We were again blessed with good weather for this our ninth midweek club ride for the year. Seven of us left on time from Narre Warren heading down towards Berwick. A slight delay here when Ed had to pull in to a service station to investigate a loss of pressure in his rear tyre.  After an examination nothing foreign was located in the tread, tyre goo was pumped in, pressure restored and we were on our way. Our leader remained happy and therefore so did we.
From Berwick we rode up to the Caversham hill area and looped down to cross the Princes Hwy to Cardinia, over to Bayles and again crossed the Princes Hwy this time up to Longwarry North, Tarago and morning break at Neerim South.

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After the break we headed south down to Nilma North then another loop over to Shady Creek, down to Yarragon where we once again briefly crossed the Princes hwy before turning left on the Hazeldean Rd to Lardner then south  down to Poowong North before heading back up the C432 to Drouin for lunch to our favourite bakehouse. The ride so far was magnificent with Ed yet again mapping out the very best of the country roads for motorcycling, hardly a car in sight and a magnificent sunny morning. I particularly liked the Hazeldene Rd just west of Yarragon.

Lunch over Ed then took us west, onto the last leg through Bunyip, Garfield and Tynong before entering the Princes Hwy just north of  Nar Nar Goon, riding through Pakenham and eventually dispersing for home in the Berwick are Yet another fantastic midweek run. Thanks again Ed.

Before I finally headed for home I made a brief stop at the Berwick Pioneer Park. Here you can view the steam clock. That’s right…a steam clock. Steam mechanicals can be seen working but presently not attached to the clock face.  If you’re in the area check it out, have a look, see it working and read all about it. It’s in Peel St Berwick.

Reg Hammond

PARTICIPANTS LIST
TONY BORDER             LAVERDA 750 SF     1972I
REG HAMMOND          HONDA TRANSALP  2006
RAY ISLES                     BMW 80  1980
ADRIAN NASH             KAWASAKI    Z250C    1981
ED SLEIGHTHOLM      YAMAHA  XJ 650   1980
BILL WEEDON   HONDA   ST1300   2003