Spike
Dec 11th, 2005, 4:03 am
G’Day to all.
Cathy & I are heading down to Melbourne taking off on Sunday the 18th. I have only booked the first nights accommodation as from there on we are just making it up as we go. I do have an idea where I want to get to each night but if we make good time we may end up further up the road, or if we see something we want to check out a little more we might end up a bit short. If you are anywhere along the trail on the days we are passing through it would be great to say Hi and perhaps you may want to tag along for some of the way.
Day one Sunday 18th Dec:
We are heading inland from the Sunshine Coast Queensland where we live going to Kilcoy past summerset dam through Esk up to Hampton across to Toowoomba down to Warwick then out past Stanthorpe where we will stay near the Bald rock national park.
Day two Monday 19th Dec:
Continue down the New England highway Tenterfield, Glen Innes, Armidale. Tamworth then on to somewhere around Scone or Aberdeen for the night.
Day Three Tuesday 20th Dec:
Head down to Singleton where we will hook up to the Putty Road, around 160lkm of winding road between two national parks. This is where some of you around Sydney may want to join us for a ride. We’ll come into Windsor then pick up route number 9 past Penrith down toward Campbelltown where I am thinking of jumping on to the Hume for a little way before heading to Moss Vale, Fitzroy falls, through the Kangaroo Valley down to Bomaderry, Nowra then follow the Princes Hwy down to Somewhere around Batemans Bay for the night. You guys in the Sydney area can tell me if there are better roads I should be going on.
Day Four Wednesday 21st Dec
Go down the Princes Hwy to just before Bega. Take the Snowy Mountains Hwy and head out toward Cooma Turn left down the Monaro Hyw down to Cann River. Pick up the Princes Hwy again when we get down to Nowa Nowa head right to pick up the Great Alpine Road out toward Omeo or Bright for the night.
Day Five Thursday 22nd Dec
Continue up the Great Alpine Road out toward Wangaratta. Pick up the Hume again for a short run down to Violet Town across to Murchison then on to Rushworth where I will visit my Sister.
Day Six Friday 23rd Dec. Stay In Rushworth
Day Seven Saturday 24th Dec
Head down to Seymour on the Goulburn Valley Rd.
Down through Yea on to Yarra Glen from there to my parents home in Boronia beneath the Dandenong Ranges. Always feels like home when I see those Mountains.
Spending Christmas day with one of my four Sisters.
We will be around Melbourne for around a week. I am contemplating a ride down the Great Ocean Rd. Or my brother said come out to a weekender he has out at
Loch Sport for a day or so. We’ll work this out later. If you guys down around Melbourne “Ian … Jake” Others?? want to give me a call my mobile number is
0407 582 350. or post something on the site.
Sydney siders Chris, Phil and again anyone else interested give me a call, post or PM me before we leave.
A note to CWS,
Chris, I think you’re beating me in the mileage department. I just went over 5000klm today, give me three or four weeks and we’ll compare again!!!
Obviously we’ll be heading back up north at the end of our stay in Melbourne so we could meet up and have a ride with you Sydney guys on the return trip if that works better for you. If we miss you on the trip I’ll post a few photos etc when we return.
I will hopefully have access to a computer down Melbourne so I may check the site for any posts.
Regards to all,
Hope we get to meet some of you on our trip.
Nick
Cathy & I are heading down to Melbourne taking off on Sunday the 18th. I have only booked the first nights accommodation as from there on we are just making it up as we go. I do have an idea where I want to get to each night but if we make good time we may end up further up the road, or if we see something we want to check out a little more we might end up a bit short. If you are anywhere along the trail on the days we are passing through it would be great to say Hi and perhaps you may want to tag along for some of the way.
Day one Sunday 18th Dec:
We are heading inland from the Sunshine Coast Queensland where we live going to Kilcoy past summerset dam through Esk up to Hampton across to Toowoomba down to Warwick then out past Stanthorpe where we will stay near the Bald rock national park.
Day two Monday 19th Dec:
Continue down the New England highway Tenterfield, Glen Innes, Armidale. Tamworth then on to somewhere around Scone or Aberdeen for the night.
Day Three Tuesday 20th Dec:
Head down to Singleton where we will hook up to the Putty Road, around 160lkm of winding road between two national parks. This is where some of you around Sydney may want to join us for a ride. We’ll come into Windsor then pick up route number 9 past Penrith down toward Campbelltown where I am thinking of jumping on to the Hume for a little way before heading to Moss Vale, Fitzroy falls, through the Kangaroo Valley down to Bomaderry, Nowra then follow the Princes Hwy down to Somewhere around Batemans Bay for the night. You guys in the Sydney area can tell me if there are better roads I should be going on.
Day Four Wednesday 21st Dec
Go down the Princes Hwy to just before Bega. Take the Snowy Mountains Hwy and head out toward Cooma Turn left down the Monaro Hyw down to Cann River. Pick up the Princes Hwy again when we get down to Nowa Nowa head right to pick up the Great Alpine Road out toward Omeo or Bright for the night.
Day Five Thursday 22nd Dec
Continue up the Great Alpine Road out toward Wangaratta. Pick up the Hume again for a short run down to Violet Town across to Murchison then on to Rushworth where I will visit my Sister.
Day Six Friday 23rd Dec. Stay In Rushworth
Day Seven Saturday 24th Dec
Head down to Seymour on the Goulburn Valley Rd.
Down through Yea on to Yarra Glen from there to my parents home in Boronia beneath the Dandenong Ranges. Always feels like home when I see those Mountains.
Spending Christmas day with one of my four Sisters.
We will be around Melbourne for around a week. I am contemplating a ride down the Great Ocean Rd. Or my brother said come out to a weekender he has out at
Loch Sport for a day or so. We’ll work this out later. If you guys down around Melbourne “Ian … Jake” Others?? want to give me a call my mobile number is
0407 582 350. or post something on the site.
Sydney siders Chris, Phil and again anyone else interested give me a call, post or PM me before we leave.
A note to CWS,
Chris, I think you’re beating me in the mileage department. I just went over 5000klm today, give me three or four weeks and we’ll compare again!!!
Obviously we’ll be heading back up north at the end of our stay in Melbourne so we could meet up and have a ride with you Sydney guys on the return trip if that works better for you. If we miss you on the trip I’ll post a few photos etc when we return.
I will hopefully have access to a computer down Melbourne so I may check the site for any posts.
Regards to all,
Hope we get to meet some of you on our trip.
Nick