Clubman Tourers

Note! This is on Wednesday.

An evening ride to Paradise Cafe at Lower Portland for dinner.  On Wednesday they're open late, and serve pizza, steak, pasta, prawns etc in a nice setting overlooking the Hawkesbury River.  It's open for ordering until 8pm but best get there by 7:30 to make sure we have plenty of time and to enjoy dusk on the river, and so we have an earlier leave time.  The route will take us along some great back roads with some nice views of the Hawkesbury along the way.

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We'll be heading off from Berowra and so I've moved the leave time forward 30mins from the usual evening ride.  If anyone can't quite make that then we can meet along the way, The interesection of Catai Ridge Rd and Old Nothern Road. 

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 This is a last minute plan for a mid-week day ride.

Meeting at McGrath’s Hill, then riding Bell's Line through to Black Springs to Taralga for lunch and then loop around through the Southern Highlands home.

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The OCR this year is at Mungerannie, which is about half way down the Birdsville Track. We're organising an extended ride to the rally then a week of adventuring afterwards in the deserts of western Victoria.

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The  wrong way round route. Doing some of our favourite back roads  backwards.

Decided to try to do some of the roads we love in the opposite direction to what we usually do. The start point is Bathurst, so either book  yourself accommodation for the Friday night or get up really early and join us on the Saturday morning. 

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Where: Concord RSL (near Concord Hospital on Nullawarra Ave (nearest x street is Nirranda)).

When: meet 7pm for a 7:30 Start.

If hungry, meals on between 6 - 7 pm

Club meeting you say? But what actually happens?  Let's go back to first principles...

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A breakfast run down to the Cliffhanger Cafe, perched on the escarpment at Bulli.  The food was great the last time I was there 5 years ago, about 1 hour before losing my licence when heading home through the national park.  And so this time I think I'll try heading south, down Mt Kiera, backway through Dapto, up Maquarie Pass and the backway through to Mittagong finishing with a detour into Avon Dam.

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The Karuah River rally is on again.  A nice flat grassy campsite by Frying Pan Creek in the upper reaches of the Karuah River.  Nestled in the forests at the back of Dungog, it has a great swimming hole to cool off if the days warm (so bring your togs).  The club likes it so much we’ve won biggest turnout a couple of times.   We’ll head up via the putty, through to East Gresford and over the lovely twisties and scenery to Dungog for lunch at the pub. Pick up any supplies you need and then another 15kay bitumen and 14kay of good dirt later will find you at the rally site.

The rally isn’t catered but there are BBQ sandwiches available in the afternoon  Bring everything else. 

Dungog is close enough for a day run if you can’t make the weekend.

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Well that's what St Albans calls the thursday night meal.  Which I think means they’ll have a pretty limited menu, but they do cater gluten free and vego.  I’m sure everyone knows how nice a pub it is, built back in 1840 with convict labour.

So an evening run up to St Albans Pub for a meal.  The route will be finalised on the night.  There are a bunch of options  Either a little east and back along the lovely little Halcrows Rd before heading to Wisemans, or if we want to scoot along a little quicker taking the backroads to Lower Portland Ferry, crossing the ferry and on to Wisemans via Cliftonville Rd, or if everyone’s OK with it,  cutting over the dirt to Webbs Creek, finishing with the lovely bitumen along the McDonald River up to St Albans.  

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Very much last minute but if you're at a loose end for tomorrow and thursday mark is heading up to Gulgong for an overnighter.

He's staying at the Commerical Hotel.  It will be the usual loop up the Putty Rd and then back roads to Denman for lunch.  Next day will return over Bells with a little detour so we can return early.  

If you're interested give Mark a call.   Accomodation is cheap and a little on the rough and ready side. If you want something a bit more swanky, book yourself into the Prince of Wales.  

When: 9 for 9:30, 30th December.

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We’ve done the 5 Ferries ride many a time. One scheming over achiever also did a 6 ferries ride (who also sabotaged my earlier 5 ferries ride just to make it look all the more impressive - well that’s my story and I’m stuck on it.). Plus we’ve done 4,3,2 and 1 ferries, and now we’ve even done a dedicated no ferries ride.

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