Tallaganda Epic 02 Jan 2006

Andrew picked Alex and I up and we drove out to Tallaganda, up into the clouds and rain/mist. After a week or two of damn hot weather this was a welcome change, and we had a great day out on the mountain bikes in Tallaganda National Park. The ride ended up being 65KM, start time was around 9:40am, finish was around 4pm, ride time was around 4 hours.

We ran into a few of the strange private property signs that can be seen around Tallaganda from time to time, the most annoying of which was on Butmaroo Fire Trail, looking at the State Forests south coast map there is a little yellow triangle right in that section of park that the Butmaroo FT goes through the centre of. This is annoying as it is a major FT in the area and that the people who own that small section of land can keep people from walking/riding through it is a bit strange.

fullsize Alex at the Lowden Forest Park before we started riding. fullsize Andrew at a food stop. fullsize Alex and Andrew off the side of the path just after some motor bikers came through while we were stopped for food. fullsize Alex during a long climb along Mulloon Fire Trail

fullsize Andrew on the Mulloon FT climb, a tad blurry. fullsize Stopped at the Mulloon FT/Bald Hill FT intersection for some food before finishing the ride. fullsize Andrew and Alex on one of the last climbs before getting back to Lowden Forest Park.

fullsize Alex on that climb. fullsize Alex pointed out there are not many photos of me taken with my camera so rode up the hill a bit to get one of me. fullsize The three of us at the water wheel at Lowden upon finishing the ride.