I'm hearing you Jim,catch up soon.Ciao for now.
It’s about time for another decent drive. May 21 to the Rockley Pub via the less travelled scenic route.
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The day was too good to waste. I did a recon of our route and found a venue for morning tea. Quiet, with ample parking. Roadworks are for the most part finished. Darling Causeway has been resurfaced in many parts but there’s a lot of loose gravel outside of the wheel tracks. There are still a few potholes but it’s now navigable.
I intended to return home via Edith Road and Jenolan Caves but the road into Jenolan closes at 4:30 to thru traffic. Guess who arrived at the checkpoint at 4:35 and got turned around? 🙄 If we go home that way we need to get there well before 4pm just to be certain of a thru run. It’s a lovely road when empty, as it was for me this evening. A pity as I had to double back (to Titania Rd) and the traffic leaving Jenolan was heavy and slow.
Edit: I had a look at Live Traffic and apparently the Jen Caves Rd at Five Miles is still permanently closed. I couldn’t have got through even if I reached the caves. Oh well….It looks like that idea is out for the time being but something to keep in mind for the future.
Photos of the moon rising taken from Jenolan Caves Road on the descent to Cox’s River. A magic piece of road. 👌
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I intended to return home via Edith Road and Jenolan Caves but the road into Jenolan closes at 4:30 to thru traffic. Guess who arrived at the checkpoint at 4:35 and got turned around? 🙄 If we go home that way we need to get there well before 4pm just to be certain of a thru run. It’s a lovely road when empty, as it was for me this evening. A pity as I had to double back (to Titania Rd) and the traffic leaving Jenolan was heavy and slow.
Edit: I had a look at Live Traffic and apparently the Jen Caves Rd at Five Miles is still permanently closed. I couldn’t have got through even if I reached the caves. Oh well….It looks like that idea is out for the time being but something to keep in mind for the future.
Photos of the moon rising taken from Jenolan Caves Road on the descent to Cox’s River. A magic piece of road. 👌
The minimum temp is rising but the maximum is dropping. Warm weather for penguins. Temp forecast for Oberon.
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That daily maximum continues to drop. Definitely Winter woollies weather.
Oberon
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Oberon
Hi Jim, not sure if your stilling looking for a suggestion to replace the Monkey cafe, but I went with a few guys on bikes through McKanes Falls Rd through to Jenolan Caves Rd and stopped at a lovely place with an amazing view called the Hampton Halfway Hotel. You can head off of Jenolan Caves Rd to Duckmaloi Rd which is admittedly a little rough in places to Oberon. Not sure exactly if the route you had planned but the road that way were pretty good on the bike..
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Hampton Halfway Hotel Motel · Jenolan Caves Rd, Hampton NSW 2790, Australia
★★★★☆ · Motel
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Hi Adam, Thanks for the recommendation. I’ve spoken to the people at the Victoria and Albert Guesthouse at Mt Victoria and they are opening the cafe early for us (9:15, so they said). Hopefully the fire will be lit. It was when I dropped in a couple of weeks ago. No view, but it was warm in front of the fire. They did SMS me a couple of days ago to confirm if we’ll be coming, so I assume it’ll be OK. If not, there’s a cafe over the road. For future reference, what time does the Halfway Hotel open? See you on Sunday, Cheers.👍Hi Jim, not sure if your stilling looking for a suggestion to replace the Monkey cafe, but I went with a few guys on bikes through McKanes Falls Rd through to Jenolan Caves Rd and stopped at a lovely place with an amazing view called the Hampton Halfway Hotel. You can head off of Jenolan Caves Rd to Duckmaloi Rd which is admittedly a little rough in places to Oberon. Not sure exactly if the route you had planned but the road that way were pretty good on the bike..
Hampton Halfway Hotel Motel · Jenolan Caves Rd, Hampton NSW 2790, Australia
★★★★☆ · Motel
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