The trip was from 2 – 7 Oct. Myself on an ST1100, Simon on his ST1300 and Graham “Hackle” Harris on his BMW 1200 GS. It was over 5 days and 2 days travelling from Hobart to Devonport to catch the Spirit.
I stand to be corrected by Hackle for any mistake made with this rough travel route. The attached photos aren’t in order, alziemers or something. The onboard photos are from Simons Go Pro.
Day 1 – from Melbourne to Myrtleford. Took in Reefton Spur, Eildon-Jamieson Road, C546 Murray River Road, C400 Alpine Way – Myrtelford.
Day 2 – Myrtleford to Jindabyne. Simon hit a wombat (fatally) a short time out of Myrtleford at 9.10 a.m. damaging his lower fairing and bending the rear brake lever back. Needed a stop at Albury at Whitfields Motorcycles for some running repairs. Mandatory stop at Thredbo Hotel, 16 degrees, will I wear full ski gear or bathers? People did both, depending on alcohol levels.
C546 Murray River Road, B400 Alpine Way to Jindabyne.
Day 3 – Jidabyne to Bairnsdale. Snowy River Way, B25 Monaro Hgh, Princess Hgh, loop of Cape Conran, Marlo, Metung and lots of side roads to Hackle’s place.
Day 4 – Bairnsdale and return (big loop) B500 Great Alpine Way to Omeo (two fantastic side roads had us chasing a deer as it ran next to us), C543 to Tangambalanga, back on C531, B500 Great Alpine Road and Bairnsdale.
Day 5 – Bairnsdale to Melbourne via every road except highway. Glenaladale, Stockdale, Valencia Creek, lap of Glenmaggie Lake, Rawson, Buln-Buln and Melbourne.
Weather was fantastic, quality of the roads is brilliant (compared to the goat tracks we have in Tassie masquerading as highways) and importantly, company was always lively. Would recommend this to anyone looking to cover all types of riding experiences and sceneries. Did about 2300 kms.
I have added a link to Google Earth. It shows a map of our trip right down to minute detail. I am not sure if it will work.
Start of the Reefton Spur
View from Eildon-Jamieson Road
Before
After
Thanks
