The first day was basically to escape Sydney to reach Albury. The only stop was at the Towrang Rest Area, for a light lunch and a walk around. And some photographic work.
Most of Australia's native vegetation is evergreen, so seeing areas such as this with deciduous trees in full autumn colours is a nice change. That's my car on the left. Yes, I drove - too much photographic stuff to ride.
Yet the Hume Highway is not far away.
The Rest Area is adjacent to Towrang Creek and also this old stone bridge, which was built by convicts in 1839 as part of the Great South Road. The current day Hume Highway takes roughly the same route today, and much of the original work has been obliterated. This bridge may have been designed by David Lennox, an early designer of some impressive New South Wales bridges.
This is the other side of the bridge, which includes the keystone with the date of construction.
The remnants of the stockade used to hold the convict labourers is across the Hume Highway, but I did not go there on this journey.
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