Rush, Boys, Rush

To the goldfields. We went for a ride. About 275km Saturday and the same on Sunday (because I just followed the reverse GPS track to get home again). A lot of new roads on Saturday, so saw them all from the other direction on Sunday.

Here are some pics.

The claim to fame of "Tatura, Victoria" seems to be embodied in this cairn with a plaque that reads "Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh passed here on Friday, 5th March 1954". It seems she didn't even stop. We did. Stayed the night. Drank a beer in each of the 3 pubs in town.


The original ovens in the Tatura Bakery.


All of the historic buildings in the main street of Rushworth are very well kept.


We took some tracks through the Heathcote-Graytown National Park


Saw signs warning of live firing, live bombs and laser hazards.


Stopped for lunch in Broadford, twice.


and started a collection of photos of Mechanics Institutes.


Stats for the weekend. 550 kilometers. fewer than 550 drops of rain on the visor for the weekend. (cut Mt Disappointment out of the return trip because the weather radar was showing significantly more precipitiation in the hills, so took the flats to Whittlesea.

nev said:

Drank a beer in each of the 3 pubs in town.

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Oh no, that'll be 3 less country pubs now... according to your recent stats. :devil:

dougman1 said:

Oh no, that'll be 3 less country pubs now... according to your recent stats. :devil:

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2 points to correct you on. "3 fewer", not "3 less", and that rule only applies to pubs which take longer than 1 hour to bring a meal to the table after ordering.

Map of our trip. can't embed this one.

http://goo.gl/maps/6IxyQ

A-B is dirt, B-C bitumen, and so on for the entire trip.

Started heading north from Graytown to Rushworth, but the road was recently graded, and combined with surface water from what what must have been quite a storm made the going quite slippery. After a few km we turned back and headed for an alternative route. The Nagambie-Rushworth road was much more hard packed. Surprisingly there was little other evidence of recent rains or standing water in other roads in the area.

nev said:

2 points to correct you on. "3 fewer", not "3 less", and that rule only applies to pubs which take longer than 1 hour to bring a meal to the table after ordering.

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You have missed your calling as a school teacher Nev. Point taken! Just as well I'm not a country publican...I'd be burnt to a crisp!