Looks more n likely we will be at Nana Glen this year for June long Weekend.
Don't really want to travel the varicose vein (Pacific Highway-coast road)...and was thinking of going inland to Coffs.
Now I have heard of landslips happening on the Waterfall way east of Dorrigo...so my question is ...does anyone here have an up-to-date info on the road down the mountain please???
Have towed our Goldstream camper both ways on it in the past...so our current van should present no problem if road is OK...just select lower gears.
TIA.
Cheers Keith
Fringe Dweller said
06:36 AM Apr 3, 2016
Have not heard anything , we have had "showery" weather , but not much "heavy rain".
Check as you get closer to your trip.
Wanderlust said
08:42 AM Apr 3, 2016
Maybe phone the Thora General Store on (02) 6655 8540 for info.
LLD said
09:17 AM Apr 3, 2016
ST391GO.
I notice you are in Orange. I was planning a trip to Tweed Heads from Victoria next month and I generally have gone up the Newell / New England and down to the Pacific at some point. Google maps wants me to go to Cowra, Wellington, Dunnedoo, Tamworth. Is that road any good for pulling a 1600kg van?
Additionally, is there a quick / easy way to get to the Pacific Hwy from Orange / Bathurst other that what I've noted above and you are planning?
Late last year I came back from Coffs via Dorrigo, Armidale, Tamworth and then eventually down the Newell to Vic. Not impressed with Coffs to Armidale Road. Earlier this year I was camped with some people from Tenterfield and they said that was not one decent road from inland across to the coast. I did all the roads 25 years ago with a camper trailer and they were not good then.
-- Edited by LLD on Sunday 3rd of April 2016 09:18:09 AM
Yuglamron said
11:48 AM Apr 3, 2016
I would agree that there is no decent Road to get from the inland routes to the Coastal Route. ie Newel to Pacific Highway.
I was driving down to Victoria an my 8.5 ton MH flat towing a Suzuki Grand Vitara from Brisbane to Melbourne starting down the Pacific Hwy.as far as Grafton and made the decision to take the Armidale route. Beautiful scenery but oh so winding and some very steep climbs and descents and some of the bends with 15 KPH advisory signs. A 100 K journey took over four hours along that route. Very glad I never met a vehicle coming the other way.
-- Edited by Yuglamron on Sunday 3rd of April 2016 03:56:08 PM
LLD said
12:17 PM Apr 3, 2016
Yuglamron.
Did you go Grafton, Ebor, Armidale or Grafton, Glen Innes, Armidale? Google suggests I go via Ebor. Did via Glen Innes 25 years ago pulling a camper trailer and it was a nightmare. Sounds like you may have gone via Glen Innes as your description matches my memory of that road.
Diggings said
02:11 PM Apr 3, 2016
Mate the road is a bit windy but take your time and you wont have any trouble, we travel this road quite often, there are camps at Thora and Dorrigo showground if you want to have a look around, Dorrigo area is a nice spot to have a few days.
ST391GQ said
04:29 PM Apr 3, 2016
Bloody board keeps deleting my posts...so unable to answer query
-- Edited by ST391GQ on Sunday 3rd of April 2016 04:31:37 PM</sma Unable to reply...have done 2 replies now ....and this bloody board just ate them................
-- Edited by ST391GQ on Sunday 3rd of April 2016 04:51:45 PM
Yuglamron said
06:53 PM Apr 3, 2016
I did the road via Ebor. It was an interesting trip and would be great just by car. I wouldn't say I would never try that route again but I would try the Glen Innes Route next time and see what that route is like.
Grumpytoo said
08:15 PM Apr 3, 2016
From Orange/Bathurst to the Pacific Highway you could travel via the Bylong Valley Way through Kandos, Rylstone, Bylong to Sandy Hollow. Then take the Golden Valley Highway through Singleton to Maitland and get onto the Pacific Highway at Hexham. A lovely drive with 2 steep and bendy sections but bitumen all the way and no heavy traffic
Nelly said
09:47 AM Apr 4, 2016
The road from Grafton via Coutts Crossing, Hernani then to Ebor is another road. Narrow in places and windy but a good drive all the same. My husband pulled our horse gooseneck down that way quite often and said he would prefer that way to the Dorrigo mountain road. Enjoy what ever way you decide. Happy travels.
