaneMember]

Road report having just travelled from Bourke/Louth/Tilpa/White Cliffs/Packsaddle/Broken Hill/Menindee/Ivanhoe/Hillston/Lake Cargellico.

Road from Wilcannia to White Cliffs is all tar. Must be true, my mum said so. I never went along it though.

Road from louth to Tilpa (western side) is nice and smooth and mostly straight.

White Cliffs to Packsaddle is crap with large holes filled with bulldust…and not a few gates!

Tilpa to White cliffs is okay except when you hit the National Park, then the road becomes gorgeous!

Menindee to White Cliffs is nice as are the rest to Hillston.

Packsaddle to Broken Hill is mostly tar and they are currently working to tar the bits that aren’t. I can see a bitumen trip to Tibboburra a reality very soon!

Just got back today, dry trip! Need to blow the dust out of the truck now!

[JohnMember]

shane_vor wrote:

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Menindee to White Cliffs is nice as are the rest to Hillston.

Menindee to Ivanhoe perhaps?

Cops at Indee pulled a brother out of the Copi to Menindee Lake interconnecting channel recently… lets just say he’s no longer an oxygen thief!

[Mick DMember]

jtb2879 wrote:

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shane_vor wrote:

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Menindee to White Cliffs is nice as are the rest to Hillston.

Menindee to Ivanhoe perhaps?

Cops at Indee pulled a brother out of the Copi to Menindee Lake interconnecting channel recently… lets just say he’s no longer an oxygen thief!

WTF??? more info?

[Paul SouthwellMember]

the tibooburra road is mostly tar now was on it two weeks ago the road from whitecliffs to the silver HWY is not bad if you go north and come out closser to tibooburra lots of creek crossings pitty theres no water in them the road to the corner is good boring but good the fun starts in stezelecki desert to innamincka only about 150km more:S look forward to geting everybody together and see what grows:woohoo:

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