NSW March Club Run - Cows & Coast

[Agro]

Does anyone have a runsheet they can email me? would love to do it one day. I'll PM me email address. Thanks!

PM Charlie Brown! He'll have it on the computer!

[conchaae]

CB, top run! Loved the tight curves and didn't mind the dirt road either. If my wife wasn't with me I'm sure Agro's photo of me on the dirt trail would have been a sideways action shot. There was no body behind me so would have been okay. Cheers!

[Charlie Brown]

Here's the run sheet. Sorry its from a WORD file so doesn't copy over very well.

Start point is MacDonalds Princes Hwy Kirrawee, Warning on dirt road added.

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THE MX-5 CLUB OF NSW ENCOURAGES SAFE DRIVING ON OUR RUNS

• Zero your odometer now
• Observe road rules and speed limits
• Always refer to the run sheet
• Keep the car behind and in front visible • Don’t get ahead of the leader
• Only overtake when safe to do so
• Form 2 lanes at lights to bunch up
• Have Fun.   
Speedo Directions and points of interest

0.0 Zero your odometer.
3.5 Turn left into National Park. You don’t need to pay at the Ranger Station as we are going straight through.
39.3 Bald Hill for a very quick 5 minute loo break to get rid of Macca’s coffee.
43.5 Go past Symbio through the round about and turn left to Wollongong on the Freeway.
Continue south on the Princess Hwy towards Albion Park.
92.0 Turn right at the round-about head to Albion Park / Jamberoo
What breed of cows are in the paddock on the right?……………………….
94.8 Go straight through the intersection along Terry St. through the round-about at Smith St. and continue to Jamberoo
104.8 Jamberoo
And more of those black & white cows…..know the breed yet?? No they’re not Jersey. Jersey’s are light brown.
106.4 Turn right to Saddleback Mountain, along the flat and left up the mountain to the top where we will stop at the lookout and take in the view.
You’ll feel like you’re in a plane looking down on the world!
Head back the way we came, down the mountain.
120.3 Turn right at the ‘T’ intersection and head for Kiama.
127.9 Kiama round-about, proceed straight ahead to the Blow Hole.
129 The Blow Hole.
Time for a quick 10 minute break. Grab a coffee, take a photos, etc.

And the cows were Friesians.

(Holstein Friesian cows can be traced back more than 2000 years. They were first imported into Australia in the mid 1800’s. The name Holstein Friesian is derived from the province of Friesland in the Netherlands and Schleswig-Holstein in the Rhine delta region. They are characterized as being a versatile, large breed with medium milk composition and high milk yield. The breed’s colour is typically black and white, ranging from almost totally white to totally black. They are the most numerous dairy breed in Australia making up more than 60 % of commercial milking cows in Australia.)

Depart the Blow Hole.

Turn left into Manning Street
131.1 Bear right and follow the Nowra signs to rejoin the Highway.
The old Kiama “Esses” are pretty tamed now aren’t they?
137.6 Turn left at Omega railway crossing and head into Gerringong.
143.4 Continue south to Seven Mile Beach across Crooked River Creek
147.4 Turn right at the David Berry Hospital sign (Berry Beach Rd) and head for Berry
Turn left onto the highway and then the next right over the bridge onto Woodhill Mountain Rd.
Bear left into Wattamolla Road (WARNING about 2 klms of dirt road) and continue to the ‘T’ intersection and turn right onto Kangaroo Valley Rd.
Turn right at the ‘T’ intersection onto Moss Vale Rd & head for Kangaroo Valley Village.
We are eating at the Blind Toucan Café.
In the village turn right into the Nursery Car Park just before the café and pub.
We’re here. 
(Blind Toucan Café. 3/165 Moss Vale Road. 4465 1676)

[Charlie Brown]

Part two of the run sheet.

THE TRIP HOME
CAUTION Hampden Suspension Bridge. One lane.
This historical sandstone castle-like bridge on the main road from Kangaroo Valley to Moss Vale, was opened in May 1898. It is named after Viscount Hampden who was Governor of New South Wales at that time.
Blast up the mountain
ALTERNATE ROUTES HOME.
Alternate route No. 1…Boring but the fastest.
After cresting the mountain head straight on for Moss Vale and the expressway.
Alternate route No. 2 …Much better.
A couple of kilometers after the crest of the mountain turn right into Myravale Rd and head to Robertson and down Macquarie Pass.
A good smooth MX5 road but slow traffic can be a problem.
Follow through to Albion Park and turn left at the lights in the centre of town
Alternate route No. 3 …. Weeeee!!!!
Turn right into Myravale Rd and head to Robertson and go through Robertson and then turn right at the Robertson Pie Shop into Jamberoo Mountain Road.
A good MX5 road with little traffic. Plenty of twists here. When you get to the bottom, turn left onto the Jamberoo road that we used heading south and just retrace the route back to the Princes Hwy and up the expressway.

[rodent]

FANTASTIC (and educational!) I must do the run sometime.

Thanks CB!

jonno.

[Marty]

Fantastic run CB. Some great roads down that way