Day 12- Wangaratta to Euroa

28 Oct

Todays ride was again in the flat country north of the great dividing range in Victoria.

Looking at the weather map earlier this morning it was looking ok for most of the day but it was rather cool. It was time to layer up with gear.

We made good time to Glenrowan where we had morning coffee and had a look at Kelly’s last stand.

After this it was on to Benalla for bike repairs as Ellio had a broken cable on his rear brakes. The repair shop was called Wheelie Awsome!

Whist the repairs were underway we had another coffee and sausage roll in the next door cafe which was run by Headspace a disability provider. It seems they run the bike shop as well. We had a delightful chat to a local couple who were in the cafe and as usual they were interested in our ride.

After coffee it was on to Violet Town but we were held up with a tyre puncture from Chris’s bike which was duly repaired.

Arriving at Violet Town we had a late lunch and drink and were able to chat to the local council representative who was full of information on the region.

After this it was on to Euroa along a road that turned into a real bog which even the biggest tractor would struggle to make progress!

We pressed on for about 7kms in the slush and to make matters worse it started to really rain hard!

Now throughly saturated we made our way on sealed roads into Euroa!

I made a trip down the Main Street to see whether Phil’s bike lock was still on the bike stand….. well no it was not there…in fact there is an entirely new stand there now…. Sorry Phil!!!!

At this stage the rain was really coming down and so I waited to make my way to the motel.

Now thoroughly saturated, dirty with mud it was in to the shower for a thorough clean and warm up.

After this we organised the laundry with the motel owner and then we went to dinner at the Seven Creeks pub where I enjoyed a meal of bangers and mash

Today was a good day of adventure and I am pleased we made it through relatively unscathed!

It was a day where we travelled about 92 kms and climbed 262 metres