Darren ,Steve and I took off from my Joint around 3.30pm on Tuesday for the trip up to the Eildon Taj Mahal, we arrived to a fantastic late arvo with the sun shining and soon established our selves in the Deck chairs with a few ale's, then of to the Pub for Dinner and back to the Deck chairs till 11.30pm.
Wednesday morning we all met at the Eildon Pondage, and i decided to drive out to the 15 Mile Rd Starting area, this takes out some average tracks and makes the ride home a bit easier.
We mounted the bike around 9.30 and Quickly headed for the Narrow trail and them Headed south towards Stockmans Rewards, the temp was quite nice and the tracks toward Stockmans are grouse.
On the way down i passed the Track that Nathan broke his leg on back in 2007, so as you do we thought we'd have a bit of a Memory moment and relive the Track, i got to the end and waited for the Boys to arrive. Nathan was the next to arrive " THANK GOD" and had no problem with the track this time. Not long after that Darren had some front tyre issues and Nathan found a good Narrow trail out of the blue, so yes we all had to investigate this hidden track which came out about 1.5 klms later.
We got down to Stockmans Rewards and with the Bushfires in 2009 the way into Woodspoint the scenery was a bit different , so i had to consult the Map for conformation on where we were heading.
we arrived at Woodspoint around 1.30pm and we all ordered Toasted Ham N Cheese sangers, Chips n Garlic Bread. We fed our bellies and refuelled ($2.75 Ltr)then fixed darrens front flat and rode up old Coach Rd and onto German Spur up Moonlight and back into Stockmans Area.
I thought i might take the same way back, but thought i would try a new track " Old Reefton Logging Rd" and onto Dray Track, "what a blast". From Dray it was onto an over grown track that i haven't done for about 4 Years, the first 1 klm was covered with 3 ft high Blackberrie bushes, as i was riding through the vines they managed to get wrapped around the bike and throw me off
. This track comes onto another track which is know as Leaf Litter track, it's about 6 " deep in Leaves in some spots and a real hoot at around 40 deg climb.
Back onto Dray track and down the gully on Bull Range Rd and then into 15 Mile for the speedway sliding corners and flat chat straights back to the Cars.
We got back to the cars at 7.30pm.
Thanks for tailman duties Boys
Had a ball and thanks to all making this ride another 10/10 ride.
0 injuries, but many sore Muscles and aching arms !!!
210 Klms for the day and only one puncture.
Riders
Peter r Ride Leader
Darren d Morning Tail
Wade E Arvo Tail
Steve P
Nathan S
Damian K "ONION"
Gerrard B
