28 Where should I ride in the Australian Capital Territory?
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This article is from the Australia Motorcycles FAQ, by Cameron Simpson cs@zip.com.au with numerous contributions by others.
28 Where should I ride in the Australian Capital Territory?
The Uriarra/Cotter loop is a fantastic stretch of road, with wide
variations in road 'style' and landscape type. Start on the Cotter
road, turn off at Coppins Crossing, then head onto Uriarra
road. Follow Uriarra until the Turn-off back to canberra, and it will
take you back onto the Cotter road just before Cotter Pub. Continue
along Cotter road to Tuggeranong, and return to canberra along any
viable route.
You can continue from the Cotter Pub south down past Murray's Corner
and Tidbinbilla to Tharwa and back up the Monaro Hwy. The bit through
the pine forest past Murray's Corner is a bit prone to
slow/unpredicatble traffic and gravel on the road but once it opens
up, its quite good, and makes the ride about twice as long.
A quick fang up Coppins Crossing is always fun.
Heading down the coast via the Clyde mountains is an interesting ride
with lots of twisties in the later sections, and the ride up the coast
from Batemans bay to Sydney (through the national park south of
sydney) is a great alternative to the highway (if you have a few extra
hours to spare)
The road down Brown Mtn (between Cooma and the coast) is a vastly
better road than Clyde Mtn. Every time I went down Clyde Mtn
(admittedly a long time ago), the road surface was shocking. Of
course, both Brown Mtn and Clyde Mtn are in NSW, not ACT.
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