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Northern New South Wales on a typical sunny day. Sat Apr 16, 2011 11:13 pm
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Who of us 'need' an excuse to ride?! I found myself with a few hours to spare late last week and decided to take a spin through the familiar sugar cane fields of the Tweed River Valley and along the back roads down towards Byron Bay and back up again on the motorway as the sun slowly faded from high and brilliant to casting long shadows, the clocks now turned back and the scent and sense of Autumn hanging in the air.
The bike sits and waits outside the garage on a fine and sunny Autumn day at my home in Varsity Lakes, Queensland.
The view of the valley from high up on Terranora Road. This was my commuting road as I descended daily into the cane fields on my way to and from work.
Freshly planted sugar cane grows across thousands af hectares of wet lands along the bottom of the valley near Murwillumbah, New South Wales.
The picturesque village of Tumbulgum sits dead level with the slow moving and dark Tweed River as it wends its way out to the sea at Fingal Beach and Tweed Heads.
Brilliant blue skies and bright green pastures contrast nicely near Mullumbimby, New South Wales as I stopped to have a short 'smoko' and survey the scenery around me.
I stopped for a coffee under the swaying palms in charming little Bangalow just across from the historic and slightly retro Bangalow Hotel where bands play and great counter meals are served of a Sunday arvo.
The Pacific Highway starts to get good for bikes round about here, near Bangalow.
Looking out towards Byron Bay and the mighty blue South Pacific from the roadside lookout at the top of St Helena. There are many, many miles of mostly empty beaches with brilliant white sand and plenty of good surf breaks along the shoreline.
In the distance stands of Macadamia nut trees cover the hillsides near St Helena.
Bananas, macadamia nuts and tea are just a few of the delicacies grown in this region. Up the road and round the corner a bit in Nimbin other pleasures await you in the relaxing wisp of smoke on the breeze.
A part of the vast Madura Tea Plantation alongside twisty and smooth Clothier's Creek Road, Nunderi, NSW.
Quite a lot of the roads round here are easy, two-lane ways roads with 80 or 100 kph speed limits, just perfect for a gentle burn up on a long-legged K100 and a sunny day. I might add that I obligingly observe the limits in towns and keep an eye out for constabulary enforcement once on the outskirts and under way. Nudge, wink.
One of the many fine roads in the region, this is the 16 kilometre-long back way from North Tumbulgum bridge to Murwillumbah alongside the Tweed River through the cane fields. It's a let-er-rip sort of bitumen track!
A banana's view of the man-made state border at Coolangatta, Queensland and Tweed Heads, NSW and the Pacific ocean.
Fine wisps of cloud against blue sky over the Tweed River as the riding day draws to a close.
The bike sits and waits outside the garage on a fine and sunny Autumn day at my home in Varsity Lakes, Queensland.
The view of the valley from high up on Terranora Road. This was my commuting road as I descended daily into the cane fields on my way to and from work.
Freshly planted sugar cane grows across thousands af hectares of wet lands along the bottom of the valley near Murwillumbah, New South Wales.
The picturesque village of Tumbulgum sits dead level with the slow moving and dark Tweed River as it wends its way out to the sea at Fingal Beach and Tweed Heads.
Brilliant blue skies and bright green pastures contrast nicely near Mullumbimby, New South Wales as I stopped to have a short 'smoko' and survey the scenery around me.
I stopped for a coffee under the swaying palms in charming little Bangalow just across from the historic and slightly retro Bangalow Hotel where bands play and great counter meals are served of a Sunday arvo.
The Pacific Highway starts to get good for bikes round about here, near Bangalow.
Looking out towards Byron Bay and the mighty blue South Pacific from the roadside lookout at the top of St Helena. There are many, many miles of mostly empty beaches with brilliant white sand and plenty of good surf breaks along the shoreline.
In the distance stands of Macadamia nut trees cover the hillsides near St Helena.
Bananas, macadamia nuts and tea are just a few of the delicacies grown in this region. Up the road and round the corner a bit in Nimbin other pleasures await you in the relaxing wisp of smoke on the breeze.
A part of the vast Madura Tea Plantation alongside twisty and smooth Clothier's Creek Road, Nunderi, NSW.
Quite a lot of the roads round here are easy, two-lane ways roads with 80 or 100 kph speed limits, just perfect for a gentle burn up on a long-legged K100 and a sunny day. I might add that I obligingly observe the limits in towns and keep an eye out for constabulary enforcement once on the outskirts and under way. Nudge, wink.
One of the many fine roads in the region, this is the 16 kilometre-long back way from North Tumbulgum bridge to Murwillumbah alongside the Tweed River through the cane fields. It's a let-er-rip sort of bitumen track!
A banana's view of the man-made state border at Coolangatta, Queensland and Tweed Heads, NSW and the Pacific ocean.
Fine wisps of cloud against blue sky over the Tweed River as the riding day draws to a close.
