Absolutely Stunning – Adventure Ride to Tumut

It was time for another ride — an overnighter to Tumut where we discovered a most amazing ride — another one to add to your bucket list. This time we shared the pleasure with David Powell and Renee Fraser.

We follow Open Gate Photography who recently posted some beautiful photos of an area outside Boorowa. So this became our starting point — we left home at 8am on a chilly Saturday morning, and with David & Renee rode to Grabben Gullen, Wheeo and on to Boorowa where we stopped for a coffee before the main part of the ride — and that main part turned out to be amazing!

From Boorowa we headed for Galong and then on to Copperbella Rd which is a fantastic scenic gravel road, featuring rolling mountains, beautiful valleys, plenty of livestock and heaps of gates to open and close. It takes you all the way to the Hume which we rested on for about 10km before a short break at Jugiong.

From there we continued on more beautiful riding beside the Murrumbidgee River initially along a ridge, then through valleys and on towards Adjungbilly. First it was Bundarbo Rd and then Nanangroe Rd again providing plenty of variety — they were amazing with continually changing landscapes and surfaces. The biggest question now would be which of these two sections (before or after Jugiong) was the best?

We eventually reached Wee Jasper Road which has had a lot of work done on it since we had ridden it last year — there was plenty of fine gravel and graded surfaces. This southern section of Wee Jasper Rd takes you all the way into Tumut where we were both greeted with a room upgrade at the Ashton Motel.

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