Bill and his wife travelled from Adelaide to the Central West to explore one of the region's best kept secrets: the Wollemi National Park. Here's what they had to say about their cycling experience.

 

 

 

We normally use regular bikes, but were glad to have e-bikes on this trip.  Shawn from Australian Cycle Tours looked after us very well, for example delivering bikes, moving luggage, explaining how to charge the batteries, plus tips on local attractions.  Fortunately we avoided punctures! 

 

 

The route includes a range of surfaces, from quiet bitumen roads, to gravel and dirt. In general the bikes handled this well, but we would have happily skipped some corrugations!  Of course, there is a short section of dedicated bike track between Kandos and Rylstone.  

 

The Eastern section of the trip next to the Wollemi National Park was the most scenic. We were lucky to have great weather for this beautiful area.   Some mornings were pretty cold, with a heavy frost.  We enjoyed staying in the stone cottage at a farmstay for two nights, plus talking with the owners and taking local walks.   

 

 

Kandos and Rylstone are charming old towns, trying to develop tourism and artistic activities after the closure of various industries.  In May, we found that dining and shopping options are more limited in the first half of the week.    

 

Over four days of cycling, you’ll cover much of what defines this region including cycling through native bushland, along quiet backroads through pastoral sheep country, along ridge lines with amazing views to the peaks in the distance, through areas renowned for bird sightings and passing by koala habitat. 

 

Follow country roads past swamps and amazing rock formations known as pagodas and spend two nights in the Ganguddy region of the Wollemi National Park, before returning to Kandos. Opportunities to add kayaking and an Indigenous immersion walk, discover museums, art galleries and vineyards and dine on superb international cuisine complement the cycling experience.
 

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