RTE? Mentioned previously, 600km is about my daily limit. That generally means anywhere within a 250km radius from home, which assumes around 50km extra taking a scenic, more interesting route (Hendo, Nigel, this does NOT mean gravel, dirt or slippery clay!!!), eg. somewhere in the red circle:
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IMHO the destination has got to be on, or at the end of a sealed road, and have a good pub. Whilst that still leaves lots of good destinations, it immediately rules out some destinations like Kevington and Woods Point (gravel road) and Noojee (no pub) and Tolmie (last visit I could not get a meal). I'm sure there are other locations that would fit my criteria.
Overnighters? In addition to my RTE criteria, the pub or nearby camping ground must also have good or better accommodation, eg. pub rooms or cabin accommodation, especially if some of the ladies are wanting to ride with us, or even ride alone.
In recent years I've had good stays at (generally in clockwise order around the state so as I can list as many as I can remember), Wye River, Warrnambool, Port Fairy, Camperdown, Hamilton, Horsham, Ararat, Ballarat, Maryborough, Castlemaine, Bendigo, Echuca, Warracknabeal, Wedderburn, Shepparton, Benalla, Wodonga, Albury, Corryong, Walwa, Bright, Myrtleford, Omeo, Khancoban, Jamieson, Alexandra, Marlo, Metung, Orbost, Bombala, Metung, Bairnsdale, Lakes Entrance, Bruthen, Maffra, Yarram - I might I have missed a few.