Day 5: Glen Innes - Brisbane
9 August 2024
I’m becoming a wimp in my old age. I awoke early to a cold and foggy morning, decided the slow saturation that accompanies fog which then required another layer of gear was not for me. So I turned over and went back to sleep. Or read. Or something. Anyway, it seemed lighter when I got out of bed around 08:00, so I dressed and had a simple breakfast of cereal and toast (included in the tariff). It was still cold but the fog had gone and the winter sun was shining brightly.
The Gwydir Highway is a favourite. It’s not as curvy as the Oxley, but it’s somehow prettier, with ancient eucalypt forest along the top of the range. Once you reach the bottom of the mountain the run across the plain's more interesting than Long Flat. I stopped in Grafton for a cup of coffee.
The Clarence River at Grafton was remarkably still
From Grafton I retraced my route to Kyogle where I turned right to take a favourite route to Murwillumbah and over the border via the Numinbah Valley. I was comfortably home by late afternoon.
Thanks Pterodactyl for suggesting another great ride.
