“4 days Bathurst to Gloucester and return” is a motorcycle ride in New South Wales, Australia.
Day 1 - Bathurst to Tamworth - 450 Kilometres
Depart Bathurst, ride through fantastic towns such as Ilford, Kandos, Rylstone, Muswellbrook and Nundle. Ride the Bylong Valley Way, among the top 10 rides in the country, including the 140-kilometre stretch between Ilford and Sandy Hollow was named in the drive.com.au Top Ten Great Aussie Drives. Spend the night in Tamworth.
Day 2 - Tamworth to Gloucester - 390 Kilometres
Breakfast followed by a visit next door to the Powerhouse Motorcycle Museum, a must see for any bike enthusiast. Hit the road to the motorcycle friendly township of Walcha. Ride the Oxley Highway to Wauchope through the gateway of mountains of the Great Dividing Range.
Make your way to Gloucester for the night.
Day 3 - Gloucester to Windsor - 330 kilometres
Depart Gloucester and ride some glorious byways via Stratford, Stroud and Dungog, then start the Putty Road at Singleton. At the end of the Putty Road, arrive in Windsor.
Day 4 - Windsor to Bathurst - 450 Kilometres
The morning will be spent tracking from Windsor to Dapto, followed by Robertson, then Goulburn, the home of the Big Merino, then follow the great country roads north through Taralga and Oberon back to Bathurst.
This 1605km ride visits Wollongong, Peel, Muswellbrook, Tamworth, Kootingal, Cundletown and 9 other places.
Singleton
Start of Putty Road
Peel
at 14kmSofala
at 45kmIlford
at 76kmStart of the Bylong Valley Way
Kandos
at 94kmRylstone
at 100kmSandy Hollow
at 214kmEnd of Bylong Valley Way
Muswellbrook
at 249kmScone
at 272kmOptional loop via Gundy and Timor, rejoin main route at Blandford
Blandford
at 306kmWillow Tree
at 332kmNundle
at 391kmRiver Road Rest Area
at 396kmBowling Alley Point
at 406kmTamworth
at 446kmOvernight at Rydges Powerhouse Hotel. Visit Powerhousr Motorcycle Museum in the morning before getting back on the road.
Tintinhull
at 463kmTurn right onto Sandy Road
Kootingal
at 464kmLimbri
at 482kmDanglemah
at 495kmWoolbrook
at 511kmTurn right onto Oxley Highway
Walcha
at 536kmWauchope
at 700kmCundletown
at 758kmGloucester
at 838kmOvernight at the Roundabout Inn
Stroud
at 885kmDungog
at 909kmSingleton
at 979kmWindsor
at 1153kmOvernight at the Crowne Plaza Windsor
Campbelltown
at 1208kmWollongong
at 1267kmAlbion Park Rail
at 1288kmPrinces Motorway
at 1289kmExit left onto Terry Street - ignore map error directing you to continue on Princes Motorway
Albion Park
at 1300kmTurn right onto Tongarra Road
Robertson
at 1326kmStop at Robertson Pie Shop
Moss Vale
at 1348kmGoulburn
at 1420kmTurn right onto Union Street
Taralga
at 1457kmPorters Retreat
at 1516kmTurn right ontop Shooters Hill Road
Turn left onto Edith Road
at 1544kmTurn right onto O'Connell Road
at 1558kmOberon
at 1558kmKelso
at 1602kmBathurst
at 1604kmEnd