Crossing the Great Divide

We have crossed the Great Dividing Range many times on all the quickest routes, but now we have a caravan in tow I thought it best we find a not so steep, less travelled route.

It seems “less steep” translates into long and windy (curvy not blowy), but with gradual undulating climbs and descents, not long  steep gradients.

West to East we found a route north of Warwick to Gatton, which meandered over a dozen river crossings but avoided the Toowoomba Range and Cunninghams Gap at Warwick.  East to West we took the now bitumened Armidale Rd from Grafton to Ebor, (Ebor is 1350m above sea level) avoiding many steep routes and our only flatter option of staying on the Pacific Motorway with all its road works and dicing with traffic in Sydney’s western suburbs.

We were very pleased with both our choices.

                                  Cunninghams Gap is in the bottom of this photo

Also,  there are always many interesting things to see whilst driving along countryside roads.

These letter boxes take recycling to a new level - nr Clouds Creek