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DaG Adventures, Blue Rag Range Tk, near Dargo Victoria, Selwyn (2026)

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Blue Rag Range Tk, Near Dargo Victoria

08/08/2026

Meanwhile. Back in Tasmania.

The plan sounded simple enough. Let’s go day ride.

Meet at Richmond Bakery, hit the dirt and head towards Arthurs Lake via Brown Mountain, Lower Marshes, Bothwell and Denniston Road.

Easy. Well… easy-ish.

Saturday turned up with absolutely cracking riding weather. We fuelled up, grabbed a coffee and headed off, with the usual combination of “Where are we going again?” and “I’ll just follow you.”

A perfectly reliable navigation strategy.

Once we hit Brown Mountain, the bitumen disappeared and the fun began. Dirt roads, winding tracks, open country and plenty of dust. Somewhere along the way, a few riders (me) temporarily disappeared, a couple of turns were missed and at least one GPS seemed to have its own ideas about where Tasmania was.

Lost and found. Mostly found.

But nobody really cared. The riding was too good.

Through Lower Marshes, Bothwell and onto Denniston Road, the scenery just kept getting better. Big skies, mountain country and that brilliant Tassie stuff.

Eventually we pointed the bikes home, tired, dusty and with a few more stories than we started with.

It turns out you don’t need a perfect route for a great adventure ride. Just good mates, good bikes, dirt roads and a bloody good day.

And if you get a little lost along the way?

Who cares.

26/06/2026

Days 10 & 11 - Plan B Ride

We woke to a serious frost in Lithgow which didn’t do much for motivation to get out and ride. But, we had a long day in the saddle in front of us so we just sucked it up and got going.

We wanted to see the Valley Of The Dinosaurs before continuing our journey south so we made way to Capertee to find the entry. Once we arrived a coolant leak on Dans KTM presented and I rolled up my sleeves and watched Dan and Bob get to work on finding where it was coming from. We think a loose hose clamp might have been the culprit.

Once the KTM was back together Bob and I darted off to find the track to the Valley Of The Dinosaurs only to happen upon a locked gate. This means we’ll have to come back, preferably when it’s warmer!

So, with Dan 75% confident that the leak was fixed we made our way to Portland for a late brekkie and then south to Oberon for fuel.

We’ve done the journey south from Oberon a hundred times, usually through the western side of the Blue Mountains. This time we did a trail we’d not done before, Mt Werong trail, and it was a ripper! Plenty of wildlife to evade, and some good fun challenges.

This trail took a bit longer than expected due to a fallen tree and some drone issues and it was getting late in the afternoon so when we popped out on Jerrong Road we went straight through to Taralga. We sorted out accommodation for the night at The Loaded Dog in Tarago and high tailed it there through the late afternoon 6-7 degree temps.

The Loaded Dog was a welcome sight when we arrived, and the open fire and cold beers were lovely! What a great pub!

Yesterday morning in Lithgow was cold, but Tarago this morning was next level. This was our penultimate day on the Plan B Ride and we had planned to get Dan within striking distance of Geelong where he’d get back on the boat to Tassie.

We headed to Braidwood for fuel and, whilst it was decided the night before that we’d do the run to Bombala and on to the Bonang, a look at weather forecasts had us changing minds. The east coast was about to get rain all the way down to Melbourne. Being cold on the bike is one thing, being cold and wet is another.

So, we decided to call it a day. Dan would run down to Albury and then on to Geelong…a route that would see him stay dry. Bob and I simply headed home for an early mark where we could get a head start on the clean up of bikes and gear.

I didn’t get a lot of photos from these 2 days as I was pretty much frozen to the bike!

We called this ride the “Plan B Ride” as our plan A was to get out to the Simpson Desert. It turned out to be an awesome ride as we were able to do a lot of trails up in the Northern Rivers area that we’d wanted to do for years.

