[AUS] Melbourne TR Muster 2014 Kinglake 29.Nov

[nev..]

Glitch, what is the best way to Kinglake from Simpson Barracks?
Via Wattle Glen or via Eltham and Kangaroo Ground?

Neither. I only live a few blocks from Simpson Barracks. Follow me

 

[glitch_oz]

A quick bump for this one....it's coming Saturday, folks!!
And it looks like we'll have as least one of every mod ever done to a TR in the pack.

Hope the weather plays along...

 

[DeLewis]

Looking forward to it Glitch. If there's anyone else coming up from the SE suburbs (I'm in beaumaris) and wants to ride up to Kinglake together, send me a PM.

 

[glitch_oz]

Looking forward to it Glitch. If there's anyone else coming up from the SE suburbs (I'm in beaumaris) and wants to ride up to Kinglake together, send me a PM.

Maybe shoot Nev a PM...he's in the north and you'd possibly go past his place (towards Kinglake) in any case.

Anyone from the Outer Eastern Areas is welcome to a meet at my place.
I'll be leaving earlier though (latest 9.00am) for "the long way" to Kinglake, bouncing around the backblocks incl. some gravel to get a little feel for
the TR + OEM Tourances.
PM for contact/ details.

 

[DandyDisco]

"to get a little feel for the TR + OEM Tourances "

It's alive?

 

[glitch_oz]

Rego'ed last Monday

 

[glitch_oz]

The one that says it all...


11 TR's and one hell of a day!!
Loads more pics to come :-)

 

[drzcharlie]

11? Wow, I thought we set the record this spring with 5 in one place.....way cool Glitch

 

[glitch_oz]

11? Wow, I thought we set the record this spring with 5 in one place.....way cool Glitch

Looking at the pics, I seem to have been a bit too enthusiastic...10 instead of 11.
9 in most group-pics and 1 turned home straight from the morning meet, not coming along for the ride.... which turned into a cracker.
Although...we a couple of "honorary" TR's along :-))
(a Trumpy Scrambler and a KLR, both doing fantastic support and photo-"duties", thanks guys)

 

[nev..]

Here's a pic of all 10

 

[glitch_oz]

Making sure the thread can be viewed and linked by anyone, here's a shorty on yesterday's Terra/ Strada meet in Kinglake.

Getting 10 of them into one place is a bit of a record and the Vic/ Melbourne crowd rolled it all into a pearler of a day-ride, too.

Support and "photo-crew" were provided by the AusTourers, mainly Goodie on the KLR and Tim on the Scrambler (before the "moral" support of Doug and Stephen/ Steven?/ Oaters)...thanks for the company, guys! :chug:


Here are a few shots from the day...

Help me out guys!!

L-to-R

Matt (Mattwah), Brad (Waltr), ???, Dandydisco, Eivind (ozav8r), Steven/Stephen (oaters, non-Husky), ?grey Textile suit (De Lewis?), ?? blue T-shirt (Geeza), Goodie/KLR from the back)

LOTS of stuff to be checked and gawked at.

10 in a row, whoohoo!

Twowheeler (left) and Doug (non-Husky/ AusTouring).

Nev leading the pack on Murchison Spur

Matt right behind

Eivind (ozav8r)

Twowheeler enjoying the views from the ridge

Matt??

?? (Safari Tanks) and Matt?

Matt? or Rockyrider?

 

[glitch_oz]

Let's boogie (Dandydisco)

What the hell is THIS??

Sweet countryside!

Also sweet...and giving the Huskies a run for the money:bs

EVERYONE enjoyed Upper King Parrot Rd.

There goes the last one....

Or not??

Pre-lunch shots at the Yea Spur....L-> R: Brad, Nev (blue jacket), Tim (the lonely Trumpy punter) and Pete (Twowheeler) "upstairs".
(can't wait for those shots!)

A laaate lunch in Yea...

About to check out the old Cheviot Railway tunnel

What a ripper of a day!!

