Wiseman's Run..
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AJ wrote:Grafton or Coffs???.........any decent mini runs we could all do around there??
We used to do Coffs every Easter when Natmeet wasn't on...bet we could drag a few old runs out of the archives!
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*sigh* The safety Nazis have recently attacked the Wisemans Ferry road too. The bit on the other side of the river. In the olden days it used to be 100kmh, then down to 80kmh now it's 60kmh for a lot of the way.
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Craig wrote:This brings back about 3 years worth of being Club Captain!
0.0 - Zero your odometer and turn right out of Rofe Park (Hornsby Heights!)
7.5 - Turn left following natural continuation of Galston road
9.0 - Turn right at second roundabout onto Mid-Dural Road
11.5 - Right turn onto Old Northern Road
46.0 - Wiseman’s Ferry Pub. Lunch and drinks stop
47.0 - Continue down to the ferry. Turn right after crossing the ferry
100.0 - Turn right onto George Downes Drive
102.0 - Turn right onto Peat’s Ridge Road
116.0 - Continue over Freeway overpass
116.5 - Turn right onto Old Pacific Highway
Continue until you come to Pie in the Sky for coffee & toilet stops
Did this drive (not starting from Hornsby Heights) over the weekend. It is a nice drive. Wasn't too much traffic for the most part of the trip.
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I've been going up to the ferry heaps of times lately. The other day I went back down River road, and that is one crazy road. As the name suggests it follows the river going past alot of caravan parks, the views are spectacular. I went when it was a bit wet, but it didnt matter because its still suicide in the dry, the road is so narrow at some points there is only room for one car, and most of the time the corners are blind. It is quite long though, I was lucky there was nobody on it. I also bottomed out almost 20 times.
I don't really think it would be a good group run but it sure is a nice place and road.
I don't really think it would be a good group run but it sure is a nice place and road.
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Jimi wrote:Where is River Rd? What's at each end? Wouldn't mind checking it out some time too.
I started at the ferry end, its basically a turn off just before the road that goes past the pubs, as you're going down the hill.
Go at a very quiet time unless you want to crash into someone. So off holiday season perhaps.
The other end ends up back on cattai mountain road so you can go back down the mountain and back to old windsor rd.
I personally HATE Wisemans with a passion.
The road is OK up to the ferry. Then there is no lane markings and it is foggy.
I was there a few nights ago with the bf driving. Lack of lane markings made me feel completely sick since there is no point of reference [kinda like when you get sea sick].
Since the road and walls blend together my mate ended up crashing into someone's front yard thinking it was road. And since it was so far away from civilization, it took forever to get the car home. [one hour each way back to sydney]
The road is OK up to the ferry. Then there is no lane markings and it is foggy.
I was there a few nights ago with the bf driving. Lack of lane markings made me feel completely sick since there is no point of reference [kinda like when you get sea sick].
Since the road and walls blend together my mate ended up crashing into someone's front yard thinking it was road. And since it was so far away from civilization, it took forever to get the car home. [one hour each way back to sydney]
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