Morning tea at Little Hartley, Lunch in Tarana
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Meeting
Point: |
Clarendon Information Centre. (Opposite Richmond Air Force Base.)
Run on 5th Aug 2012 will start from McDonalds,
Mile End Road, Rouse Hill, where Oz Clubbies meet
- Not Clarendon Info Centre |
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Time: |
8.00am
- Gathering of the Clubbies
8:30am - Leave for all points West |
Distances
and times are only approximate and are for each section.
Section
1:
Clarendon to Hartley.
Distance – 79km
Time – approx. 90mins
| km |
Route |
| 0 |
Turn left and proceed to
Richmond
|
|
2.6 |
Turn
left at second set of lights, into
East
Market St
. |
|
2.8 |
Turn Right at lights into March
St, and head west.
Cross
Hawkesbury
River
. At Nth Richmond wave
to John Roberts family and Ross and Sandra’s granddaughters. |
|
16.0 |
Up
the hill - Clubbie heaven! |
|
18.3 |
Watch
out for the fixed RCD (Revenue Collecting Device) on
right. |
|
42.6 |
Continue
past Mt Tomah Botanical Gardens. Stop around the right hand bend |
|
43.4 |
Gathering point. On left.
Proceed to
Bell
, enjoy the FRESH air! Careful of mobile radar before
Bell |
|
63.1 |
Bell
–
Gathering point. Absolutely
nothing here, Turn left and proceed to
Mt.
Victoria
. |
|
73.1 |
Mt.
Victoria-
Not much more here either. A few beautiful old buildings.
Turn Right at
Western Highway
. |
|
78.7 |
Farmhouse
Kitchen Café on the left. Morning Tea / Coffee etc. |
Section
2:
Hartley to Tarana
Distance – 78km
Time – approx. 90mins
| km |
Route |
|
0 (78.7) |
Turn
left towards Lithgow. |
|
4.6
(83.3) |
Another
RCD. Be careful! |
|
5.0 (83.7) |
Turn
left into road signposted to
Jenolan
Caves
and Oberon.
Good Clubbie roads from here on.
Notice
wind turbines in the distance on the right hand side |
| 18.0 (96.7) |
Roadworks.
Some small loose pebbles. |
| 24.5 (103.2) |
Hampton
.
Continue
straight through |
| 28.4 (107.1) |
Turn
right and continue to Oberon Some
small patches of repaired section just inside the turnoff. |
|
33.0 (111.7) |
There
are some slightly rough patches on this section due to small
sections being repaired. |
| 53.8 (132.5) |
Oberon.
Continue
through Oberon and TURN Right at Shell Service Station. The
road is signed to Tarana |
|
61.0 (139.7) |
Steep
downhill section with tight bends. |
| 73.5 (152.2) |
Tee
Junction, Turn
Right. |
| 77.7 (156.4) |
Tee
Junction, Turn
Right. |
| 77.9 (156.6) |
Tarana hotel on LH side
for lunch. |
The
hotel is quite small but has an open garden area with tables and benches,
also an undercover dinning room.
If
anyone is interested in lunch, it would be best if we could phone through
from Little
Hartley with a rough idea of numbers.
Section
3:
Tarana return via different routes.
Distance
– depending on route taken.
Time – approx. 120mins to Star service station
| km |
Route |
|
0 |
Leaving
the Hotel follow signs to Lithgow |
|
0.3 |
At
crossroads, carry straight over. |
|
20 |
Lake
Lyell on LHS |
|
26 |
Tee
intersection with GWH |
From
this point the return journey is one of choice.
Turning
right, the journey is by
travelling the GWH via Hartley, Mt. Victoria, Blackheath, Katoomba,
Glenbrook etc.
Turning
left, travel 3km and
turn right at traffic lights into Lithgow.
Follow signs to Windsor and Richmond.
This route is down Bells Line of Road via Bell, Mt.Tomah, Kurrajong
Heights, (watch for fixed speed
camera) and Richmond.
An
alternative would be to follow the above option but turn right at Bell
across to Mt Victoria
and then return via GWH. Bell
to Mt Victoria 10km and 15mins.
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