Mangalore to Broadmarsh

Fingerboard sign assembly at the intersection of Midland Hwy (NH1) & Black Brush Rd (C186), Mangalore. Source: Peter Renshaw, May 2007.

Introduced: 1980

Length: 8km

Eastern Terminus: Midland Hwy (NH1) & Black Brush Rd (C186), Mangalore

Western Terminus: Elderslie Rd (C185) & Black Brush Rd (C186), 8km west of Mangalore

Route taken: Black Brush Rd

Focal Points: (Broadmarsh), Mangalore

Responsibility: Local Government

C186 is a short, mostly unsealed, route linking the Midland Highway village of Mangalore with Broadmarsh and the other villages in the Jordan River valley. It is mainly used by local traffic, as most tourist traffic prefers route C185 to/from Brighton.

The route is sealed for the eastern 1.2km from Mangalore, becoming a decent quality unsealed road for the journey through rolling farmland. It joins route C185 immediately after crossing a single-lane concrete bridge over the Jordan River which has been raised above flood level.

The fingerboard signs referring to C186 at the western end of the route are missing, meaning that C186 is currently only signed at the junction with Midland Highway (NH1). This makes the route a one-hit wonder.

Photos of route C186
	AD sign northbound on Midland Hwy (NH1) approaching the junction with Black Brush Rd (C186), Mangalore. Source: Peter Renshaw, June 2007.
	AD sign southbound on Midland Hwy (NH1) approaching the junction with Black Brush Rd (C186), Mangalore. Source: Peter Renshaw, May 2007.
	Original fingerboard signs assembly at the intersection of Midland Hwy (NH1) & Black Brush Rd (C186), Mangalore. Source: Peter Renshaw, May 2007.
	Black Brush Rd (C186) looking west from the junction with Midland Hwy (NH1) at Mangalore. Source: Peter Renshaw, May 2007.
	Black Brush Rd (C186) looking east along the long straight into Mangalore. Source: Peter Renshaw, May 2007.
	Black Brush Rd (C186) looking west through the rolling farmland of the Jordan River valley, approximately 1.5km west of Mangalore. The route becomes unsealed, 1.2km west of Midland Hwy (NH1). Source: Peter Renshaw, May 2007.
	Black Brush Rd (C186) looking west near Hopevale Road, 3.5km west of Mangalore. Source: Peter Renshaw, May 2007.
	Black Brush Rd (C186) looking west as you approach the single lane concrete bridge over the Jordan River at the junction with Elderslie Rd (C185), 8km west of Mangalore. Source: Peter Renshaw, May 2007.
	An easterly view of the bridge over the Jordan River adjacent to the junction of Elderslie Rd (C185) & Black Brush Rd (C186), 8km west of Mangalore. Source: Peter Renshaw, May 2007.
	There is no fingerboard sign pointing traffic along Black Brush Rd (C186), only this lowly street name blade sign at the junction with Elderslie Rd (C185). This absence of signage makes C186 a one-hit wonder. Source: Peter Renshaw, May 2007.
	Fingerboard sign assembly at the intersection of Elderslie Rd (C185) & Black Brush Rd (C186), 8km west of Mangalore. Source: Peter Renshaw, May 2007.