Central West Cycle Ride 2020

Starting and ending in Mudgee, the Central West Cycle Ride is a challenging cycling holiday that should be done in 9 days or so.

We chose to do the ride in 7 days because of time constraints, and even though it wasn’t the most difficult ride, the long distances can make it very demanding.

Aim for late September to get the best weather. We stayed with Garry at Mudgee, his property is fantastic and he let us keep the car at his place while we did the loop.

Ride Segments

Day 1 – Mudgee to Gulgon

We lost the log for this segment of the ride 😥 But do remember it was very easy starting off with no hills in a paved road until it turned to gravel. A couple of magpie attacks reminded us what was in store, but we survived. Easy ride, arrived at Gulgon around midday, had a […]

Day 2 – Gulgon to Dunedoo

Arrived in Gulgon early at the Ten Dollar Hotel and had a coffee. Christian was finishing off a work project and cussing about the wifi access … I went for a walk around the town, it’s a pretty place, full of old tat shops that make you want to slit your wrist … Went back […]

Day 3 – Dunedoo to Mendooran

Fearful of having a hot day ahead of us, we woke up relatively early. The night before we had dinner at The New Orchid, which is a Chinese-Australian restaurant, a nice break from the pub meals we’ve been enjoying every evening. We headed to have what we thought would be a quick brekkie at the […]

Day 4 – Mendooran Dubbo

Dinner (Day 3) was at the hotel at Mendooran, a true piece of old Australia … not necessarily in the best sense … After making the acquinatnce of Sharon and Dave on the balcony outside our room (names disguised to protect the guilty) and hearing about the woes of the car driver vis a vis […]

Day 5 – Dubbo to Wellington

This was supposed to be a hard day but we managed to wake up relatively late to recover from the previous days’ ride. We had dinner at the hotel bar with Clifton and by the end of the night we could barely keep our eyes open. The hotel at Dubbo was OK, a bit pricey […]

Day 6 – Wellington to Gulgong

Our Wellington experience was lovely: Hermitage Hill Retreat an old hospital converted into hotel/convention centre, up high overlooking the town. We were in the old nurses’ quarters, end room with a lovely terrace looking over towards the town. Wellington itself, especially from where we entered had a pretty run-down look. We later learned that there […]

Day 7 – Gulgong to Mudgee

Very lazy morning – it’s only 30Km back to Mudgee, so we are taking our sweet time to do everything. Breakfast delivered to the room at 8.30, delicious poached eggs, bacon, and toast. Checkout out of the hotel at around 9.30am and started our way back to the starting point. Even though I am not […]