Bridle Track - Reopened and Ready for Riverside Camping - Central West nsw - Hill End - Turon River 

Cheers mate , yeah maté definitely can’t leave your camera unattended 🤠😂😂

Thanks mate 👍👍👌

Thanks Mum 👍👍🤠

Yeah mate , just get up there you’ll love it

Thanks heaps mate 👍🤠

Me lithium’s got down to 0 Degrees brrrrr lol 😂

Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed it. Definitely gets a bit chilly up there, we got lucky and had a mild evening.

Thanks for watching mate , its really nice along there and so many spots to camp

Thanks mate, really appreciate it.

Thanks mate 🤠👍

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it 👍

Thank you , much appreciated 🤠👍

Thanks so much mate, so many good spots up that way, i just love it and thats why i keep heading back to the central west. Appreciate that you notice the work that goes in 👍👍🤠.

😂😂😂, yeah i know. Problem is its so good out there and I don’t feel like going anywhere else. To be honest its some of the best camping around 👍👍🤠. I dare say a few more to come as well. Thanks for watching

Yeah mate for sure , thank you

Thanks mate, really appreciate it 👍

😂😂😂, that’s my go too when I don’t know what to do , I’ll have to mix it up a bit 👍. Thanks for tuning in 👍

@@shaddonaghue mate you’ve gotta live a little. Throw a can of peas, carrots & sweet corn next to the fire lol 👍

@@Phil_McAvity yeah sweet 👍👍. I’m on it

I agree, i like crossing the Macquarie river at root hog , the track was quieter then too, but it makes sense for it too be open. You’ll definitely have to head back up there. Toddy done the article i was just modeling for it 😂😂😂. The last bit were funny, cracked me up 😳🤦‍♂️.

Thanks mate , its definitely better now its open again but the down side I suppose is it is a little bit busier. Thanks for watching

Thanks mate , its all just history now. If you get the chance watch Toddys video Some good info in that one

@@shaddonaghue thx will do

Haha yep , it goes alright as its 12 years old that awning 👍👍🤠

Definitely mate 😂😂. 👍👍

What’s wrong with Jordan springs fishing ? 🧐😂

@unproadventures4142 best trout fishing in the country I believe.

@@toddy4x4photography definitely is , its the most confusing google search as well 😂

Definitely get Nannas corolla up there now 😂

Definitely mate, sounds good. Great area to move too 🤠

@@shaddonaghue you are coming out with us.

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Thanks so much for watching 👍

Thank you so much for the kind words, I really appreciate it and glad you enjoyed it 👍🤠

Thanks, yeah the bypass is fantastic, nice and wide 👍👍🤠.

Thanks mate, yep it come up good 👌👌

Cheers mate, thanks for watching 👍👍

Cheers mate , thanks for watching

Thanks heaps mate, glad you enjoyed it 👍

Yeah thank you , yeah the ending, cracks me up 😂🤠

Awesome mate, you’ll love it down there 👍👍

Cheers mate 🤠, have you done the bridle track ?

Thanks mate, definitely a good trip and now you can complete the whole track as well. Glad you enjoyed it 👍👍

Thanks mate , i sure did. Can’t trust him with my camera though 😂.

@@shaddonaghue 🤣

Mid week would be awesome 😎, only weekends for me though unfortunately. Thanks for watching

@@shaddonaghue Im amazed there was no one around for your weekend away!

@@1Coolbanana there was a few people about

Yeah can get chilly, we got lucky and it was fairly mild for that time of year. Glad you enjoyed it 👍👍

Standard ones are probably good enough, not everyone runs extended breathers although its a good idea. I went quite a few years without extended in mine. If your worried just check your diff oil after the trip 👍👍

Yes very easy but also no where to pass oncoming traffic, could sneak in one end and camp ok I reckon

I think it’s either just council owned land or crown land. Not national park

@@shaddonaghue Cool, thanks - it's so confusing to me, all the different designations!

Yeah it is a bit , good thing about the bridle track is no booking , just rock up and camp where you want. Good idea to take a bag of timber though 🤠👍👍

Should still be ok for a bit, can still get some chilly nights

@@shaddonaghue thanks for the reply. Well looks like we're gonna have to hit this one. Once again great stuff man.. appreciate you taking the time to make a video like this.

