Thursday 13-6-24

4pm:

Gloucester 

Meet and greet

Sign on

Tour run down

Finger food provided

(NOTE: Accommodation is not provided for Thursday night)

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Friday 14-6-24 (approx. 8hrs 326kms)

 

7am breakast:

Support a local cafe or bakery

 

8am:

Riders briefing

 

8:30am:

Gloucester

Departure
 

AM:

Gear up cos we are heading straight for the GREAT DIVIDING RANGE! We have to get up and over it ASAP.

For our first morning we are going to be blitzing some truly iconic gravel roads as we duck and weave our way through farmland rich with not only pasture but history. One town we pass through got its name from the aboriginal word meaning “rough ground” but these days the farmers and riders call it Nowendoc.

Before we drop down into our lunch spot we will check it out from above perched up on a lookout, it’s crazy to think that back in the gold rush days there was a pub here and the circus used to come here each year!

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Lunchbreak:

Will be catered by Endeavour within a history filled gold mining town from the 1800’s

(included in all packages)

 

PM: 

Once you have fuelled and fed the beasts mount up and we’ve got even more adventure riding gold for you. We are literally going to ride through a semi abandoned gold mining town and even check out and old mining site sitting right next to the road. Keep your wits about you as the road we are carving up is has been called the road of a thousand bends, don’t end your tour here by getting your ambitions and abilities mixed up.​

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4pm Finish point:

Golden guitar

Tamworth

 

Accommodation:

Tamworth motel

(all inclusive package only)

 

Dinner:

Classic country music pub

(all inclusive package only)

 

Saturday 15-6-24 (approx. 8hrs 329kms)

 

7am:

Breakfast is provided by ENDEAVOUR

(included in all-inclusive package only)

 

8am:

Riders briefing

 

8:30am:

Tamworth

Departure

 

AM:

BOOM, a huge lookout overlooking where we have just spent the night and on the flipside where we are heading before until lunchtime. From this lookout we are heading straight into a fully functional sheep and cattle station which has been referred to as one of the best routes of all of our tours! Once we have finished with sheep and cattle country we heading deep into first explorer country, that is of John Oxley. Though he isn’t the only early European to put this area on the map, bushranger Captain Thunderbolt frequently haunted this nick of the woods.

 

Lunchbreak:

Will be catered by ENDEAVOUR in the heart of Thunderbolt country, speaking of haunted before…. This is where he was shot and buried.

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PM: 

Straight from lunch we are off to a beautiful remote chapel and a world class gorge plus a giant waterfall. As a contrast from looking down into a gorge we must start looking up as we head further north into the hills heading for our accommodation in one of Australia’s highest towns which is perched up over 1300 metres above sea level. This town even has an extinct volcano crater as a ducks lagoon!

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4pm Finish point:

Guyra

 

Accommodation:

Guyra Motor Inn

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Dinner:

Classic pub feed

(included in all inclusive package only)

 

Sunday 16-6-24 (pprox.8hrs 323kms)

 

7am:

Breakfast is provided by ENDEAVOUR

(included in all-inclusive package only)

 

8am:

Riders briefing

 

8:30am:

Guyra

Departure

 

AM:

Rise and shine for our last day chasing the THUNDERBOLT"S ESCAPE TOUR. Today we head east first up to really tuck in under the mountains brushing against the World Heritage Guy Fawkes National Park, that being said look out for some wild brumbies look for some extra horsepower! But is this the last sighting of Captain Thunderbolt even after his death??

Now we are heading into an area called Gindaaydjin, meaning “plenty of big round stones on clear plains".

This is adventure riding god’s country!!

 

Lunchbreak:

​ Will be catered by ENDEAVOUR in the heart of the granite belt at a remote waterway.

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PM: 

Now we are heading into an area called Gindaaydjin, meaning “plenty of big round stones on clear plains".

This is adventure riding god’s country!!

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Well its finally arrived, the very last section of our assault on the THUNDERBOLT'S ESCAPE TOUR. After lunch we tick off our last points of interest including a lookout which is one of the highest peaks overlooking the northern tablelands.

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4pm Finish point:

Tenterfield

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​*Route, distances and timings are subject to change due to varying circumstances e.g. inclement weather, National Park and Forestry closures, etc.