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OzSTOC Ride Reports, Pictures & Videos => RIDE REPORTS => Topic started by: Kev Murphy on November 30, 2021, 03:38:19 PM
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Toora RTE 27th November 2021
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I set up the bike ready to travel on Thursday, ready to travel at 8am Friday. Left home at 8.03am.
A very slight mist in the air, which cleared about 30 minutes later. Strong gusty winds.
I took a few backroads from Warrnamboolto near Geelong, throgh Darlington, Derrinallum, Lismore, Cressy,
Inverleigh, just to avoid traffic, but caught up with some roadworks which slowed my trip by a half hour
(3 by stop and wait 10 minutes for oncoming traffic, one lane) Weather was dry and warm all day.
The run from Geelong to Melbourne was uneventful, normal late morning traffic, reached the Westgate Bridge at a few minutes before midday.
And then the trouble started. Got caught on the Monash Parking lot at Glen Iris.
It took two hours to travel to Narre Warren from the Westgate, 50km, normally a one hour trip. Refuelled at Narre Warren, @ $1.89.9 cents per litre!
Around $40+ for 21 and a half litres!
Made good time after that, arrived at Rustys a few minutes after 3pm. We had a yap, then went shopping for some christmas goodies for Sues sister at around 9pm. Couple of hours drive there and back.
After a good nights sleep, we left for the RTE a bit after 10am, a little over an hour away.
Unsure which route we took, as I just followed Russ.
Was really good seeing so many ST's arrive, and we all gathered outside for a yap, and jam allocation, etc.
Fantastic to catch up with so many friends. We moved inside for lunch at around 12.30pm.
Service was great, food was great, (Except I had far too much on my plate, even tho it was a kids meal)
I decided to leave at 2.30pm.
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Return trip was a lot sweeter than Fridays parking lot, I avoided the Monash. 2 Hours from Cranbourne to Waurn
Ponds with a refuel near Lara, and the sun was in my eyes, making travel difficult.
Had to pull over around Colac, as I could not see the road. Once the sun was below the horizon, it was much easier
to see, and maintain a reasonable road speed. Arrived home around 9.30 pm.
Total distance covered 1194 km. Many thanks to all who attended. Great to catch up.
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Nice report, Kev! :thumbs
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Great report Kev. Just a query from someone who has a pathological dislike of heavy traffic (and little knowledge of Victorian highways and byways), could the Queenscliff - Sorrento ferry be an option, one way at least, or are the fares to pricey or the sailing times not convenient for the trip or you still have to deal with terrible traffic and you don't save any time in any case - or all of the above?
Cheers ... Mark
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Mark, the Ferry runs on the hour every hour, takes around an hour to cross. $73 return for bike and rider, or $85 for bike with trailer, or a trike. Takes same time as riding all the way around the bay through Melbourne, but avoids a lot of traffic.
However, if its bad weather, it can be an uncomfortable trip.
1 hour 50 minutes by ferry, plus waiting time, 45km from Geelong to Sorrento, or 2 hours 30 mins and 180km to ride around through the city traffic to Sorento.
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Sue & I travelled home from the Curdievale RTE via the ferry last year.
It took around 40 minutes to cross.
It was a spur of the moment thing, I'd looked up the timetable while we'd stopped at Lavers Hill for a break and figured we'd make it to the terminal in time so we booked our tickets.
Worked out perfect as we only had to wait around 5 minutes before they started loading vehicles.
I can recommend it! :thumbs
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The last time I used the ferry it was bad weather, and I had to sit on the bike the whole way to ensure it didn't tip over.
AND I had to wait, because the ferry was leaving just as I reached the dock.
Poor timing on my part, as I had stopped at Geelong for a coffee.
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Thanks Kev
Great report :thumbsup
Thanks for sharing :like