"Bike Trips" Category

I’ve just got back (early) from another great bike trip; the annual “Trek” held over the Melbourne Cup weekend. This years trek involved 18 folks on 16 bikes, some great weather and the usual brilliant roads.
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A few weeks ago my mate Skip said there was a weekend bike trip on to sort out the last night of the upcoming trek. I was undecided about going, especially with the huge work load due to this stupid tender I’m responding to. Then I realised I really needed to get away on the bike for a weekend and take a break. I was pretty wound up with work and leaving my Martial Arts behind. I decided to take Skip up on the offer. If only I’d known how wet and cold it was going to be…
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It’s been ages since I spent a few days on my bike touring the corners of Oz with friends. Earlier this year my mate Skip sent through a few events being organised by the BMW MCC Vic. They had planned a to spend the Labour Day long weekend at Nelson in the far SW corner of Victoria. This looked like a good option, but after a few chats we decided to do our own thing and find some interesting places to visit.

The final plan was to head the back way down to Apollo Bay (avoiding the tourist-popular eastern half of the Great Ocean Road) and across to Peterborough, taking in the Twelve Apostles and Loch Arg Gorge, then to head up into the Grampians and do a bit of walking, and finishing with the back roads through central Victoria (to avoid the boring Western Highway).
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