Day 4 - Yea Ride

Morning tea at Yarck... lovely cakes and great coffee!

Andrew pointing out where we should have had lunch at the bottom of a climb which most missed in their enthusiasm to get to the top 

At the stay of the day.... yes the pictures are out of order!!!

A somewhat standard houseboat near the Goulburn river!!!

Dinner at theWetlands centre.... great food and great cheer at the end of the day!

We had a SNAFU moment here trying to find the rail trail so we had to traverse some country to get there?

A view of the Goulburn river 

Where we should have had lunch!

A nice view of the Goulburn valley from the top of the ridge 

Today’s ride information!!!!

A big day 

Lunch at the top of the 3rd Climb for the day

Comments on Today’s Ride

 Today was the day of the big ride of approximately 100 kms with a few big climbs ....

So we were on the road after breakfast at about 8.15 am with a lot of enthusiasm for the day

The first 20 odd kms were on reasonably flat country but we needed to make good time to Yarck for morning tea. The Yarck cafe was very good with lovely cakes and after good coffee , donuts and 2 lamingtons it was off to the beginning of the climb of about 400 metres to the top of the ridge where we travelled around 50 kms for the ride. It was here that we lost Abdy and Anthony who missed the turnoff on the Ruffy road. So we waited for them and proceeded for another 2 fairly long long climbs to lunch... gosh it was well deserved after over 1000 metres of climbing!!!

After a a refreshing lunch courtesy of the Yarck cafe we were off again for the final 35 kms back to Yea.... however there was another climb of about 70 metres over about 1.2 kms!!!!

After this the riding was over undulating country until we reached a magical descent from the plateau of about400 metres over about 10kms..... wow what a a great end to the ride after a big day!!!

The day ended at about 4.30 pm with us all feeling we had a great day of achievement 

Ellio, Ray, Gary, Steve Chen and Jeff organised a great dinner of steak fish prawns and salads at the Wetlands centre which was a perfect way to thank all involved with organising the ride.... particularly Ray Taylor for his careful and thoughtful organising of the “hub and spoke “ version of the ride who we all agreed worked well!

We all agreed that Ellio had done a great job of arranging the rides in all directions from Yea and the motel was perfect as our accommodation hub!

Looking forward to the last day of riding tomorrow