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Wardell to Tumbulgum via Alstonville, Mullumbimby and the old Pacific Highway

Motorcycle route from Wardell to Chinderah · Australia · New South Wales
Distance 12376.5kmmi
Elevation 1,9776,490mft
Duration 2h 34m
Route type Point to point
Curviness Medium

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0 km0 miWardellStart
123 km77 miChinderahFinish

About this route

From Wardell on the Richmond River up onto the Alstonville plateau, through Tintenbar and Mullumbimby to Brunswick Heads, then the old Pacific Highway through Yelgun, Mooball and Burringbar to Murwillumbah and Tumbulgum on the Tweed River. Green hills, macadamia farms, cane fields and plenty of bends, on roads that went quiet when the motorway took the traffic. North Coast. This ride joins Tourist Drives 28 and 40. Australia drives on the left. Watch for kangaroos and wallabies at dawn and dusk, and for cattle grids and stock on the road in farm country.

Check road conditions and closures before you ride.

Route line: Transport for NSW, NSW Tourist Routes (Tourist Drive 28, Wardell to Mullumbimby; Tourist Drive 40, Brunswick Heads to Tumbulgum), Open Data Hub, licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/): https://opendata.transport.nsw.gov.au/dataset/nsw-tourist-routes. Modified by Motarva: snapped to roads, Tourist Drive sections joined into one ride, gaps filled by routing. This is not an official route file and is not endorsed by Transport for NSW.

Source Transport for NSW, NSW Tourist Routes NSW Tourist Routes (tourist_drives v2), Tourist Drive 28, Wardell to Mullumbimby; Tourist Drive 40, Brunswick Heads to Tumbulgum. Changes: snapped to roads, Tourist Drive sections joined into one ride, gaps filled by routing.

Licence: CC BY 4.0 Modified by Motarva. Not an official publication of the source.

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110°/km Medium
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0255075100020406013 mkm 1Medium 11940 ftmi 0.6Medium 11915 mkm 3.6Low 7150 ftmi 2.2Low 7115 mkm 4.1Medium 13550 ftmi 2.6Medium 13563 mkm 7.7Low 54210 ftmi 4.8Low 54109 mkm 8.2Medium 149360 ftmi 5.1Medium 149180 mkm 10.8Low 0590 ftmi 6.7Low 0165 mkm 12.4Low 47540 ftmi 7.7Low 47133 mkm 14.4Medium 148440 ftmi 9Medium 148102 mkm 18Medium 156330 ftmi 11.2Medium 156140 mkm 20.1Medium 118460 ftmi 12.5Medium 118142 mkm 22.2High 213470 ftmi 13.8High 213104 mkm 22.7High 213340 ftmi 14.1High 21311 mkm 24.7Medium 12740 ftmi 15.4Medium 12722 mkm 27.3Medium 12070 ftmi 17Medium 12081 mkm 28.8Medium 174270 ftmi 17.9Medium 17485 mkm 30.9Low 50280 ftmi 19.2Low 50117 mkm 33Low 56380 ftmi 20.5Low 56100 mkm 36.1Low 52330 ftmi 22.4Low 52106 mkm 38.6Low 92350 ftmi 24Low 9277 mkm 40.7Low 55250 ftmi 25.3Low 5573 mkm 42.8Low 73240 ftmi 26.6Low 73105 mkm 43.3Low 73340 ftmi 26.9Low 73138 mkm 46.9Medium 165450 ftmi 29.1Medium 165135 mkm 47.4Medium 165440 ftmi 29.4Medium 165184 mkm 51Medium 123600 ftmi 31.7Medium 123207 mkm 53.1High 270680 ftmi 33High 270184 mkm 53.6High 270600 ftmi 33.3High 270169 mkm 56.2Low 95550 ftmi 34.9Low 9583 mkm 59.2High 250270 ftmi 36.8High 25061 mkm 59.8High 250200 ftmi 37.1High 2505 mkm 61.8Low 9220 ftmi 38.4Low 927 mkm 63.9High 24520 ftmi 39.7High 24521 mkm 67Medium 10370 ftmi 41.6Medium 1035 mkm 69Medium 14920 ftmi 42.9Medium 1497 mkm 71.6High 27420 ftmi 44.5High 2743 mkm 72.6Medium 17010 ftmi 45.1Medium 17014 mkm 74.2Medium 10150 ftmi 46.1Medium 10134 mkm 76.8Low 42110 ftmi 47.7Low 429 mkm 78.3Low 6430 ftmi 48.7Low 6465 mkm 81.9Medium 122210 ftmi 50.9Medium 12230 mkm 84Medium 102100 ftmi 52.2Medium 10245 mkm 85Medium 150150 ftmi 52.8Medium 15015 mkm 86.5Medium 12650 ftmi 53.8Medium 12620 mkm 88.6Medium 11170 ftmi 55.1Medium 111125 mkm 92.2High 245410 ftmi 57.3High 245103 mkm 94.3High 262340 ftmi 58.6High 26235 mkm 96.3Medium 125110 ftmi 59.9Medium 12518 mkm 98.4Low 8960 ftmi 61.1Low 8995 mkm 100.5Medium 114310 ftmi 62.4Medium 11472 mkm 101.5Medium 114240 ftmi 63.1Medium 11416 mkm 103Medium 13650 ftmi 64Medium 1364 mkm 106.1Medium 11210 ftmi 65.9Medium 1127 mkm 108.7Low 1720 ftmi 67.5Low 176 mkm 109.7Low 1720 ftmi 68.2Low 172 mkm 112.3Low 6110 ftmi 69.8Low 610 mkm 114.9Low 420 ftmi 71.4Low 422 mkm 115.4Low 4210 ftmi 71.7Low 428 mkm 118.5Low 7530 ftmi 73.6Low 752 mkm 119.5Low 7510 ftmi 74.3Low 752 mkm 122.6Medium 10610 ftmi 76.2Medium 106
29.4 of 123 km in corners18.3 of 76.5 miles in corners24%

Measured from the route itself, with roundabouts and slip roads left out. Corners are counted, not judged.

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