Oxley Highway

Australia's iconic motorcycling road, hundreds of corners from Wauchope up to Walcha.

The Oxley Highway runs inland from Wauchope near the coast, climbs the escarpment in a celebrated run of tight forested switchbacks, then opens onto sweeping high-country curves toward Walcha. The Wauchope-to-Walcha section is often called Australia's best motorcycling road, packing in well over 300 corners across rainforest and open farmland. It is fully sealed but demanding and heavily ridden on weekends. Mind the relentless tight bends, motorcycle traffic and reduced speed-zone enforcement, and fog or frost on the high tableland.