After Saturday’s scorching heat it was nice to see a much cooler day forecast so I headed to Officer to see who was up for a ride through the hills.

A group had gone with Andrew for a weekend ride to Corryong and beyond so I was pleased to see a dozen or so riders turn up. That included Michael on a BMW and Mario on a Versys joining us for the first time. Nice to have your company and I hope you enjoyed ours and the ride.

With Nick as TEC we took off through the new subdivision as Starling road was closed and managed to find our way onto the route.

Temperature was ok as we headed up through Emerald and along Macclesfield Road to Yellingbo and then to the Beechworth Bakery in Healesville for morning tea. Traffic was was not too bad although a couple of slower cars kept us a bit slow along the nice winding roads.

After the break we tackled Myers Creek Road and through Kinglake then up the Yea road before turning off towards Strath Creek.

Lunch was at the fairly new cafe where everyone enjoyed a cool drink and something to eat. It had become much hotter and close to 30° so we needed to cool down.

I really enjoyed the ride and hope the rest of the group did too. Many thanks to Nick for a sterling job as TEC.