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Rydal near side loop
A lap of the extended loop on the near side
This is a loop of the usual trails on the near side.
The far end "Kempies come back" does cross private land. At the moment the owners are fine with us using it so long as it is respected. That said it is up for sale
Mt york Convict trails, all of 'em Gov'na
A full run of mt york
This is the best way to sample all the the convict trail on Mt york. Has some tough techi ups, which will have most people off and pushing now and then,
Some nice techi downs and some lovely flowy trail.
Starting at the bottom of Mt Vic pass the first 100m of Berghoffers is tough but doable with the hardest bit going over the drain as you pop back out onto the highway.
Grand AM Tour of the Walls
Grand tour of the classic All Mountain trails on Hassans Wall
Wasn't sure how this one would end up.
Set off and caught a site of the rare and endangered Meggsie-on-a-bike, this is the second siting in 2 weeks so it appears they could be back from the brink of extinction. It was such an honour to interact with one in it's natural habitat....
Umm we headed on up and hit the Town House track and then came back around town where Meggsie decided that was enough for his second ride back in far too long.
South side to Rydal explore 1
Motor bike loops a bit of a mess with deadfall and ruts at the moment
This one was tough. All the hills normally doable but the first bit of single trail is all but unrideable due to dead fall meaning I was off pushing far more than I would have liked
Mitchells Way - Gum Ridge loop
From the bottom of Mitchell's Way we climbed up to Gum Ridge then back through the pines.
Glenbrook Coathanger (Euroka+Oaks)
Oaks (Up), Iron Barks(Down), Bennetts Ridge(up), Oaks(up), Oaks Single(down)
Start at the Glenbrook Ranger station and follow the oaks upto Iron Barks Picnic Area. Ride down into Euroka Clearing. Take a right and follow Bennetts Ridge Firetrail back onto the oaks. Continue riding up the oaks to the gate. Return to the Ranger station via the Oaks single track.
Check out the Euroka Oaks Hot Lap Challenge
Wang to mt lambie via rydal
A nice way to start a saturday morning
Big thanks to Glenn for pushing me to do this one.
We started at lake Wallace and worked out way up past what's left of Lidsdale pine forest then followed a mixture of the train line and the bicentennial trail across towards Rydal, hooking up a loop of the Rydal short course on the way
From Rydal we worked our way up the coach rd through Bonaventure. The road easement is public but it crosses private property and there are several gates, please respect the land owners by closing gates and staying on the trail.
Lithgow, Newnes Forest, Wolgan round trip
Lithgow to Wolgan Valley via coach rd return.
Nice ride with awesome views.
could be extended by going all the way down to Newnes or coming back over Balckfellows hands rd.
As a couple in the group had never been to the Glow Worm tunnels we missed the start of the Coach rd and made a side trip down to the tunnel.
Technically you have to walk your bike between the Tunnel car park and the tunnel.
Town Houses
A Nice loop up Hassans Walls, Across the main road, out toward Bracies Lookout and then dropping down the fast Town Houses single trail
Head on up Hassans Wall rd at the top take the left fork. A couple of fast downs and slower ups takes you across the top of the reserve on the main fire road.
You can either take the left turn toward Braceys Lookout or continue down for 300 meter and take the left into an obscure/overgrown road then reverse back up the Ewok trail to link up with the Braceys rd halfway along.