The Cormanus Chronicles — 2025 January

[Cormanus]

12 January 2025

Day 4: Boorowa – Bathurst – Tarana – Oberon – Boorowa
 

Link to outbound map

There was rain forecast for later that day and, as it was more likely to fall in the east which was where we hoped to go, we opted for a day of local riding — going where the rain wasn't and hoping to dodge or outrun it.

Nah.

We had a lovely ride, retracing my steps to Wyaralong but then sticking to the Reg Hailstone Way until Woodstock and the Great Western Highway. That landed us in Blayney where we took coffee and contemplated our next move.

AussieFlyer astern leaving Boorowa


AussieFlyer leads on a more interesting road

AussieFlyer decided it would be fun to ride the Mount Panorama motor racing circuit at Bathurst — see here for my ride around it in 2020. It was fun, although I forgot to take more photos to improve on my not-so-good ones from the previous trip.


Zooming in should reveal the white stones spelling "Mount Panorama" at the top of the racing circuit

We then proceeded to the Tarana Hotel along a pretty country road I've not been on for some years. There's a couple of pretty railway bridges including the one below.


After Tarana there were no more photos: the weather started to close in. We ran quickly along the pretty Hazelgrove Road to Oberon where we refuelled. Fortunately, it was Sunday so we were able to park our bikes on the footpath under an awning to avoid a rapidly approaching storm. We enjoyed the display of lightning from under cover in the café next door. It passed, but it was clear more was coming, so we donned our wets and took the main road to Bathurst, Cowra and back to the Boorowa Hotel. Just south of Bathurst we got a serious drenching and met some scattered showers as we arrived at Boorowa.