Ten of us met up at Lilydale on Friday morning for the ride up to Wangaratta. We enjoyed some great weather and roads Ralph took on Tail End Charlie duties and handled it with aplomb.

We started with some back roads past vineyards through to Healesville and after that the ride over the Black Spur was very good.  Very little traffic, two drivers showed great road craft and used slow vehicle turnouts to let us pass safely and two didn’t but still got along at a reasonable clip.

Alexandra was quite busy for our “cuppa” break but provided lots of options. 

I was very happy with our lunch stop at Tatong – friendly greeting and service plus good value and very nice location.

Probably not the ideal place to mention a fuel shortage, but maps confirmed we could and did) address that problem at Moyhu before anyone ran out.

We then rode via Oxley.

Millawa and Oxley Flats Road into Wangaratta

BBQ at Painter Island went well and got to got to speak to people from far and wide.  

Thanks to all who came along.

My ride home past some granite outcrops south of Euroa was nice too

Cheers   John Cook