Midwinter 10.00 am and its clear blue sky, 15c about 60f so I off for a ride. Leave the coast and climbed Macquarie Pass onto the southern highlands, this is great biking country, very popular on weekends with the Sydney sports bike set but its Thursday morning and I’ve got it almost to myself. Big smile on my face! After about an hour I’m looking down through the late morning mist into Kangaroo Valley.
I’m into the Valley and then all too quick back onto the mountain seen on the far side of the photo above. Work myself through lots of very narrow winding roads to the top of Cambewarra Mountain and stop at the tea rooms and lookout for these photos of the view and a sign. The view is looking over the town of Nowra and the mouth of the Shoalhaven River is seen on the left.
Getting back onto my bike in the car park I notice another sign that I’ve parked under just beside the telephone tower. Oh well the bike started, that’s a plus.
The road back onto the coast is like a racetrack and I hit the Pacific Ocean at a place called Seven Mile Beach. Stop for another photo opportunity and use a monument to Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith as a rest for my camera. Kingsford-Smith took off from this beach on the first flight across the Tasman Sea to NZ.
http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/k-smith.html
Another 45min north to Wollongong Harbour for a coffee, then 10min further and I’m home again.
A very enjoyable ride in the middle of a great winters day.
I’m into the Valley and then all too quick back onto the mountain seen on the far side of the photo above. Work myself through lots of very narrow winding roads to the top of Cambewarra Mountain and stop at the tea rooms and lookout for these photos of the view and a sign. The view is looking over the town of Nowra and the mouth of the Shoalhaven River is seen on the left.
Getting back onto my bike in the car park I notice another sign that I’ve parked under just beside the telephone tower. Oh well the bike started, that’s a plus.
The road back onto the coast is like a racetrack and I hit the Pacific Ocean at a place called Seven Mile Beach. Stop for another photo opportunity and use a monument to Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith as a rest for my camera. Kingsford-Smith took off from this beach on the first flight across the Tasman Sea to NZ.
http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/k-smith.html
Another 45min north to Wollongong Harbour for a coffee, then 10min further and I’m home again.
A very enjoyable ride in the middle of a great winters day.
What a stunning area I could never become tired of riding around there. One thing that always stands out is how crispy clean everything seems your side
