4 days Bathurst to Gloucester and return

Day 1 - Bathurst to Tamworth - 450 Kilometres

Depart Bathurst, ride through fantastic towns such as Ilford, Kandos, Rylstone, Muswellbrook and Nundle. Ride the Bylong Valley Way, among the top 10 rides in the country, including the 140-kilometre stretch between Ilford and Sandy Hollow was named in the drive.com.au Top Ten Great Aussie Drives. Spend the night in Tamworth.

Day 2 - Tamworth to Gloucester - 390 Kilometres

Breakfast followed by a visit next door to the Powerhouse Motorcycle Museum, a must see for any bike enthusiast. Hit the road to the motorcycle friendly township of Walcha. Ride the Oxley Highway to Wauchope through the gateway of mountains of the Great Dividing Range.

Make your way to Gloucester for the night.

Day 3 - Gloucester to Windsor - 330 kilometres

Depart Gloucester and ride some glorious byways via Stratford, Stroud and Dungog, then start the Putty Road at Singleton. At the end of the Putty Road, arrive in Windsor.

Day 4 - Windsor to Bathurst - 450 Kilometres

The morning will be spent tracking from Windsor to Dapto, followed by Robertson, then Goulburn, the home of the Big Merino, then follow the great country roads north through Taralga and Oberon back to Bathurst.

Singleton

Start of Putty Road

Sofala

Ilford

Start of the Bylong Valley Way

Kandos

Rylstone

Sandy Hollow

End of Bylong Valley Way

Muswellbrook

Scone

Optional loop via Gundy and Timor, rejoin main route at Blandford

Blandford

Willow Tree

Nundle

River Road Rest Area

Bowling Alley Point

Tamworth

Overnight at Rydges Powerhouse Hotel. Visit Powerhousr Motorcycle Museum in the morning before getting back on the road.

Tintinhull

Turn right onto Sandy Road

Limbri

Danglemah

Woolbrook

Turn right onto Oxley Highway

Walcha

Wauchope

Gloucester

Overnight at the Roundabout Inn

Stroud

Dungog

Windsor

Overnight at the Crowne Plaza Windsor

Princes Motorway

Exit left onto Terry Street - ignore map error directing you to continue on Princes Motorway

Albion Park

Turn right onto Tongarra Road

Robertson

Stop at Robertson Pie Shop

Moss Vale

Goulburn

Turn right onto Union Street

Taralga

Porters Retreat

Turn right ontop Shooters Hill Road

Turn left onto Edith Road

Turn right onto O'Connell Road

Bathurst

End

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