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Canberra can't offer the likes of Tassie or Putty Road, but we do have some good punting roads to the west of town.

 

This is my regular route (went out today, actually).

 

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Covers:

 

Coppins Crossing Road

Cotter Road

Brindabella Road

Paddys River Road

Tidbinbilla Road

Point Hutt Road

 

You can take them in any sequence. I usually enter either from Coppins Crossing Road, Western Creek or down near Gordon.  Like all good roads, watch out for motorbikes and cyclists...you occasionally see police out there, but they are generally reasonable.  Some sections also have meandering family cars due to the bbq and swimming areas.

 

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If any of you are readers of www.ausmotive.com you'll notice that most of the 'drive through' test drives are conducted on Brindabella Road... http://www.ausmotive.com/category/reviews/drive-thru

 

A few cars Ausmotive has tested out there (I often go out with the owner of Ausmotive to help out)..

 

(that may or may not be me driving... ;) )

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This one too...

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Nice.

 

Yeah I frequently ran those roads on my Hayabusa before I sold it earlier this year.

 

There are a couple of good roads across the border on the way to Murrumbateman.

 

The best ride I ever did and you could easily drive it, was:

 

Hume Highway from Canberra to Suttons Forrest

 

Down into Kangaroo valley

 

Turn right onto the highway that leads to Batemans bay (Princess highway maybe?)

 

Follow that to just before the bay, turn off up to the Clyde Mountain

 

Clyde to Bungendore, left at Bungendore to Queanbeyan,

 

After Queanbeyan turn onto Sutton Road follow that to Hume Highway, then home to Gungahlin.

 

About 6 hours (at light speed), probably a little more with lunch etc.

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Yeah. Clyde's a classic too.

 

Should make a thread for that as well as some of the Snowy Mountain's runs...

 

Hey - did I see you out front Rolfe Classic just over a week ago with your bonnet and boot open?

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It'll be hard to miss that beautiful 964 of yours, I'll stop if I see you.

 

My everyday car is a Rodeo dual cab ute, but the plate will give it away if I'm in that ;)

 

We should get some runs in the new year with the Kollectiv.

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