Meryla Pass from Fitzroy Falls to Kangaroo Valley

We set up the cars early, leaving a car at Riverside Park right next to Hampden Bridge. We drove to the Fitzroy Visitors Centre and started our ride from there. We turned right out of the visitors centre onto Nowra Road. Taking the first left into Gwen Road that then leads onto the Redhills Firetrail. After turning right on to Redhills Road after 5Km you turn left after 400m onto Gunrock Creek Fire Trail. After a couple of K's you turn right onto the Meryla Firetrail, as you hit the gate for the Wombat Hire Fire Trail you turn left and head down the pass on the Griffiths fire trail. Passing a couple of camp grounds on the way (Gates Flat & Griffiths Farm). Griffits farm looks like a nice place to have aan overnight camp. You pass over Crankey's Creek on a causeway, where we had a nice chat with Merlinda, who had a great sense of humour. Then we crossed over Yarrunga Creek ( some of us getting our feet wet). Then a 400m elevation climb out on the Griffiths Firetrail to Jacobs Corner, where a hard pack road leads you back to Moss Vale Road, a right hand turn taking back over Hampden Bridge from whence we started. Worth the short drive back into Kangaroo Valley for either a pie at the famous pie shop or a beer and a meal at the Friendly Inn. We sat out front next to a statue of Marilyn Monroe but there is a great beer garden out the back with a two piece live act playing music when we were there on a Sunday. Link to ride: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/570416... MAGPIE-LARK The magpie-lark—also known as the peewee or mudlark—is one of Australia's most iconic and bold black-and-white birds. Despite its name, it isn't actually a magpie or a lark at all, but rather a unique type of large flycatcher. They are famous for their loud, ringing "pee-wee" calls and their amazing ability to build solid, bowl-shaped nests entirely out of wet mud!