best route; parkes & peaky

In the wake of a quadruple fatality on the highway to the north a few days ago, heading 45k on the same made me nervous. Its enough to have a road train buzz past at 110kph, but having one on your tail in 'roo territory, doesn't bare thinking about. 
So after stocking up at ALDI I took the back roads via Goonumbla & Tweilga. These are localities, nothing places, & the road quality immediately north of Parkes was excellent; smooth and wide. After veering right at Goonumbla, things got a bit rougher & more pokey. But, through the entire run there were no trucks, less than a handful of cars & I could slow down in possible kangaroo haunts without suffering pressure from motorists. The icing on the cake was showing up in the middle of Peaky right by the house, & no highway usage. 10/10. 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

a skin thing?

As a surfer from my childhood years I escalated to surfing most days. If i wasn't surfing I was just going on or out of the surf, or at school or in latter yesrs work. Some school days would see me run home from the beach dripping wet, stuff cereal down & jog to school. At lunch break I would grab a bike & get a surf in.  On my twenties i took up sailing. If I wasn't actually sailing I would be working on my boat getting things ready. I spent two enjoyable winters on the tropical north.  In later life, I've mowed lawns for an income & continued to swim & sail when I can.  As old surfers know, there's a toll on your skin. Some surfers I know have died or been treated for skin cancer, so it's a vocational hazard.  Added to this, I have a genetic weakness towards skin cancer. My great grandmother passed in midlife & her daughter, my grandmother, had several skin grafts on her nose to manage skin cancer.  Last month my younger brother Pete had a ...
Read more

the american dilemma

Image
Ever willing to criticise  The Pres with the Snake Eyes When he calls out "Fake News!". The media lead a people's chorus of boos.   The same singers when at home Before the neon god they lay prone Soaking up bullshit ads & sculpted boobs Glitzy endless crap on the tube.
Read more

mass political deception

Image
On the day a gunman nicked ex president Trump's ear the world politcians decried violence as evil, undemocratic & so on, more than 39 people were killed in Palestine. These events highlight mass hypocrisy across the world with regards violence & race.  No one in the media industry will ever mention this hypocrisy.
Read more