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keith Posted on May 27 2008, 08:07 AM
  From there it was lovely winding smooth tarseal
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but not so good when following a truck-
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He soon pulled over and we swept down through the hills
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The only gravel interludes were smooth
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and it was well-kept farmland into Mudgee.
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We went back via the easy road through Wellington! biggrin.gif

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keith Posted on May 27 2008, 08:03 AM
  there were big rock slabs in the bank, and in the road!
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and we even crossed a drift!
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Then amazingly suddenly the road climbed up to a tarseal T-junction and we were in Hill End.
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This was a raging goldmining town over a century ago, and then everyone just got up and left. Its not that it has been preserved, it just hasn't been knocked down and replaced!
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keith Posted on May 19 2008, 08:39 AM
  More rocks in the road-
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and more.. We met a 4WD drive coming down a really narrow part, but driving up the bank got us past..
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Somewhere in the middle they had a proper passing bay!
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Then more of the same
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and more big cliffs
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keith Posted on May 19 2008, 08:26 AM
  more narrow winding road..
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which got narrower and tighter.. This is a passing bay!!
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and spectacular..
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The road was built on stones like brickwork in many places-
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Big hills & valley-
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keith Posted on May 19 2008, 08:19 AM
  There are some spectacular views-
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and we headed down to the river flats-
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Obviously the river comes up at some time, although not enough to get the ute muddy-
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..and plenty of rocks in the surface..
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and as we started to climb up again..
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keith Posted on May 19 2008, 08:06 AM
  Dijo had to go to Mudgee for a quick job & said if I went with her she would go up via the Bridal Track.
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This heads up out of Bathurst, and has this sign at the start-
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The road soon gets quite narrow-
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and winds around a mountainside-
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with rocks in the roadway-
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