So, what’s next??? 🤔

22/06/2026

Days 8 & 9 - Plan B Ride

We woke to a cracking morning in Laurieton and started our ride along the coastline through Crowdy Bay National Park into Harrington where we found a bakery for brekkie.

From Harrington we headed west and explored Ghin-Doo-Ee National Park and then a special stage through Wallaroo National Park that ultimately had us turning around and retracing our steps due to some serious trail degradation and a washed out bridge.

We ultimately found a fantastic camp site on the Karuah River to set up, watch some footy, and just take in the serenity.

We woke on Day 9 to sunshine and birds singing. One or two of us may have over indulged in the Winesmiths Shiraz so it was a fairly slow start to the day 😂

We headed into Raymond Terrace to fuel up the bikes and and our tummies before heading south west to Watagans National Park. It’s a an awesome run through there and it’s somewhere I’ll be coming back to for more exploring.

We exited the Watagans and then hit the Convict Trail (Great Northern Road) which ends up, conveniently, at the Settlers Arms Hotel at St Albans where we did some rehydrating.

From St Albans we followed the river, hit Bicentenary Road, Wheelbarrow Ridge Trail, and then Putty Road. That series of trails is one of my favourites. Heaps of fun.

We got to Bells Line Of Road, which is the only road over the mountains now as the Great Western Highway is closed. It was a busy run over to Lithgow, and bloody freezing, so we checked into a pub for a cosy night.

The plan for tomorrow will be discussed over a beer at the bar tonight 🍻

21/06/2026

When you absolutely have to camp off your motorbike, this is the way to do it!

20/06/2026

Day 7 - Plan B Ride

It’s 7:00pm and we’re ready to climb into bed….absolutely smashed. What a day! But, Im getting ahead of myself.

We woke in Armidale to a very cold and bleak outlook. There was still some light rain but we had to get on the road to hit our destination of Wauchope before dark.

We cooked some toast, fuelled the bikes, and headed out of Armidale to the east to make our way down the escarpment.
We checked out the ancient village of Hillgrove before heading to our turn off at Kempsey Road.

Kempsey Road is a ripper adventure bike route as it makes it way down the mountain through Styx River State Forest, and Cunnawarra National Park before hitting the valley floor at George’s Junction where it follows the Macleay River.

We had a little special stage plugged into the GPS that took in the Postman’s Track, which was an awesome little challenge, before resuming on Kempsey Road.

The biggest challenge of the day was the run through to Wauchope through New England National Park and Kumbatine National Park. A farmer we met sent us this way and his parting words were “it doesn’t look like you can get through, but trust me, you can”.

Well, technically speaking, he was right, but geeeez it was tough. On fully loaded heavy adventure bikes, some of the steep loose climbs were simply a matter of 2nd gear, a fist full of throttle, and simply hang on and hope!

After some moments of serious reflection and character building, we eventually made it out of the bush and into open farmland some 50km from Wauchope. Bobs DR was running on fumes at this point and he was almost at the point of pushing it as we rolled into the first petrol station in Wauchope.

It was quite late, and we were absolutely exhausted, so we decided against camping for the night and found accommodation at the pub in Laurieton. A pad see ew for me for dinner washed down with some of Winesmiths finest casked Shiraz, and this rider is absolutely ready to snore!

Tomorrow we do a beach run south before heading back up into the mountains for more loose ascents…if we’re up to it!

19/06/2026

Day 6 - Plan B Ride

Our Grand Central Hotel room didn’t have any heating, but these beautiful old buildings are well insulated and we were blissfully unaware of the outside temp overnight…thankfully!

We cooked some toast for brekkie before loading up the bikes and heading out of Glen Innes. We didn’t have a specific destination today, but we had a plan to run through the Old Grafton/Old Glen Innes Roads through to Grafton. This route, which tracks its way through Dalmorton Forest, Nymboida Forest and Guy Fawkes River NP, has been on our bucket list for a while and it didn’t disappoint. I managed to get the new drone out a couple of times to capture some new perspectives.

