Well, what a great RTE!
Beautiful blue skies greeted me when I crawled out of bed although the air was just a bit fresh.
By the time I was ready to head off it had increased by a few degrees, much to my relief as I was intending on wearing my summer jacket without the liner as they were predicting quite warm weather for both days.
I headed off around 8.15am, just needing to fuel up before I was on my way...
I rode through to Taggerty before my bladder required me to stop.
I then took the opportunity to replace some of fluids I'd just disposed of with the bottle of water I'd actually remembered to pack that morning.
Wanting to get to Jamieson in plenty of time for lunch, I quickly got back on the road...
Turning off the Goulburn Valley Hwy onto the Eildon-Jamieson road, it wasn't long before we were into the twisties...Wow, what a great road!
60 odd k's of mostly very low speed bends with just a break of a few k's in the middle where you could take a few moments to relax...
The road surface was pretty good too and pretty much none of the usual debris that you usually find on these sorts of roads.
Only had the one slight brown trouser moment...the result of running over a stick I didn't see in the shadows.
Unfortunately, due to the lack of places to pull over I didn't get to take many photos.
The one time I did attempt to make a photo stop I ended up having to jump into a drain to avoid a couple of motorcycles that suddenly appeared from the opposite direction...so...not a good idea!
I did stop at the scenic lookout (which is around 8-9ks from Jamieson) to take a few photos of Lake Eildon...
Arriving at the Courthouse Hotel and entering the bar, I was surprised to find I was the only one there...That soon changed though but I was actually surprised there weren't more people.
As everyone that was attending this RTE was present, I ordered lunch...
After lunch I then presented the "awards". I took out longest distance rider and best presented ST...
All too soon it was time to head for Mansfield...
Arriving there a bit early as my airbnb host had told me she wouldn't be home until around 3pm, I figured I'd go check out the "action"...
Spotting the local "Vinnies" I thought I'd go see what bargains I could pick up.
Unfortunately they must have spotted me arriving as when I got to the door they had just shut up shop...
Cursing my luck, I headed back to my bike. While I was busy pulling my gloves back on, one of the op-shop staff approached the car i was parked next to.
To my surprise she spoke to me, asking me if I was the gentleman that was staying the night at her airbnb...
What were the odds of that happening? I had no idea she worked at "Vinnies" and there were numerous other bikes in town....Spooky!!!