Fringe Dweller said
06:53 AM Apr 6, 2016
I WOULD Prefer Grafton , Armidale , New England Anyday.
From my place it is 15k longer on the New England to the roundabout at Beresfield.
But it is 40 minutes quicker on the Pacific. I get shunted by trucks. I get held up by "bloody caravans".
On the New England . I Enjoy the drive . Besides I was born in one of those bush villages on Armidale road.
Looks more n likely we will be at Nana Glen this year for June long Weekend.
Don't really want to travel the varicose vein (Pacific Highway-coast road)...and was thinking of going inland to Coffs.
Now I have heard of landslips happening on the Waterfall way east of Dorrigo...so my question is ...does anyone here have an up-to-date info on the road down the mountain please???
Have towed our Goldstream camper both ways on it in the past...so our current van should present no problem if road is OK...just select lower gears.
TIA.
Cheers Keith
Have not heard anything , we have had "showery" weather , but not much "heavy rain".
Check as you get closer to your trip.
ST391GO.
I notice you are in Orange. I was planning a trip to Tweed Heads from Victoria next month and I generally have gone up the Newell / New England and down to the Pacific at some point. Google maps wants me to go to Cowra, Wellington, Dunnedoo, Tamworth. Is that road any good for pulling a 1600kg van?
Additionally, is there a quick / easy way to get to the Pacific Hwy from Orange / Bathurst other that what I've noted above and you are planning?
Late last year I came back from Coffs via Dorrigo, Armidale, Tamworth and then eventually down the Newell to Vic. Not impressed with Coffs to Armidale Road. Earlier this year I was camped with some people from Tenterfield and they said that was not one decent road from inland across to the coast. I did all the roads 25 years ago with a camper trailer and they were not good then.
-- Edited by LLD on Sunday 3rd of April 2016 09:18:09 AM
I would agree that there is no decent Road to get from the inland routes to the Coastal Route. ie Newel to Pacific Highway.
I was driving down to Victoria an my 8.5 ton MH flat towing a Suzuki Grand Vitara from Brisbane to Melbourne starting down the Pacific Hwy.as far as Grafton and made the decision to take the Armidale route. Beautiful scenery but oh so winding and some very steep climbs and descents and some of the bends with 15 KPH advisory signs. A 100 K journey took over four hours along that route. Very glad I never met a vehicle coming the other way.
-- Edited by Yuglamron on Sunday 3rd of April 2016 03:56:08 PM
Did you go Grafton, Ebor, Armidale or Grafton, Glen Innes, Armidale? Google suggests I go via Ebor. Did via Glen Innes 25 years ago pulling a camper trailer and it was a nightmare. Sounds like you may have gone via Glen Innes as your description matches my memory of that road.
Bloody board keeps deleting my posts...so unable to answer query
-- Edited by ST391GQ on Sunday 3rd of April 2016 04:31:37 PM</sma Unable to reply...have done 2 replies now ....and this bloody board just ate them................
-- Edited by ST391GQ on Sunday 3rd of April 2016 04:51:45 PM
I did the road via Ebor. It was an interesting trip and would be great just by car. I wouldn't say I would never try that route again but I would try the Glen Innes Route next time and see what that route is like.
The road from Grafton via Coutts Crossing, Hernani then to Ebor is another road. Narrow in places and windy but a good drive all the same. My husband pulled our horse gooseneck down that way quite often and said he would prefer that way to the Dorrigo mountain road. Enjoy what ever way you decide. Happy travels.
I WOULD Prefer Grafton , Armidale , New England Anyday.
From my place it is 15k longer on the New England to the roundabout at Beresfield.
But it is 40 minutes quicker on the Pacific. I get shunted by trucks. I get held up by "bloody caravans".
On the New England . I Enjoy the drive . Besides I was born in one of those bush villages on Armidale road.
So it Must be the Best way.
& me dad & Grandma were too , so it Must be Great