Day 4: Mt Seaview to Brisbane
18 January 2019
Master Map
The Oxley Highway beckons. There's 44 glorious kilometres of generally ascending, constantly twisting, road ahead of us. Even better it's in the bush so there's plenty of shade on a day promising to be hot.
Bits of the Oxley Highway
We make the obligatory breakfast stop at Ginger's Creek for breakfast and then push on up the rest of the hill. It's been so hot over previous weeks that the bitumen has melted at the top and there's a stretch treacherous for motorcyclists. We've read about it and the stretch is marked so we don't fall off.
It's stinking hot on the range and we race to Walcha, refuel, guzzle water and say our farewells.
I try a new back road to keep me off the highway to Armidale. The Dirtometer is working well, but it's a mere 9 kms and in good condition.
More chocolate, water and petrol in Tyringham and the third trip down the Armidale Road in four days. It was just as good as it's two predecessors.
Tyringham
Food, lots more water, and tea and a scone in Grafton and I decide to head for home, heading east from Casino to be on the motorway by the time Skippy is hopping around for evening recreation.
This is not a particularly good photo, but it is the spectacular view from the old highway as you come over a hill overlooking Byron Bay. That's the South Pacific Ocean you can see. The headland is Cape Byron, the eastern-most point of mainland Australia.
I'm home by 8:00 pm. 2,176 kms, 104 litres of fuel at 4.78 litres/100 kms.
Good company and yet another good ride.
