Mary’s Mayhem, a Social Ride and a Night in the Bush
I headed out to Mudgee on the weekend of 31 October and 1 November to photograph Mary’s Mayhem, the third instalment of Graveleur’s Bushranger Gravel Series. It was a big weekend of riding, and it finished with a night spent in the bush.
Saturday: Mary’s Mayhem
After a Friday night shooting registration at the local pub, (of which Mudgee has plenty) Saturday was Mary’s Mayhem, a two-day gravel ride through the Mudgee and Rylstone region. Heading out from the Small Batch brewery and Hops Farm, about 340 riders took to the course. While not as hilly as the previous Graveleur events it was a fast one and it wasn’t long before I was driving frantically in pursuit of the pack. I spent the day out on the course, shooting from the ground and sending the drone up to shoot from the air and wondering as I do how far behind the leaders i was.
Mary’s Mayhem, a two-day gravel ride through the Mudgee and Rylstone region, NSW..
Mary’s Mayhem, a two-day gravel ride through the Mudgee and Rylstone region, NSW..
Mary’s Mayhem, a two-day gravel ride through the Mudgee and Rylstone region, NSW..
Mary’s Mayhem, a two-day gravel ride through the Mudgee and Rylstone region, NSW..
Mary’s Mayhem, a two-day gravel ride through the Mudgee and Rylstone region, NSW..
Mary’s Mayhem, a two-day gravel ride through the Mudgee and Rylstone region, NSW..
Mary’s Mayhem, a two-day gravel ride through the Mudgee and Rylstone region, NSW..
Mary’s Mayhem, a two-day gravel ride through the Mudgee and Rylstone region, NSW..
Mary’s Mayhem, a two-day gravel ride through the Mudgee and Rylstone region, NSW..
Mary’s Mayhem, a two-day gravel ride through the Mudgee and Rylstone region, NSW..
Mary’s Mayhem, a two-day gravel ride through the Mudgee and Rylstone region, NSW..
Mary’s Mayhem, a two-day gravel ride through the Mudgee and Rylstone region, NSW..
Mary’s Mayhem, a two-day gravel ride through the Mudgee and Rylstone region, NSW..
Mary’s Mayhem, a two-day gravel ride through the Mudgee and Rylstone region, NSW..
Mary’s Mayhem, a two-day gravel ride through the Mudgee and Rylstone region, NSW..
Sunday: the social ride
Sunday was the social ride, a much slower pace and a good excuse to catch up with everyone over coffee and a feed in Rylstone. The ride headed out the back into the hills near the Wollemi National Park. Not so much Gravel on this ride but a very scenic one. It was all wrapped up about reasonably early and lunch was held at the pub
A night in the state forest
Once everything was done on Sunday, I headed off to camp in the state forest near Rylstone. You can see where I pulled up for the night in the 360 image below. Waking up on Monday to the sunrise and the birdlife, I ate some breakfast and drove out to Dunns swamp. There I sat and watched the birds flit among the trees while I worked on the weekend’s images. Great way to spend a morning.
If you are into gravel riding then this series is definitely worth checking out. You can do so over on the Graveleur page here, where they are soon to open entries for the 2027 Bushranger series.
Mary’s Mayhem, a two-day gravel ride through the Mudgee and Rylstone region, NSW..
Mary’s Mayhem, a two-day gravel ride through the Mudgee and Rylstone region, NSW..
Mary’s Mayhem, a two-day gravel ride through the Mudgee and Rylstone region, NSW..
Mary’s Mayhem, a two-day gravel ride through the Mudgee and Rylstone region, NSW..
Mary’s Mayhem, a two-day gravel ride through the Mudgee and Rylstone region, NSW..
Mary’s Mayhem, a two-day gravel ride through the Mudgee and Rylstone region, NSW..
Mary’s Mayhem, a two-day gravel ride through the Mudgee and Rylstone region, NSW..
Mary’s Mayhem, a two-day gravel ride through the Mudgee and Rylstone region, NSW..
Mary’s Mayhem, a two-day gravel ride through the Mudgee and Rylstone region, NSW..
Mary’s Mayhem, a two-day gravel ride through the Mudgee and Rylstone region, NSW..
Mary’s Mayhem, a two-day gravel ride through the Mudgee and Rylstone region, NSW..
Mary’s Mayhem, a two-day gravel ride through the Mudgee and Rylstone region, NSW..
Eastern Bearded Dragon, Pogona barbata
Mary’s Mayhem, a two-day gravel ride through the Mudgee and Rylstone region, NSW..
Mary’s Mayhem, a two-day gravel ride through the Mudgee and Rylstone region, NSW..
