Friday, December 25, 2009

The Ride

Did I say 1700 kilometers? Its close, something like 1565 kilometers across three States is the latest estimate.

26 riders and 6 support crew start at Lyndoch in South Australia with the route unraveling like this...

Day 1   Sat        6th  Mar    Lyndoch to Swan Reach       SA            83k
Day 2   Sun       7th  Mar    Swan Reach to Loxton          SA            95k
Day 3   Mon      8th  Mar    Loxton to Meringur               VIC          85k
Day 4   Tue       9th  Mar    Meringur to Mildura               VIC          94k
Day 5   Wed   10th  Mar    Rest Day
Day 6   Thu     11th  Mar    Mildura to Robinvale              VIC          85k
Day 7   Fri       12th  Mar    Robinvale to Balranald           VIC          81k
Day 8   Sat      13th  Mar    Balranald to Hay                    NSW      133k
Day 9   Sun     14th  Mar    Hay to Carrathool                  NSW        65k
Day 10 Mon    15th  Mar    Carrathool to Griffith              NSW        81k
Day 11 Tue      16th  Mar    Rest Day
Day 12 Wed    17th  Mar    Griffith to Ardlethan               NSW        86k
Day 13 Thu      18th  Mar    Ardlethan to West Wyalong  NSW        71k
Day 14 Fri       19th  Mar    West Wyalong to Forbes       NSW      104k
Day 15 Sat      20th  Mar     Forbes to Parkes                  NSW        33k
Day 16 Sun     21st   Mar    Parkes to Peak Hill                NSW        50k
Day 17 Mon    22nd Mar    Peak Hill to Dubbo                NSW        71k
Day 18 Tue     23rd  Mar    Dubbo to Dunedoo                NSW        90k
Day 19 Wed   24th  Mar    Dunedoo to Coolah                NSW        46k
Day 20 Thu     25th  Mar    Coolah to Quirindi                  NSW      138k
Day 21 Fri       26th  Mar    Quirindi to Tamworth             NSW        74k

That gives a total distance of 1565 mountain bike kilometers, however, at this stage the exact ride route is still under development and with mainly ‘off-road tracks” and “outback roads” forming the route it is anticipated an extra 200km to the ride distance will be added achieving the 1700 kilometer mark

view the route in Google maps here

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