twowheeler
two wheels are best
I've travelled straight past this sign, on the Icy Creek Road, more times than I can remember over the decades -
Having lived not too far from here as a kid, I’d just assumed Fumina would be a dank hole peopled by 2-headed rednecks, and not worth the effort of visiting.
I've always been curious though, and was proved wrong (again).
Over Icy Creek itself on a single laned bridge -
The road (called Duggan North Road and signed as no-through) winds up through some fairly pristine bush to a ridge -
Where it opens out into some farmland with pleasant views -
Maybe ½ dozen smallish farms are scattered along a couple of kms of road, including what perhaps is a Bio-dynamic farm as it had lots of Bio-cautionary signs up -
The road narrowed and split into Schoolhouse Road (Wikipedia confirmed there used to be a school here, and post office, where in 1921 the post mistress and step-daughter were shot by a deranged local with a stolen shotgun. They both recovered and the step-daughter went on to marry the bloke who owned the gun. The shooter, who thought he was a bushranger, was sent to a lunatic asylum) -
Pressed for time I turned around here. When I got home though and checked out the maps, I reckon Duggan North Road would eventually join up with Rowley’s Ridge Road and could be taken to Tanjil Bren. Not that I'd attempt that on my own.
Glitch I know you and some others rode Rowley’s a couple of years back.
Having lived not too far from here as a kid, I’d just assumed Fumina would be a dank hole peopled by 2-headed rednecks, and not worth the effort of visiting.
I've always been curious though, and was proved wrong (again).
Over Icy Creek itself on a single laned bridge -
The road (called Duggan North Road and signed as no-through) winds up through some fairly pristine bush to a ridge -
Where it opens out into some farmland with pleasant views -
Maybe ½ dozen smallish farms are scattered along a couple of kms of road, including what perhaps is a Bio-dynamic farm as it had lots of Bio-cautionary signs up -
The road narrowed and split into Schoolhouse Road (Wikipedia confirmed there used to be a school here, and post office, where in 1921 the post mistress and step-daughter were shot by a deranged local with a stolen shotgun. They both recovered and the step-daughter went on to marry the bloke who owned the gun. The shooter, who thought he was a bushranger, was sent to a lunatic asylum) -
Pressed for time I turned around here. When I got home though and checked out the maps, I reckon Duggan North Road would eventually join up with Rowley’s Ridge Road and could be taken to Tanjil Bren. Not that I'd attempt that on my own.
Glitch I know you and some others rode Rowley’s a couple of years back.
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