For an aviation "disaster themed" ride it was appropiate that we set off in misty and cold conditions from the Johns Reserve plateau cycling to Kalista and then up the beautiful Crescent to Sassafras and Mt Dandenong. We had our own disaster shortly after when Kerri's tubeless tyre developed a leak necessitating an emergency call to "Hubbie" Les to deliver some "gunk" all the way from Emerald. With bike experts Jon B and Werner on call the bike was up and running shortly before we turned into icicles. Our first visit was the site of th 1938 Kyeema disaster on Mt Dandenong before we then headed to Olinda for a cuppa and a big open fire. Descending to Monbulk we took in lovely View Road before visiting our 2nd disaster the crash site of famous racing car driver Ron Flcokhart in a converted WW2 Mustang in 1962. Heading back to Ridge Rd we covered a fair bit more of our 1,000 metres climbed for the day.
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