Charlie's purchase of a WR250R prompted a couple discussions about a weekend rides. With nary more than a meeting time and a barely amenable weather forecast, we hit a variation of this ride . Essentially, we left my place and followed what is my go-to route to Mt Barker to meet Dean. From Mt Barker, along Back Callington rd, past the mine and then out to the NE toward Mannum. This time we crossed the Bremer Valley road and kept heading NE. Link for route: https://goo.gl/maps/AFn7nX9MrXA2 Preammina Rd/Panican Hill road were narrow and reasonably kept dirt, nicely windy but still quick. Good visibility. I could see we were approaching the edge of the river flats and the Bitumen of Reedy Creek Road and turned back to the NW, along Talbot road, until we hit Black Heath Road. Black Heath road was dirt, but a much wider and much more well groomed road, albeit some spectacular views. It's hilly country, with a lot of rocky outcrops. Winter rains have filled th...
Keen to head out to Razorback Ridge and look at the spine of magnetite before the iron ore industry picks back up and they tear this one out. Pics from the Magnetite Mines project gallery . Pretty interesting looking spot, something about the black jagged rock in the middle of nowhere seems appealing. Pretty rugged and empty country given the close proximity to Adelaide. Here's a rough two-three day loop to cut past it. Probably tie this in with a trip through Mt Bruce and Caroona Creek CP. Haven't mapped them because google doesn't want to play ball with locating the roads etc. https://goo.gl/maps/fgsvPT5mekk
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