44. And A Little Bit More Dirt

Route: Sydney - Lower Portland - St Albans - Bucketty - Wollombi - Murrays Run Road - The Entrance - Old Pacific Highway - Sydney
Distance: ~380km
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Woke up Saturday morning... looked out the window and was greeted by a somewhat cloudy day. As we headed towards Lower Portland, the weather grew more and more sinister... however it wasn't pouring hard enough to ditch dirt for tar!

First dirt destination, Lower Portland to Webbs Creek. The best parts were the several hairpin corners! Great fun! View at the start was amazing too!!

We were soon overtaken by a guy on a yamaha dirt bike whom we later caught up to at the Wiseman's Ferry coffee shop. Had a bit of a chat with him and his mate on the KTM about some of the other fun roads to go exploring on.

After a hearty brekky of sausage and bacon, we continued along to St Albans.

And were presented with some awesome looking cows. I haven't quite seen this pattern before! A white patch in the middle of its body.

As we made our way towards Bucketty on this second section of dirt... the weather got even worst!

But as the weather got worst... the dirt got more fun!

And so did the rest of the day.

The first section of dirt along Murrays Run Road was fairly patchy with a little bit of tar and a little bit of light dirt. I did however get chased by a dog so I rode the bike as fast as I possibly could... I thought it might try to pounce on me... =( It was really quite scary!!

As we continued along, we hit the best part of dirt along Bush Creek Road! It was set in a rainforest with little creeks running perpendicular to the road! It was amazing! The terrain was however quite rough and treacherous with some very slippery section which I suspect was clay... Unfortunately there's no photo here. We were having way too much fun!! =)

We eventually popped out at Yarramalong... where T saw and eagle which decided to take off as I rode by... SPECTACULAR!

T was also electrocuted by fences that were meant to keep the cows in... or perhaps the humans out?

The day ended at The Entrance for lunch and before we knew it, it was time to head back home! And of course, we went via the old pacific highway...  

and stopped at ... 

And after such a brilliant day... it was time to give our bikes some TLC...