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Day 2
Bill opened up early to accommodate us with a top brekkie at 1980s prices
We set off south for home starting with some open dirt roads with NASCAR corners good for keeping corner speed high.
There were a few of these
GavB
Boulder
MickP and Reece
Then headed up into the mountains
All logs chain sawed for us
If only I had my camera quicker
There were some nice little up and down hills with erosion humps
Gav hamming it up
And we ended up here
Good sign
A detour was in order which was more interesting than the road. The bush saw came in handy
We had lunch at Ellenborough Falls. Very nice curry. And a coffee. And a chocolate dessert thingy. No fuel in Elands at the moment. The shop has been taken over by a co op but they do sell liquor. And funny smelling cookies by the looks.
We were running out of light so slabbed it home from Taree. Got home at 8pm and had a beer in my hand at 8:00:30pm
Thanks fellas. Great riding country and company.
My take and a few pics
I wanted to have a look north of Gloucester and pub stay for a night so loaded some tracks on the GPS from a previous ride, some from others and some unknown. A good recipe for an adventure ride.
It was going to be just a couple of us and ended up being six in total who were willing to potentially get lost, bogged, injured or a broken bike. GavB, llewdaert, Boulder, MickP and Reece.
After finishing up work on the Friday, I motored to Gloucester to meet up at the pub, finding GavB at Morisset and llewdaert at Stroud. The rain bucketed down on us the last part of the Buckets Way. It was an early night for some after a feed, drink, chat and drink.
Day 1
After a cooked brekkie we left Gloucester and were met with thisI love a dirt road that disappears into the mountains
llewdaert stopped when he found he was Flintstoning his bike after a bit of a jump
What’s missing
A bolt was found to replace the foot peg and the good old vice grips added a bit more but llewdaert rightly decided it wouldn’t be very enjoyable riding the rest of the ride like that so he said goodbye and headed south.
Nice place to work on a bike though
We came across a German guy on a Tenere 660 that had ridden from Perth just before the Oxley Hwy to chat to. I think he was a bit wary of our G’day. He gave us a wave as we regrouped at a turn a bit further on though.
Reecey saw the camera out and came up to pose for a photo
Just around the next right hander there was a log off the ground on his side which I went round and from what I gather Reecey was all over the place to get around it which had us laughing.
It was a bit deceptively greasy in places and I had big front end loose which scared me half to death and I thought, I hope that doesn’t happen again, or I’m a goner.
I thought I was down but somehow, skill I’m sure, recovered the front. Reecy had a good view and was beeping his horn in our traditional way and we were laughing like hyenas.
GavB
MickP and Boulder
We went up here
Had some lunch we brought with us here
Need to get a permit and a key from the ranger to go through
The gate to Youdales Hut is the same deal
Through a bit more closed in trails
We were off the mountain and the heat came back
Boulder
Open dirt roads now
Cooling off on the causeway
MickP
Reece
Gav and Boulder
With a few hours to spare we went to check out some more tracks and then headed for Willawarrin pub for the night.
