Black'n Blue

glitch

Mapping the next ride...
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Fast moving clouds, low-hanging Blackbellies, sheets of rain over the hills, a storm-ravaged roll-cloud over the Kinglake Ridge, some strong and bitter-cold windgusts ....a black-blue checkerboard above.
Then the occasional shaft of sunlight burning into a hillside. :drool:
What a spectacular day it turned out in the end :clap:

Just right for a slow tootle around the backblocks, finding some new roads, places, lookouts...visiting some freshly-sealed stuff that's changed the face of some old favourites.
A northern bypass of Healesville, a magic, little crawl up Pauls Range....with a perfect, long and relaxed lunch fleeing the Healesville Tourist-Circus.

The "Long Way Around" from Kangaroo Ground to Healesville...120k half-loop.


Couldn't possibly pass that one up....



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The "new" Buttermans...enjoy it before the crowds discover it.



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There are still some cracker spots only some neat gravel leads to...above Yarra Glen. Blackbellies over Mt. Dandy.



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THAT ONE over there is gonna give us a wet bum, mate!



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2-wheel-Potpourri, one of each colour.



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Time to move...


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Enjoying the views dipping down Mt. Wise is followed by a brisk run into the thundery squalls at Steels Creek for the cut-across-the-hills on Hunts Lane.
Damp and grippy on the western side morph into a deep-gravelled and chewed up greasy mess in that steep downhill-lefthander above Dixons Creek.

A sweet little shortcut gets us onto the Healesville-Yarra Glen Rd. and into the Pauls Range State Park towards Toolangi.


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Ryans Rd. offers a neat, even scenic, bypass of Healesville, getting us straight across from Chum Creek to the eastern end of town.

Choked with Porsche Cayennes and Audis, screaming kids and general chaos, it's time to find a quieter, slower place.
The Gerbera Farm off the KooWeeRup Rd. delivers yet again...we're the only patrons, the views are fabulous, the steaming mugs of Hot Choccy delicious and served with marshmellows and choccy-raisins, the nachos spicy with plenty of sour cream.

Which all makes for a thoroughly enjoyed lunch, lots of laughs, plenty of talk, even some sunshine to warm the cockles...life's good :woot::woot:


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nev

Super Térrarist
Enjoying the views dipping down Mt. Wise is followed by a brisk run into the thundery squalls at Steels Creek for the cut-across-the-hills on Hunts Lane.
Damp and grippy on the western side morph into a deep-gravelled and chewed up greasy mess in that steep downhill-lefthander above Dixons Creek.

Is this the road which comes out right near the Dixons Creek store ? Last time I went down there it was signposted as a no through road from the Steels Creek side, but there was no sign of any reason why.
 

glitch

Mapping the next ride...
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Is this the road which comes out right near the Dixons Creek store ? Last time I went down there it was signposted as a no through road from the Steels Creek side, but there was no sign of any reason why.

Yo, Hunts Lane.
Skirts the carpark of the former Dixons Ck store/ now cafe/grill/pizza joint.
Actually, going by the amount of cars on that carpark at just about anytime it might be worth stopping there for a nibble W-)

You're right, it's been signed as no-through...then the signs disappeared for a couple of years or so...now there are some 4WD-only signs right at the bottom of that short, steeeep hill.
Funnily, no signs at all at the Steels Ck end.
There's another possible crosscut a little further to the north, but that looks like a no-through due to running across private land. Gotta check that out another day.
 

Williamson

Part of the furniture
Yo, Hunts Lane.
Skirts the carpark of the former Dixons Ck store/ now cafe/grill/pizza joint.
Actually, going by the amount of cars on that carpark at just about anytime it might be worth stopping there for a nibble W-)

You're right, it's been signed as no-through...then the signs disappeared for a couple of years or so...now there are some 4WD-only signs right at the bottom of that short, steeeep hill.
Funnily, no signs at all at the Steels Ck end.
There's another possible crosscut a little further to the north, but that looks like a no-through due to running across private land. Gotta check that out another day.

Helen & I lunched at the café / grill a few weeks ago on the way home from Goughs Bay. Very nice lunch, I had the beef ribs with salad (that was a bit bland) and chips, filled the plate, couldn't finish it all - at around $22 it was good value.

Service was excellent.
 
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