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The Central West Cycling Trail

 This quiet cycle trail features rural landscape, native bush areas, villages, small towns and regional cities.  There is adventure and fun on the roads less travelled".


A new cycle trail has poked its way into my consciousness.  It's called the Central West Trail,  and weaves a 400k circuit through a number of tiny rural towns in western NSW between Mudgee, Gulgong and Dunedoo. 

It's looks incredibly quiet  (some roads devoid of any vehicle traffic), relatively flat and quite scenic. Apparently, several  local villages profit from a modest number of cycling tourists that come through in organised tours or independent groups. 

By coincidence an ancient  Greenspeed GT trike has come up for sale just south of the trail!? 

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