@@BrentonSmiith thanks so much mate , glad you enjoyed them. You also might be interested in my video tonight, same area but a hipcamp.

@@shaddonaghue awesome I'll check it out for sure.

Was already there , dunno 🤷‍♂️

Lucky for you getting rid of yours then , I’m totally happy with mine and i never bought it for the intentions of hard 4wding , its more a tourer and tow vehicle, thanks for your concern though. Yes they would be totally hopeless without the aid of a diff lock and my switch is working fine thanks for asking. Thanks for watching too

@@shaddonaghue thanks for reply, yes wasn't at all impressed by mine but aside from that yes the opening of the bridle track is awesome, took far to long though. The final route is what was initially proposed, and should that been acted on in 2010-11 it would have cost stuff all in comparison to the final figure in 2023 but council claimed it wasn't possible, well it happened, so it was possible. Problem was as I saw it, this rock slide occured just after amalgamation of Evans shire council into Bathurst city council, resulting in Bathurst regional council. The route previously fell within Evans Shire boundaries. The new council was doing everything possible to avoid funding this newly acquired road way repair. Stuff up after stuff up resulted. Initially they resurfaced the Root Hog road to make it readily accessible to parents to get their kids to school only to discover they'd upgraded the road illegally thru private property, hence the land owner locked this newly formed road off. Geez he created a massive headache for council, but he won the contest, it was his land and council had illegally created an illegal route thru his property. Council was then forced to create a whole new road around the property owners boundaries and create new fencing along the route, so the landowner got brand new boundry fencing also along with a beautiful access road into his property. Alas, the money spent on both Root Hogg upgrades would have intially funded the current route bypassing the bluff. Yes, it's finally open, far far too long after that rock slide in 2010. Another interesting fact, the road was opened, but business operators in Hill End weren't informed. I informed the publican at the royal hotel, he disbelieved me until all the my accompaniment confirmed it. They were about to be swamped with clientele and weren't informed by authorities, amazing.

@@ianweal3081 yeah it definitely took way too long , in some ways I prefered it when it was shut , it was much quieter but now it is probably much better for the community of hill end and bring some tourism in.

Im sorry mate, but there was no sign saying that when we went there , whether it’s private property or not i was unaware. There is no way I would intentionally mislead anyone into that. Thanks for making me aware and i will definitely look into this further.

@@shaddonaghue the last two times I've been past there was signage and a temporary fence, however I wouldn't be at all surprised if someone has taken it upon themselves to remove as it was restricting access to an are the general public was previously accessing, as you probably have done and I've definitely done, so if it wasn't there when you arrived you'd known no better. Guessing it will be addressed soon enough by owner or national parks. Thanks for acknowledging. There is another area out there I'm aware of that state forests thought was theirs, even providing permits for timber collection, motorsport events etc. Took the actual land owners years to convince them he owned the property and all state Forest approved permits allowed trespassers onto his property illegally, resulting in major conflicts. He's now finally allowed to take action against trespassers, having a consistent trespassers charged by the rural policing unit. I quiet by chance met the land owner in a Aldi carpark, he began a discussion re my vehicle that eventually led to him disclosing the ordeal he'd been having with general public willingly trespass on his property, so guessing I see another side of this now, knowing how the landowner can be held accountable for injury etc. His main concern is the ones whom illegally camp there, light a camp fire and don't extinguish it. Reasoning, once the fire begins on his property he's responsible if it gets away into state Forest, whom now are very aware it's his property, haha. No issues with you bud as you obviously wasn't aware if signage has been removed, enjoy your 76.

@@ianweal3081 No worries mate , issues all over the place with access and private property. This particular weekend we extinguished 3 campfires on the Sunday morning, all close to the river so no excuse why these people just left and didn’t put there fire out, also so much rubbish left around, I filled my wheelie bag up. I don’t get it or have an answer for some people’s behaviour. Thanks again mate 👍

Hi Shad, appears I owe you an apology , I'm just following up on the battery stamp fence. We undertook a drive today. Guy leading the trip intended to drive straight past as he knew it had been fenced off, BUT as you said, the fence & signs are no longer, so we ventured in as you did. Then on rejoining the road headed nth the fence & signs were evident again. My theory is someone has taken it upon themselves to remove signs & fence directly infront of battery stamp access, so I do understand you not seeing fence signs now. Regards, Wealie.