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Old Stations 9 May 2010 | 08:07 pm
This blog was set up to record a holiday spent exploring a couple of RailTrails in my old home state of Victoria, and now that is well and truly over, not much is happening here, until I head south an...
Warburton Line - Millgrove to Woori Yallock 24 Dec 2009 | 01:56 pm
We arrived at Millgrove in the early afternoon of a hot day. We chose to have a bit of a rest during the heat of the day in our rather quaint cottage that was to be our overnight accommodation. Once t...
Noojee 23 Dec 2009 | 06:12 pm
After Bright, the intention was to head over to Bairnsdale via the Great Alpine way, and maybe explore a bit of the Orbost rail trail. The drive over Victoria's highlands was amazing, and there was th...
Mapping the Rides 22 Dec 2009 | 06:53 pm
Have just found a great new site on which to upload the GPS plots of the trips. The site is called EveryTrail, and you can not only upload your plots, but photos as well, and write a blog type story ...
Bright to Myrtleford 20 Dec 2009 | 08:09 pm
After the first days ride, and after the body had cooled down, the aches and pains really started in earnest. Layers of Dencorub were applied to protesting muscles, while liberal amounts of wine and b...
The Big Ride (2) 17 Dec 2009 | 08:31 pm
Rebecca mentioned something about gutted shells by the time we hit Myrtleford, and that pretty well sums it up. And this is why. At Everton, we had a pretty decent break, especially Cameron and Andr...
The Big Ride (1) 16 Dec 2009 | 08:33 pm
Day two was the day of the big ride, 53 km from Wangaratta to Myrtleford. Trending generally up hill, the day would see us climb a total of 59 metres over the distance, although this did not include a...
Day One Summary 15 Dec 2009 | 10:41 am
I was hoping to update this more regularly, but what with making the most of daylight doing stuff down here precludes doing nerdy stuff like typing up trip reports. So I'll post a couple brief summ...
Incentive to Perform 10 Dec 2009 | 08:42 pm
Here is a little trophy that will be awarded daily during the trip. The criteria for this award covers a multitude of mishaps that could typically befall a rider. Flat tyres, crashes, getting lost, fa...
