Cycle Rides Around Armidale

Esta ruta está en evaluación como un posible sendero cicloturista marcado. El recorrido de 359 km va desde Armidale en las altas mesetas del norte, pasando por los históricos pueblos pequeños de Uralla y Walcha, y luego desciende a través de los valles de Cockburn y Peel hasta Kootingal y Nundle. D…

A lovely half-day coffee ride on quiet, scenic and mostly sealed roads. Head out of town on Bundarra road, turning at about 15 km towards Invergowrie. At Invergowrie there is a small shop selling coffee, but its too early to stop yet. Bundarra Rd has some fast traffic and lacks a shoulder so we avo…

This route provides an alternative to Thunderbolts Way which is rather too narrow for the traffic it takes. In contrast, this route is entirely on quiet roads although about 37 km is unsealed. We have ridden the route in both directions have decided it is easier in the northerly direction. On the o…

This is just one of multiple circuits from Armidale to Guyra. It is hilly because, the terrain around here is always hilly! and because Guyra is significantly higher than Armidale. This mapping tool considerably underestimates the climbing, which is actually around 1100 m. We choose to do the harde…

Un bonito recorrido que es un poco más corto que el bucle completo de Guyra. Toma la Boorolong Rd, que es montañosa pero pintoresca, saliendo de Armidale y gira en Toms Gully Rd. Este tramo no está asfaltado durante unos 7-8 km. Echa un vistazo a la bien mantenida estación Black Mountain (sin servi…

This route from Glen Innes to Armidale or the reverse avoids the New England Highway and provides a very scenic ride across the tablelands. Make sure you stop and look at Backwater Post Office

Esta ruta es un entrenamiento montañoso, lo que se disfruta más en una bicicleta de gravel ya que hay una sección pavimentada significativa, desde el desvío Lyndhurst Rd hasta aproximadamente 7 km antes de que Chandler Rd se una de nuevo a Rockvale Rd. Por lo general, suele haber muy poco tráfico, …

This is a stunning route best taken in anticlockwise direction to get the best of the views from Green Hill rd. In the opposite direction, the climb up green HIlls Rd would be a serious challenge requiring low gears. I rode on a fairly heavy duty touring bike with fat tyres. Optimal bike would be a…

This was a really fun ride, done on a day when I just needed to escape from life! I had ogled the road that follows the railway line on a train trip shortly beforehand and decided that I needed to ride that road. From Armidale I took one of the standard cycling routes to Uralla following Bundarra r…

This circuit from Armidale to Wollomombi falls and back via Hillgrove and Bakers creek falls could be undertaken in one longish day. Instead, we chose to take our tent and a barbecue tea and camped out in the National Park. This meant that we not only had a leisurely ride in both directions, but we…

This is a hard work road loop that can be done in either direction, depending on the wind. The roads are all paved but have no shoulder. The traffic is usually light but fast along Thunderbolts Way and Bundarra rd. Climbing up the pinnacles from Yarrowyck is hard work but I thinks easier than the c…

I did this ride with a (tough and energetic) 14 year old girl, several years ago. The trip, particularly the first day, was a quite a challenge but one we thoroughly enjoyed. We took it in three days. Day 1. Armidale to via Rockvale Rd Ebor, 92 km, mostly sealed roads apart from about 10 km of Ro…