bowie
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So I went for a ride.
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Despite the heat (only 32) it was lovely to get out and put some km's on my XJ6
There was a fire visible from Healesville. I thought my trip might have been short but it was a controlled.
All that "cloud" and flare, was from the over side of that range. Hence why I was like whaaaaaa? Oh that is the dam at Healesville.
Also. You don't have to move far out of from where I am to have you feeling like you are in the bush
Warrandyte was surprisingly pretty. Trees, green things. It's alright it was. Eltham road was nice. At the start there was a counter indicating how many motorcycle incidents there had been. 267 thus far apparently. it wasn't scary, I.e. there weren't any off camber blind corners of anything like that, I suspect as it's close to the city and wonderfully curvy it's a go-to for noobs. (myself included it seems)
By the time you reach Yarra Glen you feel you are at Seymour. Shitty little town with hilly farm land as far as you could see. Still nice tho I confess. It Felt like the road between Yachandandah and Wodonga. if that means anything to you lot.
The road north of Healesville, (north of the dam) and before Narbethong feels like Jurassic park
That doesn't do it justice. This place, you are in a rainforest. Pictures galore! Tall canopies and still with burn marks from the fire sometime ago? The road was excellently surfaced and windy as they come too. it was the type of scene where you'd have expected the original Predator to have been shot in. And it was a hoot to roll around.
Marrysville has you at the foot of the snow hills? There were sky hire shots and crap everywhere. Next time I'll turn right and wide up around the mountain me thinks. But from there on in it's not quite highish country rural farming. Country and western music, single buildings acting as corner stores / motels / pubs / post office / police stations. Well not that bad Small towns are great tho. and this was one of them.
It's strange to have covered so many discrete environments quickly
1)City
2)Urban
3)Farming
4)Troppical(ish)
4)Snow Hills
I must also say, once being north of Healesville I had the roads mostly to myself with the occasional nod to another bike, or local who was being polite. Incidental traffic who were polite (waving you in front once corners where clear)
I think if I was ever traveling north I'd take that route again, and cut up into Benalla. sure beats the boring batsh1t that is the hume. And it's pretty. And there was no traffic, or speed traps! There is still heaps to explore up there and the mountain will look wonderful. I'm keen to get back up there for another look around. I would have never gone over to those bum **** towns if i didn't have a bike. Thank you Yamaha
Oh gord I should at least have a shitty shot of the bike in here..
Bikes are good. I wish I had left earlier and I might have gotten up around Bullar. Must make an effort before the snow comes.
Map
Despite the heat (only 32) it was lovely to get out and put some km's on my XJ6
There was a fire visible from Healesville. I thought my trip might have been short but it was a controlled.
All that "cloud" and flare, was from the over side of that range. Hence why I was like whaaaaaa? Oh that is the dam at Healesville.
Also. You don't have to move far out of from where I am to have you feeling like you are in the bush
Warrandyte was surprisingly pretty. Trees, green things. It's alright it was. Eltham road was nice. At the start there was a counter indicating how many motorcycle incidents there had been. 267 thus far apparently. it wasn't scary, I.e. there weren't any off camber blind corners of anything like that, I suspect as it's close to the city and wonderfully curvy it's a go-to for noobs. (myself included it seems) By the time you reach Yarra Glen you feel you are at Seymour. Shitty little town with hilly farm land as far as you could see. Still nice tho I confess. It Felt like the road between Yachandandah and Wodonga. if that means anything to you lot.
The road north of Healesville, (north of the dam) and before Narbethong feels like Jurassic park
That doesn't do it justice. This place, you are in a rainforest. Pictures galore! Tall canopies and still with burn marks from the fire sometime ago? The road was excellently surfaced and windy as they come too. it was the type of scene where you'd have expected the original Predator to have been shot in. And it was a hoot to roll around.
Marrysville has you at the foot of the snow hills? There were sky hire shots and crap everywhere. Next time I'll turn right and wide up around the mountain me thinks. But from there on in it's not quite highish country rural farming. Country and western music, single buildings acting as corner stores / motels / pubs / post office / police stations. Well not that bad
Small towns are great tho. and this was one of them.It's strange to have covered so many discrete environments quickly
1)City
2)Urban
3)Farming
4)Troppical(ish)
4)Snow Hills
I must also say, once being north of Healesville I had the roads mostly to myself with the occasional nod to another bike, or local who was being polite. Incidental traffic who were polite (waving you in front once corners where clear)
I think if I was ever traveling north I'd take that route again, and cut up into Benalla. sure beats the boring batsh1t that is the hume. And it's pretty. And there was no traffic, or speed traps! There is still heaps to explore up there and the mountain will look wonderful. I'm keen to get back up there for another look around. I would have never gone over to those bum **** towns if i didn't have a bike. Thank you Yamaha
Oh gord I should at least have a shitty shot of the bike in here..
Bikes are good. I wish I had left earlier and I might have gotten up around Bullar. Must make an effort before the snow comes.