Driving the Bridle Track, in NSW 2020

The Bridle Track is one of those roads that every 4x4 adventurer should visit; from the gold mining history to the unique roads cut in the mountains.
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[@Barry-s3v]

When I worked for Forests NSW part of my role was to check and clean campgrounds! What do NPWS do with all the land they claim sovereignty over. Forest NSW also maintained a good network of roads and trails throughout the Forests.

[@LapsofMaps]

We have driven a fair chunk of NSW forest tracks. Lots of locked gates and in turn lots of open tracks that are often technical. Good 4WD touring in NSW.

[@barrynaad2311]

Love the intro guys haha

[@christopherrobbins8051]

Love your steady as she goes approach, well done

[@davidcowan1583]

That little muddy section at the beginning there you can cross the river and drive down it.

[@gettindirty4x4adventure]

Shame about the rubbish! Annoys me how people can treat places like that. Looks like I better start planning the next trip for later this year. Can't wait to head out there and explore. Is there any particular map to use out there? Keep the great videos coming👌

[@LapsofMaps]

Thank you for the feedback! We use a Hema HX-1 off-road mapping system, it has an on-road GPS and an off-road map. We also use WIkicamps offline maps, which saves all campgrounds, destinations and all POI. The Bridle Track is practically one way, with many offshoot trails. We camped at Mary Flynn which was incredible, we highly recommend this campsite. If you want to head off the Bridle Track, you can follow the Root Hog fire trail all the way to Orange or Bathurst. The Root Hog fire-trail has the longest river crossing out of them all, it's hard to miss. You can check out our Hill End guide if you're planning a trip up there. It's a stunning area. www.lapsofmaps.com/hillend

[@hanskranhold9009]

You survived it, well done guys. Great video.

[@LapsofMaps]

Thank you very much for the feedback!

[@shaddonaghue]

Awesome guys, shame about the rubbish, always seems to be bad on the bridle track for some reason 👍. Still a great area though

[@LapsofMaps]

It's a massive shame about the rubbish. But, we absolutely loved the Bridle Track and would recommend it to anyone and everyone!

[@AdamAbello]

Cool

[@LapsofMaps]

The Bridle Track is a cool part of the country for sure, with lots of history.

[@smoothasbrothers]

Doing this trip this weekend keen to see it for the first time will take some bags to collect rubbish! Was this via root hog road?

[@LapsofMaps]

We entered via Hill End and finished on the Root Hog Road. Good on you for cleaning up the bush 👍🏻

[@Bymyhandleatherworks]

And this is why we have closures sadly

[@tonyf7997]

Such a beautiful spot and grubs leaving their rubbish is disgraceful. Laws should be introduced that 1st offence is a substantial fine and any conviction after they actually loose the vehicle they travelled in .,That is sold and $’s goes towards upkeep and policing parks and forests

[@davidcowan1583]

Looks really dry. When i did it. It wasin the rain and was muddy as.

[@LapsofMaps]

It looks like it can get very muddy here. Not a fan of mud haha!

[@davidcowan1583]

@@LapsofMaps yeah mud and my alternator dont have a good relationship

[@askewlion2540]

can you get to mary flynn with a camper trailer?

[@LapsofMaps]

No trailers are recommended for the Bridle Track. The track in most places is wide enough for one vehicle with no pull in bays. 👍

[@duanechapman4156]

guys well done, ive been doing the track now for 20 plus years, ive seen the rubbish people leave behind, and it's getting worse. i prospect the Turon, and my faith in Humans as a race disgusts me everytime. Such a beautiful place, but, come a long week end, dirt bikes, yahoos, drunken slobs, and idiots abound. Shooting rampant. Wont be long before they close down the place and we wont be able to camp there. Ive seen one fire pace ring go from a 2 foot ring to well over 2 meters, filled with all sorts of man made rubbish , obviously they think metal burns down. one place i used to visit, toilet paper everywhere, trees cut down willy nilly to burn. what a waste.......oh well, time to find a new spot me thinks..Thanks for the vid.

[@LapsofMaps]

The Bridle Track would surely look different over a 20 year period! It is a shame when that happens in the bush; although with saying that we try to clean up as much as we can to keep a good example to how the bush should be kept. Check out the Oxley Wild Rivers, absolutely pristine part of NSW and is free from rubbish.

[@mattwalker5038]

Would you be able to drive this track in the 4x4 hiaces?

[@glenntroopy]

dont like water crossings what wrong with you lol Roothog is pretty easy as far as they go and a beautiful spot for a camp

[@LapsofMaps]

Haha! That was our first water crossing. We are seasoned at river crossings now after the Victorian High Country!

[@pauldavis6345]

Your brakes are fucked

[@davechristian7543]

u could drive this years ago wit a normal car, did it every other day in a kingswood station-wagon. the good old days when Ppl didn't do stuff for social media ..sadly. its amazing the guys hasn't got all theses fancy tattoos n skinny geans lol, well he's got the beard eh haha

[@davechristian7543]

Bathurst to hill end.