Good short rides near Canberra?

I'm going to be down in Canberra over the weekend with the missus. We're
planning on taking a couple of friends as pillions on a ride somewhere on
Sunday. It'll be my wife's first time taking a pillion, so something
hairily twisty might not be the best.

Something about two hours total would be nice, fast sweepers and all that
sort of thing. All recommendations gratefully received.

- Matt

 

Go up past goulburn and their are some mountains through the hills to the
coast, cant remember what they are called, but you will find em..

 

Never done it from the Canberra side so I dunno how far Braidwood is
from you, but the Kings Hwy that leads from Braidwood to Bateman's Bay
is divine. Nice fish'n'chips at BB too.

 

You want to ride out to Tarago, you do. Give me a call when you
arrive, and I'll teach you how to mix concrete. ;-)


BTH

 

James Rolfe (Agg - OCAU) is of the opinion:

I should have mentioned that we're going from Wollongong to Canberra from
that direction. Beautiful road, but I think it takes more than an hour one
way.

- Matt

 

That'd be Macquarie and Jamberoo Passes... Bit of a hike out of Canberra
for a newbie pillion pilot though...

big

 

Iain Chalmers is of the opinion:

Yeah, we'd do those runs from home (I live about 30 min from the bottom of
Macquarie pass, about about 45 from the bottom of Jamberoo). Doing those
coming out of Canberra would be a bit too much of a hike.

- Matt

 

Yeah, to braidwood to baitmans bay is the one im thinking off. got stuck in
goulburn for a year once.. made the most of it, wake field park is also a
good short ride
good to go and watch on week ends anyway, usualy something happening you
dont have to pay for.

 

Er, no, the Clyde and other such places of interest.

Hammo

 

I'm late. Sorry, I've been on leave (school holidays you know).

You could try the Old Farts' Loop: Canberra-Federal Hwy-Macs Reef
Rd-Bungendore-Qbn-Canberra, two hours if you stop in B'dore for coffee
(or return to Qbn via the Shoalhaven crossing).

Or the full Cotter loop, or the 3 Dams loop[1], or the Dog's Lunch loop
[2] (a bit longer than 2 hours though)(some dirt too).

So where did you actually go?

Gary

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Gary Woodman is of the opinion:

Into the car. My wife was feeling a bit crook, and the weather didn't
sound so good. Good we did, with all the snow about. **** that would have
been cold on the bikes.

Thanks for the tips, we're planning on going back in the near future.

- Matt

 

Into the car.

Piker!!!

 

To the Apollo Rally this weekend.

Al