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Bicentennial National Trail

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    Gerd
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    Next year I'm doing a bicycle-tour in Australia from Adelaide to
    Cairns. For the part in Queensland I'm thinking about following the
    Bicentennial National Trail. I have some questions.

    1. The BNT-website states that mountainbiking is possible on almost
    the whole trail in Queensland. This information dates from 1997. Is it
    still accurate? Is it also possible to cycle the trail with a good
    touring-bike with luggage on the front and back?

    2. I would like to read some experiences from poeple who have been
    cycling that part of the BNT. Googling I only found a link to a
    travelogue from Rebecca Burtt and David Waugh, but that link doesn't
    work anymore.

    3. According to the BNT-website you need the guide-books to follow the
    trail. It is not that I mind buying them, but that suggests that you
    have to look in the guide-book or on the map all the time when
    cycling. I wouldn't like that. Is it possible to follow the trail
    without looking at the guide-book or map all the time?

    Thanks for this and all other information about the BNT.

    Gerd

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  2. Terry Collins
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    Gerd said:


    Next year I'm doing a bicycle-tour in Australia from Adelaide to
    Cairns. For the part in Queensland I'm thinking about following the
    Bicentennial National Trail. I have some questions.

    You are going to have to buy the guide books at least. This isn't Europe
    or the US and sign posting is minimal. I would recommend SunMaps as
    well. If you want height information, then you are really going to need
    NatMap (or whatever they are called now) 1:100,000 series.

    The trail is really designed for horse and rider, but where a horse can
    go, so can a bushwalker and so can a bicycle rider, so long as you don't
    mind carrying or walking your bicycle a bit.

    So, so long as you love gravel roads and understand that the thinner the
    tyre, the more walking you are going to have to do, there will be no
    problems. People were bicycle touring/bicycle exploring on the routes
    before MTBs.

    My comments are based on seeing some bits in SE Qld and across
    Barrington Tops (NSW) where descending can be a bit like scree running
    {:-). Then all of a sudden you will be gliding along on the most
    wonderful surface you have ever ridden on.

    Look at it this way, give it a go and there are plenty of alternate
    routes/roads around. Explore a little.

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  3. gaza
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    "Terry Collins" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Gerd said:


    Next year I'm doing a bicycle-tour in Australia from Adelaide to
    Cairns. For the part in Queensland I'm thinking about following the
    Bicentennial National Trail. I have some questions.


    I,ve done some of the sections in Guide Book #7 Killarney to Ebor.
    The main trip I did was from Tenterfield to Grafton in 5 days.
    I used the alternative route suggestion for mountain bikes as the trail is
    pretty rough and wild in some sections. The tracks are rough stone in some
    parts and in others a nice compacted fine rock. In the more isolated areas I
    never saw one other person for 3 days. Email me if you want some more
    detailed info.
    I also bushwalk some of the area and had compass and 1:25000 topo maps

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