Here we are at Chirnside Park for the 9.30 AM off. Planned is a short, around 160Km, run due expected hot weather,but it isn’t (hot that is). 

 We have nine riders itching to go while Ray Isles and his trailer are both hoping not to be called upon.

Out into the Maroondah Highway traffic is a  pain but here at Coldstream its great to take the virtually deserted Killara Road through Gruyere. But now we ‘re back on the highway to the morning stop at Warburton’s Valley Bakery. Two good things about this bakery : it employs handicapped people and has excellent coffee, so say the coffee tragics among us.

See photos at Gallery/2008/Weekend Runs/Feb 2008

We are through to Woori Yallock and onto Healesville. At this planned regroup stop just outside Healesville four bikes await the rest. Here they come now with Tom’s Ducati on the trailer¾a puncture within a Km of this regroup, just that close!

Right, lets now do the run across to Yarra Glen, through the town and onto the old back road (deserted!) toward Healesville.

Where are we now? Of course at the lunch stop at Healesville’s Beechworth Bakery, no not Beechworth’s Beechworth Bakery----- who devised that bit of conflict?

Nether the less, this bakery has become a magnet for motorcyclists “doing” the Yarra Ranges; its right at the end, or the beginning? of the Black Spur road.

Our short ride back to Chirnside Park has taken us through the back way passing the Lilydale Airport (used to be an aerodrome in ye olde days) with just a little more on the Maroondah. But we are avoiding the painful drag through Lilydale town.

Yeah, it’s an early finish to today’s run but not so early for those needing to go a further 20 or 30 Km in Sunday traffic to get home.

Thanks for coming, corner marking, trailer support, Peter Cullen’s rear riding and all for making enjoyable company.

Jack Youdan

Tom Myers                        Ducati 750 GT              1971

Phillip McArdle                  BMW R90S                  1975

Kay Di Clementi                 Honda Rebel                 1984

Richard Haughton               Honda FT 500               1982

Graham Boulter                   Triumph 750                 1974

Peter Cullen                         BMW R60/5                 1971

Colin Sullivan                     Norton Commando        1972

Ted Lhuede                         Sunbeam S7                   1950

Jack Youdan                        Triumph Sprint               2002

Ray & Elvira Isles               Supply trailer.