We hit Grafton at around 1pm and a brief bike inspection showed that Bobs rear tyre was absolutely cooked and in dire need of replacement. We found a motorbike shop, One Track Tyres & Lawn Care, who were most obliging and accommodating and had a new tyre on inside 30 minutes. Absolute legends!

We had a snack , filled the bikes up, and then cruised out of town start the ascent back up to the New England via Armidale Road. We weren’t sure how far we’d get, and as we got up to the higher elevations the weather really deteriorated. We were cold and wet and decided to get to Armidale as quick as possible and find somewhere to stay.

We checked into a cosy hotel, but before getting out of our wet gear we headed back out into the rain. Dan and Bob went and got some burgers for dinner, I went and got 2 litres of the finest casked Shiraz. A meal fit for a king.

Showered, fed, and watered, we’re all tucked up in our room watching some old DaG Adventures videos….the very reason why we set up the YouTube channel…to reminisce. Great times 🍷

18/06/2026

Day 5 - Plan B Ride

We woke to a cracking, yet bloody cold, morning in Emmaville. After a fuelling the bikes and our tummies at the local general store, we rolled out of town to continue our journey north towards Queensland.

Our journey into Stanthorpe took us through Kwiambal National Park, past Glenlyon Dam, through Sundown National Park, and various station tracks….all of which were awesome!

We rolled into Stanthorpe for fuel, and headed out of town before any of the locals started boasting about last nights Origin result. Stanthorpe was our northern apex on this ride so we’re heading south for the remainder of the adventure.

Today’s destination was Glen Innes and the first of the afternoons trails was through Girraween National Park. What a hoot this was as the trails took us through huge granite boulder outcrops, creek crossings, and rutted out trails! Heaps of fun.

We rolled into the historic town of Wallangarra for a brief moment of civilisation before heading back into the bush to hit some trails in Capoompeta National Park before hitting Glen Innes where the Grand Central Hotel will be putting us up for the night.

Tomorrow we tick off another box in the Old Grafton Road.

17/06/2026

Days 3 & 4 - Plan B Ride

We were remote camped with no Telstra service last night so today’s post will cover the last two days.

We left Rylstone on day 3 and headed out into the fog on Bylong Valley Way. By the time we descended down into Bylong Valley and turned on to Lee Creek Road the fog had cleared and life was good!

Lee Creek is a great little track and simply loops back on to the Bylong Valley Way. We continued on through Goulburn River NP to Sandy Hollow and then looped around to Scone.

I was more than eager for a bakery sausage roll and coffee, but Scone is devoid of bakeries!! Bloody outrageous. The mayor can look forward to my sternly worded email.

The afternoon was a box tick for us, heading out to Moonan Flat and continuing on Hunter Road to get through the iconic ‘20 creeks’ track through to Nundle. Box ticked. It was a great run and we had perfect conditions.

We got into Nundle at around 4pm, bought some “supplies”, and headed off to find a camp. We called Chaffey Dam home for the night, finding a great site right on the shore, listened to some tunes, whilst Bob provided some entertainment as he “dried” his socks (see video 😂)

Day 4 dawned and we woke to a beautiful morning on the water. There was a heavy dew so everything got packed up wet…that’s a problem for later! We headed into Tamworth so Dan could see the big golden guitar and we could get breakfast.

Dan booked us into the Club Hotel in Emmaville for tonight. It was deceived early in this trip that we need to be in a country pub somewhere for the second State Of Origin, and Emmaville was the winner.

After leaving Tamworth we headed up to Bendemeer and continued along the New England Range, zig zagging and winding through the hills and countryside and then through Kings Plains National Park before hitting Emmaville at around 3:30pm.

Showered and currently at the bar in the editors chair, we look forward to dinner and a Blues win in the Origin.

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