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Australian Map Grid ZONE: 64
E 236355 N 6289453
S 33*30.141 E 150*09.684
Rating: 3.5 Stars
Skill Level: Mid-High
Fitness: Low
To get to this one turn left at the top of the hill, follow
the road across the ridge and turn left towards Braceys Lookout, just before
the road heads back down. Follow the Braceys road across a bit until you come
to a rough road heading off to the left. MR 363 894 (The main road swings slightly
to the right here and goes down a bit of a hill.).
Follow the rough road out to its end and the single track starts at about MR
362 896
Note: After the fires the rd is a little hard to follow to the single track
(ST). Follow the rd in and it eventually (there's a couple of turning circles
and fork but they all join back up) it turns to the right and heads down a roughish
double track/ fire road as the hill starts to level out look for a road of sorts
heading off to the left (The fires have left the turn very vague) Not long after
the turn to the left the road peters into single track. Once you're on the single
track you should have no trouble following it.
Note: A new start (of sorts) now has the track starting in on the left before
you go down the rough hill. The jump over the log is pretty obvious. Unfortunately
who ever put it in didn't bother to cut a proper track. They marked it out with
sticks and logs but as everything is growing back aftre the fires it's hard to see. Hopefully
a track will start rolling in soon.
There are more jumps following, a couple of which have largish gaps to clear.
After the jumps the track hear is pretty flat follow it across and there's a small rock out
crop nicely shaped for a launch, don't launch too far to the right.
The trail then swings right, down through a break in the rocks and immediately
turns 90 degrees left. There are some small rock ledges that roll through easy
enough then the trail swings right, cuts back left and there's a largish step
to negotiate. Go off fairly centered and you can roll it but I like to pull
the front up just in case. A slightly bigger, but much easier to launch step
follows. If you’re able to keep some speed through the steps you can get
up the next little pinch.
Next there's a couple of sweeping corners as the track begins to get a bit steeper.
Duck under a fallen tree and you're into the rough stuff. The track here is
quite steep and that's compounded by the loose, fist sized sandstone rocks lovingly
referred to a "Baby heads". There's two ways to go. Left takes you
straight through the rough stuff then into a little rock chute. Once you get
into the chute it's a lot easier. Veering right half way down takes you down
two little roll downs. This is the fastest, probably easier of the two variants
but knowing when to veer right in the loose stuff can be tricky.
You can carry a lot of speed of the steep section and over a little jump then
it's easy going until another steep section, this time without the "Baby
Heads" but still a bit loose. Down here and the trail swings around to
the right. From here there are various ways down to the bottom, the easiest
being just to follow the old road as it weaves down the hill.
However if you head up the old rd to the left you may find an overgrown bit of track that is steep, loose and very tricky to negotiate, that takes you to the bottom of the hill. It tends to be overgrown and difficult to spot so take care.