BYPASSED BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

I think it’s pretty safe to say that when we go riding in the countryside, the last thing we want to do is chug down a bland strip of bitumen dodging lane wanderers and getting blown sideways by barrelling B-doubles.

Many of us with the grey evidence of years will recall the Old Hume Highway (OHH) with a mixture of vague nostalgia and pure disgust. When I started solo interstate drives in my little Ford Escort back in the early ’80s, battling the Hume was not something to look forward to. It was narrow, twisty and in shamefully decrepit condition and I still shiver at the memory of several close calls.

In August 2013, the $250 million Holbrook bypass signalled the final act