With nearly as many cameras around as what there were Huskies I can't wait to seeing them ALL here!!

Thanks everyone for showing up and making a fantastic day out of it!! :clap::clap::clap:

 

[sussurf]

What about us poor northern cousins?
Nice possie guys!

 

[glitch_oz]

What about us poor northern cousins?
Nice possie guys!

Meaning you're in Syd or Bris then. (there are quite a few Newports around Aus).
You guys could've been there, the ride was posted ~ 3 moths ago (shrug)....
Alternatively...post your own meet! Nothing wrong with that.

 

[DeLewis]

Terrific day guys! Credit to the event coordinator Glitch. Some great trails that were new to me. Yep, that's me in the textile suit and pacman backpack.

 

[twowheeler]

My version of events -

The general gaggle at the Kinglake meet-point, with some ring-ins -




Got ourselves organised; Terras up one end -



Stradas up the other -




Glitch led off in a roughly northeasterly direction, taking interesting roads & tracks.

First stop at Murchison Gap, where I could pick the dust out from my teeth -








Down the Gap, past Strath Creek, we turned left onto Upper King Parrot Creek Road & its bridge (sorry guys, didn't get everyone & you'll have to help out with handles on some) -

Glitch -







DeLewis I think -













Goodie on the Kwaka riding Sweep (although now I was ) -





Alone as Sweep and sans-dust, I stopped for a couple more pics -







Everyone waited patiently for me to catch up ..... more to come .......

 

[twowheeler]

We set off to find the Yea Spur Road, which was great fun, and wound up here -










Looking out over Yea and surrounds -







After lunch, headed over to Native Dog Road -




then stopped at Cheviot Tunnel -




From here, rode back via Murrindindi with what was left of the crew, who then split up again near Toolangi. I followed Glitch & ozav8r (I think) onto Old Mount Slide Road which took us down to Steels Creek. Great road, very entertaining loose gravel switchbacks through fern gullys.

For once I was OK eating dust, as 3rd out of 3 I could practice novice-level standing up + rear wheel braking + knee steering with no-one to witness the resulting unconventional cornering lines .

Short stop in Steels Creek where Glitch took that gross mug shot of me , before splitting to head home via Gruyure.


Back in the cave, I took out the air filter to see how much dust the silicon-sealed Unifilter had collected. Looks like it's done its job -









For interest, I averaged almost bang-on 4litres / 100km for the day.

Thanks all for a great day out .

 

[FreddoFrog]

Good photos, I used to live in Broadford until about 3 years ago, last time I rode through the Cheviot Tunnel it was still ballast on the ground. The bridge at the Strath Ck end of Upper King Parrot Creek road was put in in 2000/1. Our builder lived on a property fairly close to the Strath end and it was a a fairly rough ford to get across then. They have also improved the lookout over the Valley of a Thousand Hills.

 

[glitch_oz]

Good photos, I used to live in Broadford until about 3 years ago, last time I rode through the Cheviot Tunnel it was still ballast on the ground. The bridge at the Strath Ck end of Upper King Parrot Creek road was put in in 2000/1. Our builder lived on a property fairly close to the Strath end and it was a a fairly rough ford to get across then. They have also improved the lookout over the Valley of a Thousand Hills.

You wouldn't recognize some of the places anymore...the old Seymour-Mansfield rail line was just completed as a RailTrail 18 mths ago. Cheviot Tunnel had a major spruce up, carparks each end etc....and it's part of the RailTrail, of course. I also remember the tunnel full of 6-10" deep ballast-gravel.

Yo, the new lookout was built about 3 years ago and the entry to Horans Track has been "2WD-ed". There've been major works going on in+around Tallarook State Forest, a new carpark at the Strath Falls lookout and, and...
But there's still a lot of good riding up there...

Scenic Rim? Might catch up in March perhaps, there's a bigger ride by the AusTouring mob getting organized at the moment and we'll have at least 2 TR's along.