Nundell a sleepy little town about 240 kilometers
north of Singleton in New South Wales just getting there is an adventure.
We had planned a loop taking us from Elliston to Nundell and back home by Barry Station and its 20
water crossings please join me and my mates as we take on this awesome overnight adventure the ride
out to Elliston was supposed to be an uneventful ride but a series of moss covered causeways
changed all that. These concrete causeways are constantly covered
in flowing water and the moss that grows on them is like grease to walk or ride on.
I thought I was going slow enough just barely idling through in third gear
not much above walking pace but my front tire had other ideas it went sideways and I went down hard.
That is slippery. I was down
Alex is through.
Oh geez.
With causeways now earning a lot more respect my new course of action was to pull the clutch in
cruise through them as slow as possible and then head out the other side.
We were now into the open farming country
this is what we had come for great flowing trails with 360 degree views all around.
I had chosen a new route that would take us close to mount Barrington
the tracks in here were still wet and had plenty of boggy mud holes to catch the unwary.
It was now getting late and we had to push on to make it to Nundal before dark.
In our haste to make it to camp before dark I'd scored myself a flat tire
but quickly set about fixing it, and showing the other boys how an enduro gun fixes the tire.
I've got the patch on just uh rubbing it in
How many um tires have I changed?
I was going to pack my electric pump but I decided against it.
Tapping at home now. 12 minutes from start to finish easy.
Darkness was soon upon us so we set about fixing the fire and then settling in for the
night. The next morning we were all up early and headed for Barry, we were going to ride through
Barry Station and it's famous 20 water crossings.
That was just a taste of some of the water crossing fun you can have in Barry Station.
We were now climbing out of the valley and up into the rolling hills and farmland once again
everywhere you looked there was panoramic views that just make this an awesome adventure ride and
so close to Sydney. We were now heading for home and thought all of the adventure was behind us
little did we know that we had forgotten about the concrete causeways and their slippery moss.
Maybe it was this one no it was the last one yeah gags
watch out it's like ice. You okay Alex?
What's that
ah
Can you move it?
Just rest for a minute and we'll get your bike up. Hang on boys.
What do you need? How do you want to get up. it's my right knee so that's good. try to
put weight on it all right ah it's not it's not destroyed but it's not good okay.
It's not pretty but i don't want to crash.Aall right i'm through
So slippery.
Alex is back on the bike and mobile which is good it looked nasty for a minute.
Fingers crossed we can all get home. Just as we were leaving,
I was riding last, I saw coming the other way... a road bike rider heading into disaster. I knew
if I didn't turn around and try to warn him or at least help him he'd be in for a bad surprise.
Are
you alright mate? I came back because I thought you might have some mischief.
yeah good idea. I'll come with you you didn't hurt yourself oh no not pretty much.
it's gonna be fun gear lever bent.
all right check that out.
All right he's right, That's my good deed for the day, helping a fellow bike rider.
With my good day done it was time to turn around head back to the others and start our way home.
It was a classic end to another Shonky Adventure.