TRIP NOTES
Goolma is a small settlement with public toilet, hall, a few houses. There is a rain water tank on the hall.
After resting at Goolma, cycle out of town along the Highway in an easterly direction for just over 3 km. Then turn left into the Mebul Road. (If notice a gravel side track after 1.5 km on the left hand side of the highway, you can use to avoid some of this main road).
Mebul Road is a lovely rural unsealed road and after 10 km you reach a quiet crossroad with Wright’s Lane. Go straight through. Continue for another 10 km and you will pass over a short, sealed section of the road with a new concrete culvert bridge. After 20km in total you arrive at the small settlement of Beryl and an intersection. Turn right into Spring Ridge road, immediately crossing a lovely timber bridge over the Wialdra Creek.
Continue straight past the next intersection (don’t turn left) onto the unsealed road ahead. This is still Spring Ridge Road. Follow it straight through, climbing slightly till you reach the main road, passing a large solar farm along the way.
When you reach the intersection turn left into a main road, the Goolma Road, towards Gulgong. Travel carefully on this road as it can be a busy road for about 3.5 km to the outskirts of Gulgong and an intersection. Go straight through the intersection following Mayne Street up to the delightful historic town centre.
Alternatively the quiet gravel road route is to go straight across Goolma Rd into Bergalin Rd, turn left at Williams Rd after 2.3km, turn right at Adams Lead Rd, then turn left into Gossage Rd, turn left at Fisher St, and turn right at the roundabout into Mayne St which you then follow to the centre of town.