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Lithgow to Bathurst 
Track Availability: open all year check river crossings
Difficulty: Easy
Track Length: 100km to 500km
Track Features: Steep ascents / descents, River crossing(s)
State: NSW
Track start Longitude: 150.135895
Track start Latitude: -33.478130



This is long trek if you come from Sydney but worthwhile as there are many histroical sites from the Goldrush days. I have included my GPS readings and a brief description of what to do.

GPS S:33 28.683 E:150 08.122 Cnr Lithgow Great Western Hwy and Cooerwull Rd Proceed West until Road junction turn North onto Castlereagh Hwy

GPS S:33 10.054 E:149 59.900 Road junction in Capertee

GPS S:33 08.790 E:149 59.077 Road to West Turon Gates Rd

GPS S:33 08.612 E:149 55.523 12.4 km to River crossing

GPS S:33 08.832 E:149 51.466 Road to South Sofala Rd

GPS S:33 06.967 E:149 46.286 Road to South Red Hill Rd

GPS S:33 05.594 E:149 42.844 Swimming Hole and 2.7 km turn left Upper Turon Rd and right at Owen st proceed through town to West

GPS S:33 04.831 E:149 41.482 Sofala Hotel

GPS S:33 04.440 E:149 39.003 Bridge over the Turon River

GPS S:33 02.656 E:149 37.583 Road junction head West

GPS S:33 01.945 E:149 25.006 Hill End Royal Hotel

GPS S:33 03.914 E:149 25.009 Cross Turon River

GPS S:33 05.665 E:149 24.026 Old Mine Tunnel

GPS S:33 06.508 E:149 23.910 2km down Rd from Johnsons Hole take extreme caution as road is winding and narrow and has many blind spots

GPS S:33 08.786 E:149 27.404 Bruinbun Reserve Camping Spot track junction

GPS S:33 18.294 E:149 33.152 Road juntion take Bridle track

GPS S:33 22.412 E:149 32.841 Crossroads Bridle track and Hill End

GPS S33 24.900 E149 34.928 Bathurst Please note that there are so many campsites, historical sites and nature views along the way so you should plan what you wish to visit by aquiring a map of the loacl area and be prepared for anything because 4x4 driving can be demanding.Hope this has been of help KingCong.





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2008-07-28 Toyota PradoJorge


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Climatic data for Lithgow to Bathurst

 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean Max Temp °C25.5°24.7°22.5°18.3°14.3°11.1°10.4°12.0°15.4°18.7°21.6°24.5°
Mean Min Temp °C11.8°12.1°10.1°6.7°3.9°1.8°0.7°1.3°3.4°6.0°8.1°10.4°
Avg Rainfall mm94.383.883.862.763.067.367.163.658.967.770.076.1
Likelyhood of rain*26%26%26%23%26%29%26%26%26%26%26%26%
Weather data obtained from LITHGOW (BIRDWOOD ST), located 1.9kms from Lithgow to Bathurst
* Likelihood of more than 1mm rain falling on any day in the given month.


Latest LIVE weather - 12:00am January 07, 2009
 
24.8°C
Feels like 22.5°C
 
Rainfall Today
(since 9am)
0.0mm
Last 7 days of Rainfall
(total recorded*)
1.6mm
Live weather data obtained from MOUNT BOYCE AWS, located 20.2kms from Lithgow to Bathurst, courtesy of the BOM
* Data is fetched for yesterday's rainfall at 12.30pm each day.



Last Updated ( Jan 18, 2008 at 03:56 PM )


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