Best Driving Road In NSW - Which one challenges you?

[Mechan1k]

Originally Posted by phat_stak_tipa

Putty Road Come On Guys

I live near the East Kurrajong turn-off ... drive it everyday to work.
Sometimes head north for a quick blat ... good times.

Nice work Orbit ... I'd need to take some photos while out and about as well.

Got some pics of driving in the wet down between Kiama and Berry ... nice roads down there as well.

[Mechan1k]

Originally Posted by phat_stak_tipa

mate just had a look at braidwood/kings hwy......WOW what a road could anybody give me heads up as to road surface along this route e.g good tar or is it chopped up.......i ride a bike and would like to do that run one day mmmmmmcorners

Used to fang along there in my old Proton (it was bloody low ... but I had decent suspension under it) ... great road indeed.

bad weather down through Government Bend can produce some thick fog and wet weather can make it a tad treacherous as well ... but a rewarding road nonetheless.

I used to get bored between nightshift and drive from Sydney to Queanbeyan ... to Braidwood ... to Batemans' Bay ... and back to Sydney via the coast ... used to kill about 6-7 hours the night before a nightshift.

Since I have been married though ... it's rare to get out on a road trip on my own and enjoy a spirited drive.

[Mechan1k]

Galston Rd is fun ... also going from Castle Hill to Wisemans Ferry .. and then over the Ferry and up to Somersby from there ... also the back roads out through Maralya from Wisemans is good fun as well (night time you need decent lights though as some corners can be a surprise ... as well as wildlife too).

[Orbit]

braidwood to batemens is a great bit of track.

[Peter T]

I enjoy Bell's Line of Road, ! and the Princes Highway from about Kiama nsw to Lakes Entrance Vic for a longer run, and of course there is Dorrigo down to Coffs harbour ??

[Mechan1k]

The coast road down to Vic is nice ... I have been to Mallacoota a few times ... good road indeed. Narooma has nice roads down there.

Definitely a good road up to Dorrigo from Coffs ... agreed there ... and also continue along to Ebor and across to Armidale as well ... great sweepers out there ... I want to drive that road again ... I have done it once ... I have to do it again.

[Orbit]

dorigio to armidale along the dirt is awesome as well,

[photn]

Lol Hijack hehehehehe first time ive seen this.......

[weenie]

The Putty road, only i havnt driven it for a while. The cooma road from Braidwood till it goes to dirt.

[CobraLeMans]

Originally Posted by phat_stak_tipa

mate just had a look at braidwood/kings hwy......WOW what a road could anybody give me heads up as to road surface along this route e.g good tar or is it chopped up.......i ride a bike and would like to do that run one day mmmmmmcorners

Road condition is excellent and well suited for a bike. Rode my MV down there earlier this year and had too much fun Must admit though, had way more fun in a car.

[Zetec20]

national park is good but the road surface is shitty, too many large bumps for the likign of how low my car is

didn't mind the old pac, of course getting aroudn a mercedes that was doing 45kmh on a tiny straight made it all the more exciting

macquarie pass, recently resurfaced mmmm mmm

I did Galstone Gorge after work today, and gawd damn!

Its not too bad, but only if you are certain their is no other traffic. The lanes are barely wide enough for a Focus let alone a big 4WD lumbering towards you. Surface is choppy and the big a** reflectors on the hairpins I recon cause more chance of understeering, when tyre hits the slippery plastic, locks up, and the ABS goes nuts hampering your braking on a perfect piece of grippy ashpalt. By the time you realise this is happening you are already trying to turn in but the car is too fast to turn.

Macquarie Pass still gets my vote, especially when following a certain grey Zetec

[RichieMK6]

OLD ROAD ,any1 keen for a old road run next week ???

[Mechan1k]

Old Road isn't that much fun anymore ... cops hide along it now ... they have stationed themselves in several areas along there ... nighttimes as well. Mainly because of the bikes though.

[RichieMK6]

well i do the road bout 3 times a month , neva seen them hiding , And a stock Fiesta is abit of a sleeper

[xbgs351]

Originally Posted by Orbit

mt selwyn to Khancoban to threadbo along the alpine way. remembering to stop at scamells spur.
now that is a real drivers road!
also Araluen to Moruya is a fetchin great piece of dirt track.

I would agree, except the speed limits have been dropped to either 60 or 80 km/h and the police find those roads rich pickings.

[MISTA FIESTA]

Did Galston Gorge on the weekend, was lots of fun. Not as free flowing as other roads and speed signs are a bit decieving. Traffic was light but got stuck behind an echo that didnt wanna use the accelerator.

[Teki04]

Originally Posted by Abraxas

I also like the Putty Rd (not listed), but haven't driven on it for a while.

That is a great stretch of road. Did it in my Fiesta a while back. It was great on the way there, but on the way back in the HEAVY rain... I remember getting to the end and the other guys asking 'How was your ESP going?', and when I replied 'What ESP?' they were all a little shocked.

Great road, great corners, and some good opportunities to overtake slower traffic too :

[Teki04]

Originally Posted by Zetec20

national park is good but the road surface is shitty, too many large bumps for the likign of how low my car is

Hence why on the peak of the mountain, you drive nice and slow and just 'glide' over the bumps, and then give it some stick in the corners :P

The newly turfed section about 5km before you get to Stanwell Tops is the best though. I could do that section about 5 times a day!

Basically, start at the Waterfall turn off in the natio park, and then head towards Stanwell. Get to Stanwell Tops, and do it all again :

[Zetec20]

Originally Posted by BlackLS

Macquarie Pass still gets my vote, especially when following a certain grey Zetec

*puts hand up*

that was meeeeeeeeee!

[RichieMK6]

Spirited drive this Fri nite anyone ???