Picton

drongo & wendy · Senior Member

Picton

Gerty Dancer · Guru

Both Corrimal and Picton are fairly close to home, so we havent stayed at either place. On your way, Why not come and have a look at Floriade in Canberra? (Not the next couple days, its raining)

Hopefully somebody who knows those roads can help, its steep getting down to the coast in that area. Heaps to see though, very pretty at the moment.

Ma · Guru

I don't know all that much about Picton but there are very few big hills to get there from your end D & W.

Corrimal, on the other hand (if you are coming along the M5) necessitates coming down Mt. Ousley. It is a long steep drive but if you drive to the conditions and your capabilities there usually isn't any problem. Your GPS (if you have one) will probably tell you to come down Bulli Pass ......... DON'T!! To many tight corners and very steep also.

On the other hand you could always come up the coast road and then there wouldn't be any big hills at all really.

We use Mt. Ousley and have never had any problems, we just go back to 2nd gear and come down slowly in the left hand lane.

Hope this helps.

PeterD · Guru

To be pedantic, you take the Picton turn off from the Hume Highway. You don't go through Picton, it is 10 kn west of the Hume. This link will take you from the service stations at Phesants Nest to Corrimal.

Ma · Guru

Just ask PeterD if you have any more questions. He seems to be the one with ALL the answers.

rosco · Senior Member

D & W, as Peter says, take the Picton Road off the Hume. Its a fairly easy run down the hill.

When you're coming back, unless you're heading down the coast, take the same road again and not the Bulli Pass. Its a narrow, windy nightmare of a road when you're towing a van.

Ross

drongo & wendy · Senior Member

G,DAY
Thanks Nomads just knew that you people would come up with the answer, silly me was reminded by ever loving that one one of our soninlaws is a long time semi driver, so muggings gives him a bell and he echoed your thoughts, so thanks again folks