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Bells Line of Road starting at Richmond

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Recorded distance
80 km
Riding-time estimate
1 h 25
Journey
Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis

The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.

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Why this ride

Sustained elevation change, linked bends and open summit views. It also links naturally to Greater Blue Mountains Area.

Access context

Check state road reports, fire, flood, fuel range and unsealed-road suitability. Specific flag: traffic; fog.

Seasonal context

year-round

Waypoint introductions and full write-ups

  1. 1. Richmond

    Planning note

    Richmond sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Lithgow.

  2. 2. Lithgow

    Coal and iron built Lithgow, and the town has never quite pretended otherwise. It lies in a bowl on the western side of the Blue Mountains, where the plateau drops toward the inland plains, and for a century it was New South Wales's industrial heart. The first blast furnace in Australia to make iron from local ore was lit at Eskbank in the 1870s, a small-arms factory opened here in 1912, and coal mines honeycombed the surrounding hills. Today there are about five thousand people in the town proper, a main street with solid brick pubs, and the kind of cafés where nobody minds muddy boots.

    Read the complete Lithgow write-up.

    Recorded stop-planning note

    May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

    Planning note

    Lithgow comes up 80 km in.

Recorded source links

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