Riding the Best Roads in Australia: The Oxley Highway
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- Опубліковано 21 чер 2016
- The Oxley Hwy is one of Australia's greatest motorbike roads. Come with us and find out why this is a road you have to ride. Read all about it here: motorbikewriter.com/matho-decl...
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Having grown up in Wauchope and with family still there, I regularly visit home from Sydney via the Thunderbolts and the Oxley by bike and car. Dozens of trips and still can't get enough of it! Great vid and cheers - Dave
Great Video Mick, I've missed you since you left RoadRider. I rode the Oxley once and it is everything you say it is and more. Can't wait to ride it again.
My lady and I drove up through there a few weeks ago (sadly, by car, not on our bikes this trip). First time I'd been up that way in years.
There were a lot of bikes on the mountain...all behaving themselves and having a ball....
I am originally from Wauchope and I used to ride up there quite often during the 1970's. Initially on a CB750 Four, later on a GL1000 GoldWing. The road was a whole lot trickier back in those days. Not for the faint hearted. It was narrow and there were no Armco safety barriers... just big, solid, white posts and wire mesh catch fences. A fair bit of the long plateau stretch towards Walcha was dirt back then, as I recall.
Today, the Oxley is awesome and the scenery is magnificent.... I can see a return trip on our bikes coming up, once the weather warms up... Cheers
Did you end up going on the bikes?
Great video. We did 7 laps last weekend, love the OX
Awesome video! Much more professionally produced than my review of the road. Matho did a great job!
The Walcha Royal is also my choice of place to stay when I am in the area.
Ever since I accidentally stumbled across the place a few years ago for lunch and got some advice on road conditions from Brad and Toni, I've introduced it to others and stayed there a few times. I also did a video review on the place when a mate and I had the whole place to ourselves. I always feel at home at the Walcha Royal. But it does get quite fresh there!
That brought back memories, although, several decades ago that section of the Oxley Hwy wasn't that well maintained, but still miles of fun. Didn't quite make that section of road while on a road trip last year (weather put a damper on it) however, I hope to include it at the end of this year. In the meantime I'm enjoying the roads of Far North Queensland.
Rode this yesterday, it is as smooth as silk and will not disapoint. Even if you want a gental cruise, the views are amazing but for the fast riders it is an absolute treat.
Love the OX, haven't done it since the fires hope to get back up there soon. Good video.
awesome road love driving it in my car and I'm lucky to live so close! Now I just need a bike!
Great presentation Mick, I wish this kind of thing was on the telly! You've certainly come a long way since starting as editor of Two Wheels, which I read religiously as a kid! Love your work!
Your video inspired me to ride the Oxley. Came down from Brisbane 2 days ago and ride it yesterday and am about to head out from the motel and do it all over again.
I usually vids from the US content creators simply due to the sheer range of choice. Coming across a well produced Aussie vid with that witty humor (Nah joking mate humour) once in a while is really refreshing to be honest
Got hit up near ginger’s in January, haven’t done it since. Keen to ride it again soon when the rain stops.
Nice . . .
A couple of months ago, I did the Grafton, Nymboida, Dorrigo run . . . Also nice . . .
Great info and great video thank you so much for the upload
Awesome vid! Can’t wait to hit the Oxley highway tomorrow!
Many years since I have been up that way , BUT you guys have got to come ride the Snowy Loop , Cooma, Jindabyne, Thredbo, Kanchoban, Cabramurra , Adaminaby, Cooma.,
A thrilling adventure on a bike, but I did the opposite. Tamworth to Coffs in a '89 LandCruiser troopcarrier. Slow and painful. Now I have my Ls, and I'm keen to do it again the fun way when I get a good bike
Far out what a brilliant review! I'm just about to email the boys for our next ride in September. Guess where we're going? Thanks again.
Great vid a must do ride.
Great work Mick I used to enjoy your stuff at AMCN too :^P
Thanks for the video I might do this one soon
Amazing video production. Def on my list. #F800GT
awesome video mate, definitely will be doing the Oxley once covid lockdown is relaxed.
This is on my bucket list!
You would love New Norfolk to Burnie via lake Pedder and Strahan. The best bike road in Australia.
Great video thank you
Great video!
Excellent video! 👍
I live too far away from there, Springwood Road at Yarramundi is as close as I get to the same quality
Nice work,,
Nice video!
Great Video! My wife and I are jumping over the ditch in November for a weeks riding but to be honest, I am not sure where to go yet !! we did Blue mountains, Bylong valley way and around that area last year and was great.
Was thinking about Sydney to Walcha via Thunderbolt way then continue up New England HWY maybe,
Then again maybe fly into Melbourne is there great riding around Melbourne?? great ocean road then.....???
Such a big country to many great choices HAHA
All sounds god. Do the GOR midweek. Too many tourists on the weekends.
Take caution 2 weeks ago top up fuel tanks on two bikes at gingers bikes ran like shit
Melbourne or Sydney which is better in this case?
Hey mate, recommend this road for a nice cruise with a car also ?
As long as you don't mind very windy roads.
Is this better than the Great Ocean Road?
The GOR is more scenic, but the ride is spoilt by reduced speed limits, heavy police patrols, too much slow-moving traffic, ignorant drivers who won't let you past and international tourists who forget we drive on the left! The Oxley has more variety, is quieter and has fewer police patrols.
Not jealous... 😥
great vid mate but the only thing that was very bad was!! where you had your bike parked over night. the aussie flag was touching the ground!!! very bad mate
skip to 10:32 for actual riding.
Pretty boring actually