A quick hop across the deserted Black Spur, a short circle around Camp Marysville and the Horizons Unlimited crowd (looked well attended with a guesstimated 100-120?? maybe?? and lots of tents out the front.
A few waves...then back through Marysville and Steavenson's Falls.
After the late discoveries of Tommys Bend Track and Paradise Plains it was time to check out the last of the approaches to the Mt. Strickland ridge....sweet!!
Even comes with its own waterfall...trickle, really. Pfeiffer Falls!
At some point, Yellow Dog Rd. turns into a bare-earth track (which also seems to cut through to Tommys Bend, but I'll leave that for a Husky-run...and even that might turn out too big for it.
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Just disregard the turn-off and follow the formed gravel road to the ridge.
A quick dogleg and some carefree bends-carving towards the Lake Mountain resort. Has anyone ever bothered to tell those guys to go and shove their "resort-entry-fees" where the sun don't shine?
Elbow-deep, too!!
55bux for car-parking, JEEZAZ!!
(winter only.... otherwise this yarn would end right here
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Since there's still some hot coffee in the thermos, it's time for the 3. breakfast at the totally deserted top carpark at Snowy Hill...
...together with some more stumping views across the mountains and valleys to the south-west.
Straight over the crown of the helmet....
C'mon....go close and strain a bit!!
Yep, that's Melbourne's CBD skyscrapers through about 90km of morning fog.
What a cracker of a morning it's been, WOOWW!!
A slow tootle down the empty Reefton, 3 bikes coming the other way... and a string of 3-series BMWs cutting corners near the bottom...remembering the turn-off to the stand of Californian Redwoods in East Warby too late...a lazy loop up Mt. Donna Buang and down the partially greasy dirt to Pantons Gap.....just to discover that the local strawberry season has started a fortnight ago. Hell, we didn't even know.
The day was still young, after all!
BACK NEXT YEAR!!!