Wiseman's Run..

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Postby AJ » Mon Jun 25, 2007 8:03 pm

Grafton or Coffs???.........any decent mini runs we could all do around there?? :mrgreen:
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Postby Craig » Mon Jun 25, 2007 8:05 pm

AJ wrote:Grafton or Coffs???.........any decent mini runs we could all do around there?? :mrgreen:


We used to do Coffs every Easter when Natmeet wasn't on...bet we could drag a few old runs out of the archives! :D
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Postby AJ » Mon Jun 25, 2007 8:11 pm

should we start our own thread instead of hijacking wisemans run?? :lol:
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Postby Craig » Mon Jun 25, 2007 8:17 pm

Yeh might be an idea! :lol:
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Postby Ajay » Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:43 am

yeah!.. so about that wiseman's run :lol: might go for a drive with the mrs to her caravan this weekend if she is keen.. (and the weather is good) :D
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Postby cranky_smurf » Thu Jul 05, 2007 12:29 pm

well thats good for u, but wat would the rest of us do when u get to the carvan?

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Postby Ajay » Thu Jul 05, 2007 12:33 pm

you leave me alone for ATLEAST 5 MINS.. and ill meet up with you at the pub :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Postby Garry » Thu Jul 05, 2007 12:33 pm

*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. :cry:
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Postby cranky_smurf » Thu Jul 05, 2007 12:34 pm

yeah that works for me, time enough for me to down 1 maybe 2 pink lemonades!

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Postby idb000 » Wed Aug 01, 2007 3:51 pm

Craig wrote:This brings back about 3 years worth of being Club Captain! :lol:

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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Postby Sasso » Mon Jan 14, 2008 12:52 pm

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.

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Postby Jimi » Mon Jun 16, 2008 11:58 am

Where is River Rd? What's at each end? Wouldn't mind checking it out some time too.
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Postby Sasso » Tue Jun 17, 2008 12:32 pm

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.

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Postby minix3 » Tue Jun 17, 2008 4:59 pm

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]

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Postby -alex » Wed Jun 18, 2008 12:22 am

Its a beautiful road for day driving,
but like old pac, its not made for night runs.
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