Daylesford, Jubilee, Specimen Hill & Wombat (a.k.a. Lurking on the Lerderderg) IMBA Blue Circuit An IMBA Blue circuit taking in Jubilee Lake, Specimen Hill Dam and Lake Wombat with an optional start/finish out and back between Lake Daylesford and Jubilee Lake. Traverses part of the Great Dividing Trails’ Lerderderg Track not to mention tracks named … More Two Lakes, Two Dams, One Spring
This circuit has been a private favourite for 11 years. To announce the forthcoming summer release of the Daylesford area trail maps, it is now yours also. It will feature on one of those maps. A 6km circuit recreational ride or hill training completely within forest and featuring a 2km downhill. Start/finish at the eponymous … More Up Spout and Down Badger
I like our Great Dividing Trails (GDT) equally as well as the rides described above. They are very different experiences because of the topography and environment. e.g. eucalypt forests here, pine and beech in NZ or open high country. So if you go to NZ on biz or holiday, take the opportunity to do some riding in a new environment.
… More Aotearoa : what we found across the ditch
A very pleasant ride when you haven’t got a lot of time. Dirt roads, one 4WD track and tarmac near Guildford and Glenlyon. … More General Store to General Store : Guildford to Glenlyon
This is a neat circuit in the Upper Loddon Forest not far from Glenlyon. Accessible by 2WD. 13km, up and down on dirt roads. No single track, nevertheless a varied surface road that keeps you alert. Classification IMBA easy.
… More Boundary Creek circuit, nr Glenlyon
Given The Monk hill is nearby I used to think this hamlet might be Friarstown but not so. The bbq mentioned below evokes bacon aroma temptingly wafting in the early morning zephyrs so I guess Fryerstown is a proper spelling after all. Fryerstown School Entry Point: Water, Showers, Camping The Goldfields Track has a new … More A Fav Ride to Fryerstown or is that Friarstown?
A few Sundays ago I had the opportunity to ride Dry Diggings Track from near Vaughan Springs towards Daylesford. This is one of my two favourite sections of Goldfields Track (GT), the other being Fryerstown – Castlemaine which I will cover in the next week or so. I started from the junction of Porcupine Ridge … More A Short Trip in the Hinterland Bush
Leave the car at home or a train station and Guildford pies are tops.
… More Access to Goldfields Track is soooo eeeasyy
V’locity trains to and fro enabled a relaxing Australia Day jaunt on the Leanganook section of the Goldfields track from Bendigo to Castlemaine. Again it revealed new items of interest. Also some flood damage and on the plus side, great new Goldfields track signage.
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Not only something completely different but only 2,750 km away is this mtb park 45 minutes NW of Auckland city. I took a morning out of my stay to visit it and am so glad I did. I love Wombat Forest trails but I also loved this completely different style. Lets get the only negative … More Woodhill MTB Park
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