Over The Shoulder....Rides through the Decades

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2015_ Mt. Dandy Steeps #2

Mid June


And just because there were a few outstanding stretches left after the last one....the hairpin-tango in Upwey started things off nicely.


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Great day out, no words needed.:bs


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http://www.austouring.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5524
 

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2015_Dalyston, Gippsland

Late June...and things were certainly turning from autumn into winter.
The OpenRoaders lunch in Dalyston (near Wonthaggi) was promising one more ride, trying to dodge the forecast rain.


Picking some gravel while staying out of the mud, things turned into a little "voyage-of-discovery" of a multitude of roads and tracks along the way.


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From Nyora's "Table-Mountain" to the old South Gippy Railway Line...


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...to plowing sideways through a pond of fresh cow-shyte...


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...a bloody good day was had. Not to forget the lunch-of-laughs with the OpenRoaders crowd :bow:


More!
 

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2015_Winter Sparkle

Mid July
and the rain has buggered off for a day, time for some more of the annual, local "road-finding project".


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Mission accomplished :thumbs:



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2015_Willo + The Flying Tarts

Late July...
....and a wet morning turning into a ripper of a day before turning icy and wet again. The Kinglake Ridge delivering its usual....hail and howling gusts, freezing temps and "Flying Tarts".
Found yet another few bits of road previously untouched.



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All of it here!
 

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2015_Rob Roy Hill Climb tootle

Mid August....and an average winter's morning tuns into castor-oil, wooden wheels and a howling Vincent.
The hills to Melbourne's North have come alive.


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2015_Grand Final Day, when the roads are bare...

The north-west Gippsland hills, Rowleys Ridge, 9-Mile and the Paradise Plains combine to a stumping day with blue skies, awesome scenery and enough laughs to cover another work-week or 3.


Maybe we should give this a go one day?

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..or rather stick to what we know best?


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Lip-schmacking good, this stuff!! More here.
 

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2015_We're Going To Bonnie Doon!!

A great overnighter in the hills to the north...mid October and the forecast promise a fairly ordinary couple of days. Let's see....


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Great roads, lots of laughs, excellent pizza and beer and only a few drops on the way home....what a BONZA weekend!

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More pics and the yarn:
http://www.austouring.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5677
 

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2015_Yarra Valley Balloon Festival

A couple of weeks later....late October.
The Inaugural Yarra Valley Balloon Festival amongst the vineyards of the Yarra Valley. Knowing the PERFECT vantage point, we couldn't let that slip, aye?
An early, early morning turning into a screamer of a sunrise....and that was even before the balloons!

They don't come much better than that!

A new distillery... more new tracks above Marysville....and the first new-season strawberries....and....


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Lots more pics and a yarn over here
 

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2015_Cup Day Shorty

Early November...Cup Day in Melbourne.
Time to find some "curlies"

Curly bark

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Curly backroads


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Maybe a curly brewery (to be)



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And definitely add some superb new stretches around the backblocks again.



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MORE :drool:
 

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2015_Targa Victorian High Country Overnighter

A 2-day alpine rumble around and amongst the 2015 Vic High Country Targa....and what a cracker it turned out :glu

From a stranded Tiger to Mt. Sterling, the iconic "Man-From-Snowy-River" Craig's Hut, the high-altitude Circuit Rd., the tight, steep and rocky Corn Hill track across to Mt. Buller, delightful backroads through the Delatite River Flats, a fantastic welcome and stay at Goughs Bay, Mt. Skene and the bone-shaking Mt. Selma, and, and, and... what a magic weekend!!:clap::clap:



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More??? Oh YEAH :lao
 
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