Goulburn to Bathurst

via Crookwell

Just looking on web-search maps . I have travelled via Oberon and there was a
lot of dirt. Anyone know the road north of Crookwell ? Dirt / Sealed ?
More importantly is it a good enjoyable ride ?

bikerbetty...

Hi Will - when we went up north back in March, we took the Taralga Rd out of
Goulburn to Oberon. There was some dirt, but it was actually pretty 'good'
dirt, only a few kilometres of it, and overall a really good ride. There are
some pretty steep and twisty bits between Taralga and Oberon, and the
Goulburn-Taralga road is a pretty ride.

Haven't tried the Crookwell - Bathurst run, but have heard from others that
you really need to be pretty comfortable on dirt to bother with that one.

will_s...

I travelled that road about 5 years ago and it was a fair bit of dirt and I
hated it. Remember a big sign in a paddock about please complain and help us
get the road upgraded......

so how much dirt is there now ie is you few k's closer to 20 ?

Doctor Shifty...

My wife drove back to Bathurst from the southern highlands today,
through Goulburn, Taralga, Oberon. There is only 5Ks of dirt, goodish
surface. This is the same as I found it riding to Gbn and back a few
months ago. My old (81) Suzuki GS1000G managed well, and it's not
generally happy on dirt.

The road through Crookwell still takes you over 30 or 40 Ks of dirt
spread over 4 sections, some of it very corrugated, especially on rising
corners.

Knobdoodle...

When was the last time you travelled it? There was less than 40km dirt when
I went through in March.
(And it was good dirt and the rest of the roads were great)

will_s...

Last time was on the Daytona so thats about 5 years ago and I hated every
millimeter of that dirt road.....and I agree about the rest of the roads