Awesome!

Take the Princes Highway to Cann River and turn left. The first intersection you will come to is Rockton Junction, some 59 km away and about 15 km over the border. There is no petrol here. (Bombala, another 30 km)

Fill up with petrol at Cann River. (Note: excellent take-away food diagonally opposite the servo complete with painted wall murals in the toilets. I digress.)

Take the only road heading north out of town - watch for cops on the outskirts. The road follows the Cann River and its flood plain for the next 45 km. The road winds in and out, gently rising all the time. The road surface is excellent, capable of supporting medium to high speed riding. Sections of high speed sweepers, some around blind corners, abound. Sensational road.

Nearing the border the road rises steeply and is nolonger as smooth as the lower reaches because the log trucks damage the surface. Picking a line through is fairly easy. Biggest problem : tyre wear!

Over the border into NSW, the last section to be sealed, is much straighter. The surface is faultless, unlimited speed available. Huge sweepers, good visibility, more like a freeway.

The best direction is heading north: as per usual, riding uphill is easier/more fun than riding downhill.

This road is quite technical and with practise can be riden very fast. Most first timers descibe it as sensational, awesome etc.

What to do when you get to Rockton Junction? Either head north to Bombala and beyond, or my favourite, turn right and head for the coast on the Imlay Rd:

56 km long, pure logging truck road, no intersections, all bitumen, fast, wide, hairy! Plenty of kangaroos and black wallabies. The whole area abounds with them, especially early morning and early evening. They are pretty used to heavy vehicles and tend to just look up rather than dart across the road. Logging trucks damage the road on the north side when they are fully laden and heading for Ben Boyd woodchip mill on the coast, near Eden.

This road goes between nowhere and nowhere and I have never seen a police presence. Best direction is up from the coast, but it is still excellent heading down from the high country. Numerous high speed sweepers curling around hills, no tight stuff, designed for high speed log trucks! One long fast down hill right hander early on is always chopped up - use the other side of the road! Or suffer the occasional tank slapper! Quite safe at sane speeds of course.

Not to be missed.

Last Modified: Ben Warden, 11-3-2006