Sunday 31st. Jan South Gippsland Frolic

Meet:  Grantville 9.00 a.m.  Bass Hwy. 1 hour from Melbourne
Choice of 50 km or 62 km
Road bikes – all asphalt
Bring water and snacks – no café
There will be hills.
Your hosts are Kirsten and Werner who have done this ride before – and given it rave reviews.

Jurgen

Thursday 4th Feb. Back O'Gembrook

Start. 8.30 a.m. Gembrook station
Route:  Tonimbuk,  Garfield Nth.  Tynong Nth.  Bessie Creek,  back to Gembrook
About 50km, 70% gravel,  some insignificant hills.

Jurgen

Thursday 28th, Kalorama etc

Meet Monbulk football oval 8.30 a.m. Route:  Silvan, Olinda Creek rd, Kalorama, Montrose, The Basin – then either 1 in 20 or Basin / Olinda rd,  to Olinda then down the Wall back to Monbulk.

Jurgen 0429 384 416

Sunday 24th J, Donna

DonnaBuang the back way via Don rd, Panton Gap etc.  Meet early 7.00 am Yarra Junction with dirt bikes. Should be back 11ish before it gets too hot.

Jurgen
0429 384 416

SUNDAY - GRANTVILLE RIDE

This Sunday was to be our Grantville ride.

It is also forecast to be 39degrees.

Hence, and once again, the Grantville excursion is postponed.

Kirsten's Climb !

There's always a problem when you decide to let someone who thinks it's fun to run up and over Mt Dandenong (twice) lead a days ride. Kirsten, affectionately known as "Princess" by some and "Madame Lash" by others took us out of Gembrook on a steep high speed descent into the beautiful Bunyip National Park. At Mortimers Picnic Ground we took a lovely fire trail to Link Road where the "real fun" began - that is if you can call 3-4 kms uphill on a 12% gradient track fun ! Battling our way along i swore i heard Kirsten say that the road didn't seem all that bad when she'd travelled here the other day on "cable car" ! None the less our pain was eventually rewarded with stunning views of the National Park from the 4 Brothers Lookout surely another destination for Anne and Jon by car !

Pics taken we regrouped after Mike and Werner mistook Kirsten vague directions (temporarily lost) and retraced our way to Gembrook along the lovely Black Snake Creed Rd. Replenished over coffee and cake we foolishly decided to go out again this time descending back into to the Park and taking a couple of roads marginally better than a landslide over to Bessie Creek Rd and back uphill of course to Gembrook where most of us including a heroic Harald staggered over the finish line

All in all a fabulous days ride courtesy of Kirsten's fine navigation skills - we cant wait for Jon, Jurgen, Kerri and Helen to give this one a go - 60 odd kms with a"shitload" of climbing !                     

RIDE: Thursday 21st Jan.

Start           0830hrs

At               Gembrook

With           A dirt bike

Going to    Black Snake Rd. and thereabouts 

Terrain       Hilly

Distance    40 - 50k maybe

Elevation   ??????m

Lead by Kirsten

It Ain't That Easy !

It was a semblance of the normal crew as we ventured out on a well travelled track on Tues with a couple of differences. One - someone had added at least 10kgs of weights on to self and Jon's bikes and two - the hills to Gembrook have suddenly turned into mountains. It was great to welcome back Helen after her injury enforced recovery. Helen had obviously been spending way too much time watching TV as she took us on a route that closely resembled the Dakar Rally... sand dunes, canyons, washed away rocks just to mention a few of the conditions we rode through !           

RIDE Thursday 14 Jan

0830 start from Mt Evelyn and heading towards Yerring.

Some road, some trail. Could take either bike type Hopefully, someone will know the way.

Jon

THURSDAY 7th

Ride  for Thursday 7th postponed due to sundry navigators unavailable