A look at the sky...a look at the bikes...yep, we could make something out of this!
Better be early, too...there's some heat coming south lateron.
Roads are deserted at 8am, New Years Day
Up "the Donna" in the morning cool.
I can never get enough of the Acheron...
Enjoyed the sealed singlelaner through the dense bush too much (echidnas and wallabies everywhere) and overshot to Granton Rd., then backtracked for the climb to Strickland Spur.
LOTS of dead "ghosties" EVERYWHERE....as Fuzzy said, it's "post-Apocalypse-country"....and they come crashing down at will, as can be seen by all the dead, shattered branches on the tracks all around. No going quick here...
Strickland Ridge
Caught taking the shot...
There's definitely a bike coming up....and a BM parallel twin at that, I know THAT sound...and there's Squizzy!!
Happy New Year, mate!!
And there goes Squizzy
Skipping along the ridge towards Keppel's Lookout, the spur is the border between logging + plantation areas towards Marysville and the Yarra Ranges National Park to the south.
Being somewhat hazy ahead of the heat, we skip the Lookout, skid and slide past the water-reservoir into Maryville on the marbly gravel, find the expected "closed" signs on the Lady Talbot Drive and bugger off towards Buxton for the turnoff to Mt. Margaret.
Some fresh, deep and loose 1.5" gravel, mainly through the bends, looks after the entertainment-angle....as the road climbs and climbs and climbs.
There aren't too many views, but those that are, are fantastic.
End of Mt. Margaret Rd...either dip into Lady Talbot on the right (and no "closed" signs here!).... or continue climbing into the first saddle on the Blue Range Rd.
Better be early, too...there's some heat coming south lateron.
Roads are deserted at 8am, New Years Day
Up "the Donna" in the morning cool.
I can never get enough of the Acheron...
Enjoyed the sealed singlelaner through the dense bush too much (echidnas and wallabies everywhere) and overshot to Granton Rd., then backtracked for the climb to Strickland Spur.
LOTS of dead "ghosties" EVERYWHERE....as Fuzzy said, it's "post-Apocalypse-country"....and they come crashing down at will, as can be seen by all the dead, shattered branches on the tracks all around. No going quick here...
Strickland Ridge
Caught taking the shot...
There's definitely a bike coming up....and a BM parallel twin at that, I know THAT sound...and there's Squizzy!!
Happy New Year, mate!!
And there goes Squizzy
Skipping along the ridge towards Keppel's Lookout, the spur is the border between logging + plantation areas towards Marysville and the Yarra Ranges National Park to the south.
Being somewhat hazy ahead of the heat, we skip the Lookout, skid and slide past the water-reservoir into Maryville on the marbly gravel, find the expected "closed" signs on the Lady Talbot Drive and bugger off towards Buxton for the turnoff to Mt. Margaret.
Some fresh, deep and loose 1.5" gravel, mainly through the bends, looks after the entertainment-angle....as the road climbs and climbs and climbs.
There aren't too many views, but those that are, are fantastic.
End of Mt. Margaret Rd...either dip into Lady Talbot on the right (and no "closed" signs here!).... or continue climbing into the first saddle on the Blue Range Rd.