Re: New Zig Zag track construction

["Chris Downs" <cvdowns@ozemail.com.au>]

I last travelled the Clarence - Glow Worm Tunnel road 12 months ago.

Lengthy sections of the road is formed by clay/mud/dirt.... that is slippery
as quick silver and very plastic when wet (difficult to negotiate) and like
super strength concrete when dry.  Consequently it's OK to drive on when dry
but rough as guts because the vehicles that last used the road in the wet
had deformed the service.  As for when it's wet, I reckon a 4WD would be the
go.

Travelling in via Lithgow won't avoid some of the sections described above.

The road is also quite busy with 4WD "adventure tours" taking all and sundry
to the glow worm tunnel, a very different proposition to the almost unknown
attraction of 15+ years ago.

Chris

Dennis Rittson <drittson@cia.com.au> wrote in message
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> Chris wrote:
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> > I went up the hill that runs past the sawmill, drove for about 1km and
> > turned back. Is that the gloworm tunnel track?
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> Yes, it is. How was the road? I tried to get out there 3 years ago, but
> the road was simply too boggy and pot holed. The correct road can be
> followed by close inspection of the signs at the several road junctions
> on the way out. Out of memory, there is a sign marking the site of
> Deanes Siding.
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> Finally, one realises that one is on the old Newnes Railway formation.
> Driving access is no longer possible right to the Main Glowworm Tunnel,
> but it is only a km or so from the carpark, which is close to the first
> of the big washaways that block the way.
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> Cheers,
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> Dennis
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