This would be my first gentle foray into a touring, being a point to point credit card tour staying in accommodation along the way.
My friend Andrew had mapped a mostly offroad route that would take us 489km from Lilydale to Wangaratta. It would include some extremely rough and steep terrain between Mirimbah and Whitfield which added to the challenge.
Day one saw four of us on the train out to Lilydale, where we were to start the 163km days ride to Jamieson. Roughly half of day one's route was sealed - to Warburton via the rail trail, Reefton Spur, Eildon Warburton rd (not one car!) and then over a tough climb at around 140km in to finally descend into Jamieson.
Bike set up using my Revelate Designs Viscacha which works amazingly including numerous jumps over water bars day two!
Day two Jamieson to Whitfield over Mt Stirling 133km and some extremely steep and rough 4WD tracks.
No 3 Road view at around 1550m above sea level
Day three 104km. Was to go over the back of Mt Buffalo via the Goldie Spur track, but the inclement weather had us taking the safer option to Myrtleford and then onto Bright.
Day 4 88km Cruised into Wangaratta via the rail trail and spent a couple of hours enjoying the three course degustation option at Gapsted winery before continuing on to catch the train back to Melbourne ...
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