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stop if you’re heading north and get
away late from Sydney – it’s only two
and a half hours by the highway – or
if you’re coming south and it’s getting
a bit too late to push on to the smoke.
It’s a bit early to tell what the new
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Bulahdelah. There are quite a few “for
sale” signs on businesses around town,
but I suspect that the town will not
only survive but prosper. It’s the main
turnoff to the beautiful Myall Lakes,
and it’s a good base to check out a
number of other attractions as well.
So let’s see where you might like to roll
around the rock!

DEVIL’S HILLS
This is a range of, well, hills
predictably enough, between the
Bucketts Way at Booral south of
Stroud, and Bulahdelah. It’s not a
brilliant road as far as condition is
concerned, but it is fun to ride. Beware

• there is one hairpin which can easily
  catch out any young players. If you’re

coming from the south, from Sydney

or Newcastle, say, take the Bucketts

Way and then cut across to the

Bulahdelah Way rather than going up

the (not very interesting) highway. The

only services are at either end.

WOOTTON WAY

North of Bulahdelah, this is the old

highway which was replaced by the

freeway. It has some dual road and

riding it is a bit of a strange experience

because it is practically unused. Beware

the surface; moss grows on it, deep

leaf mulch makes it slippery and water

runs across it, often marked by lichen

growth. Eerie but interesting. There

is a rest area on the western side of

the road, below Sullivans Gap, which

is actually quite nice now it doesn’t

get much attention any more. It has

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