We will head west of Melbourne, with a stop on top of Mt Macedon
Meetup is 7:30am on Sunday morning at the Tullamarine McCafe, for an 8am start. (Melway 5:J10)
There's Shell, Caltex, BP & 7-Eleven/Mobil servos nearby.
Comments and suggestions welcome
Notes for those on their first cruise wrote:
- The early start is to ensure other traffic is light, so we can enjoy the roads!
- Bring a CB radio if you have one.
- Make sure your fuel tank is full!
- Make sure Ric knows your first name, plus those of your passengers, so he can make club name-tags for you.
- The drive will be at a brisk but legal pace over some nice winding roads. You should have fun without terrifying your passenger(s).
Confirmed
- Ric - Ric & Marg (has badge)
- MH3.0R - Mark (has badge)
- jaydece - Justin
- brainy - Brian (has badge)
- Penga - Andrew
- Pundit - Keith (Ric still has it from last time)
- Doyab - Jake & Jess (need badges)
- cruisn - Mark (need badge)
- xyz - George & Sylvia (Ric has George's)
- dmh87 - Huy (need badge)
- eckymosis - Eddy
- JaDaM - Adam
- Jtek - Joe
- AB501UT!0N - Chris (need badge)
- XT_for_me - Bryce & Anne
- GTB-R - Clive (50% chance) (Ric has his badge)
- bosc0 (6.9% chance...)
- ndlibgt - Nelson (50% chance)
- Gambit - (first half)
- AB501UT!0N's friend - Luke in a blue Impreza (need badge)
- chaotic2050 can't make it
- Tek doing the Eildon road instead.
- hin249 can't make it
- acko
- brainy's friend Joe
Route
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First Second Third draft of the probable route: (now includes a stop at "Gravity Hill", point E, for an interesting optical illusion
)Tullamarine to Werribee 264km 5 hours 13 mins (driving time only)
or you can bail out half-way:
Tullamarine to Ballan 147km 2 hours 56 mins (then cruise back to Melbourne down the Western Highway)
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Total Time
Distance Interval Time Description
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. 0km 0:00 08:00 Start at Tullamarine McDonalds. Corner of Mickleham Rd and International Drv.
. Take the Mickleham Rd exit from the freeway and turn right.
. 65km 1:17 09:17 Mt Macedon summit.
. 65km 0:30 09:47 Allow 30 min for photos and a walk out to the giant cross. There is a cafe for coffee, ice-cream etc.
. 104km 0:55 10:42 Trentham Falls
. 104km 0:18 11:00 Allow 18 mins for photos and sightseeing of the Falls.
. 139km 0:43 11:43 Ballan. Can refuel here. Easy run back to Melbourne if you want to skip the second half
. 187km 0:58 12:41 Meredith. Loo break at the Meredith Hotel.
. 259km 1:18 13:59 Werribee, via Anakie, and Little River.
. Finish at McDonalds on corner of Synnot St and Pine St. Late lunch
Special notes:
Detailed notes for the first few km, as we may get split up by traffic lights, and some warnings for later on...
- 0.0 km Exit the McDonalds carpark and turn right into International Drive.
- 0.1 km Turn right from International Drive into Mickleham Rd, southbound towards the freeway.
- 0.4 km Turn right from Mickleham Rd onto the Tullamarine Freeway (towards the airport)
- 1.5 km Stay in the right hand lane as we pass the airport. There may be queued up traffic trying to get into the airport in the left lanes.
- 7.6 km Just after the roundabout at Oaklands Rd, we will pull over onto the left shoulder if we need to wait for stragglers
- 10 km Sunbury Rd in Bulla. We have a loopback here, so you will see Libertys going the other way. Cameras ready!
- 16 km Wildwood Rd. Single lane bridge. Be prepared to stop if there is a car coming the other way.
- 22 km Wildwood Rd. Road is about 1.5 cars wide here, so you need to put two wheels onto the shoulder if you meet a car coming the other way. Slow down & be careful, there's loose gravel and potholes!
- 42 km Sutherland Rd. Fresh roadwork. Leave a gap between you and the car in front, as the stones will kick up.
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Mt Macedon Cafe http://www.visitmacedonranges.com/Membe ... -the-range (Note: the new owners normally don't open until 10am on weekends, but they're going to open at 9am just for us
)Trentham Falls http://www.trentham.org.au/attractions# ... tham-Falls
