Australian Motorcyclist — January 2018

W

E RECENTLY RODE
this route, and it brought
back so many pleasant
memories that I really wanted to share
it. There wasn’t room in the main story

• in this issue or the next – so I thought
  I’d better do a map. The south of NSW,
  especially the coast and nearby hilly

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country, is full of wonderful rides but

this is one of the best.

BEGA

No, it’s not just a brand of cheese

but a buzzing, stylish town not

far from the coast, on the Princes

Highway. Once a staid stop-

over for fuel and little else on

the way between Melbourne

and Sydney, Bega has become

a thoroughly modern place

with open-air cafés and all the

other services you might want,

including a modern hospital.

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things to do. Apart from the

cheese factory just out of town

to the north, there’s Tathra on

the coast with its giant pier and

beaches and lots of excellent

riding all around. Ben Boyd

and Mimosa Rocks national parks are

well worth visiting.

NUMBUGGA

Numbugga has a population of more

than 300 people, but I’m buggered if I

know where they hang out. The place

GOING UP

Bega to Cooma, NSW WORDS THE BEAR