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To start riding at 2:00pm Saturday and 9:00am Sunday
Where: Just out of Walcha at Ian’s place
Rides: Friday – short afternoon ride around 1.5 hours leaving at 4:00pm
Saturday morning pre-brekkie fog ride – 6:30am to see the fog - like up with the sparrows!
Saturday afternoon around 2pm for a few hours
Sunday ride out around 9am on Sunday morning, have morning tea along the way with June, lunch and then back to the camp for a club tidy-up
Rating: 1 – 2 easy with some hills and rocks
Yarding: There are some yards but they are a distant from where we all camp. Most of us will need to bring tape to setup electric yards
Water: Bring your own buckets
Food: Friday Dinner and drinks at the Commercial Hotel around 7:00pm in Walcha
Saturday Bring your own brekkie, lunch and dinner - BBQ and outdoor camp fire available
Sunday Bring something to share for morning tea then a BBQ lunch for $6 per person
Facilities: Ian does have a shower and loo we can use, but if you have your own please bring so that we don’t over whelm Ian’s small cottage or his plumbing
Dogs: Dogs not allowed June exempt
RSVP: By the 9th March – Gdhbluebums@gmail.com
Directions all km’s are approximate
· Coming from Gunnedah – takes around 2.5 hours,
· Head to Bendemeer on the New England Hwy
· Just past the Bendemeer Show Grounds turn right to Walcha
· Once in Walcha take second roundabout turning
· Right onto Gloucester Rd
· Just out of town a few kms turn right into Aberbaldie Rd
· Drive 20-22km to Niangla Rd and turn right
(just over the second bridge, which is the Macdonald River)
· Go a further 1kms and turn right into the property
· After first gate there is another one then Ian’s place
· Ian lives in the smaller cottage
