Let’s go to Moruya. Hang on, there’s something better at Cowra. Let’s go a see the Red Radials perform. Sorry, no can do, Cowra is a no go zone. OK, so what will we do? Let’s go to Gunning.
So Gunning it was. There were 6 takers who met at the Ampol at Gold Creek. Jenny Carlin came along to wish us a pleasant ride.
The intrepid crew were:
• Kevin on a BMW RS
• Warren on a BMW XR
• Neil on a Triumph Tiger
• Dieter on a Ducati Multistrada
• Dave on a BMW RS
• Dion Harley Tri-Glide
After a quick brief, we headed off for Boorowa via Binalong. I’d never been along that road, but the guys at the brief said that it was a good ride. So I trusted their guidance and headed off that way. The road across from Binalong to Boorowa was cut up quite a bit with the amount of rain that had been had and the lack of maintenance done during the COVID-19 period.
After we negotiated the road across, we pulled up at Boorowa at the Superb Bakery for what I would have to say are some of the finest Lamingtons that I have even tasted. After everyone had their fill, we were off to Gunning via Crookwell, again, another road that I had never travelled.
What a great start to this leg as we headed down towards the turnoff at the monument in the middle of the road only to come across a Road Closed sign. Maybe we should have taken this as a sign. I turned the group around and let me GPS plot another way for us to get back on to the desired road. Well, if we thought that the road from Binalong to Boorowa was in a state of some needed maintenance, well the road from Boorowa to Crookwell was well overdue.
As we delicately made our way through the minefield that was potholes, we come across a small bridge just before Rugby. Now this little bridge was having some work done to it and had all the necessary warning signs prior to arriving at it. As we descended down to the bridge it was quickly apparent that this was going to be a little daunting. Across the entire width and length of the bridge was about 10-15cms of loose marble sized gravel. There were more than a few nervous riders who tackled that bridge that day. Thankfully there was no incidents. Once we got through that little hurdle, the rest of the ride was quite good through to Crookwell. Still a lot of dodgy roads, but after tackling the bridge, I don’t think that anyone would have had any issues with the rest of the road.
I’d booked us in at the Merino Café in Gunning where I would have to say, they make the best Lamb Burgers within 300km’s of Canberra. The group chatted away, told a few stories and expressed our gratitude of being able to get out and about and looking forward to more riding in the coming months.
After lunch, the group headed back to Canberra via Gundaroo and Sutton. Overall, I’d like to think that everyone had a great day.
Dion
