Oz Walnuts run Feb16/17

[SteveD]

Looks like a great weekend. Was the air a wee bit smoky to breathe, and I mean in a burned eucalypt manner

That road will open a fantastic bitumen loop, and then when/if they do the Dartmouth road it'll be one mother of a figure of eight to ride! Mitta Mitta to Omeo to Hotham then Mt. Beauty to Omeo to Dartmouth and further on...

I hope Bob didn't get nabbed on the Bruthen road, 'cause I hear the LEO's will be more vigilant and that the speed limits will be dropping to 80kph for quite a bit of it!

[Mal S7]

Good to hear it all went well Charlie
From the camping pic it don't look like anyone was making any fast moves. Verrry relaxed.

cheers
Mal

[Bob Bennett]

Yes, it was a great weekend, many thanks to all involved.
Lovely campsite beside the creek.

Packing up Sunday morning prior to the ride south to Anglers Rest.


The Blue Duck Inn where we had a couple of cold ones before heading around to the camp site.


This sign at the camp site infers that we should have walked in!!!


The next pix are of my mornings ride, another great road and the cops didn't annoy me, They did get a couple of
car drivers and a log truck though.




I'm looking forward to the next one, see you all then.

[ME 109]

Thanks again Charlie, Pete, Bob and Tom.
Indeed a chilled weekend with nothing in particular to do, and certainly not in any great hurry.
In fact I got so relaxed, I forgot to go home.
A very pretty area is the Walnuts, with green grass! Fancy that, it's as dry as a bloody bone here at home.

I didn't do any better than Charlie in the photo dept.

Steve, don't worry so much about the speed limit reduction, those hairpins are smokin' @ 50 mph

[DucatiPete]

g'day y'all,
Thanks again for the fantastic w/end of 'cycling, camping, eating, drinkin, bullshitting, and a little fishing (well, at least, I lost a lure, and Jeff says he caught a trout/minnow cross ).
Pretty good effort that everyone got up there Friday night. Particularly so by Bob (from Narooma) and Tom (from Melbourne).
My run up there was largely uneventful (slightly wetted by thundershower at Yakandanda) but otherwise just a bunch of (slightly warm) fun. Apparently both Bob and Tom copped a wetting on the way down/up too (well, twice for Tom).
The Walnuts hold a special place in my personal history - I actually met Tom there about 30 years ago...

Here's Charlie and Bob apparently contemplating the nature of beemers in the bush...


And here is my old mate Tom and his (new to him) American airhead... (of which he has mixed feelings)...

[DucatiPete]

oops, double post...

[DucatiPete]

On the Saturday we took a nice squirt up to see Dartmouth Dam. It's pretty full (about 96%, I think), which is a nice change since it was down to below 10% not all that long ago (maybe a couple of years)... and it holds a shite load of water, which is of particularly high value to downstream farmers.


From there we shot down to Eskdale pub...


For a nice lunch and a couple of beers...


Then it was back to the Walnuts for, err, more drinks and a bite to eat...

Jeff cooking up a storm...

[DucatiPete]

On Sunday we split up. Jeff and Tom headed back to Albury/Melbourne while Charlie, Bob and myself followed the Omeo Highway down to Anglers Rest and the Blue Duck Inn for a few very nice/cold ales...

Bob fuelling up at the Mitta store (is that moo juice?)...


Bob coming down the Highway. As Charlie says, it's supposed to be fully sealed by the end of the year... It wasn't too bad, although the gravelly sections presented some challenges. Yeah, it'll be a cracker once it's blacktop all the way...


Chas and Bob preparing themselves for a couple of coldies...


We camped o/night across the road from the pub. Another fantastic camping site.
That night Bob and I decided to have a crack at the Barry Way. I've been meaning to do it for years but the opportunity hadn't presented itself. Now it looked like a real goer... except...
I was shaken awake from an unsettled sleep by a badly rumbling stomach... off to the dunny... hmmm, not good...
I still considered the trip up north, but before long realised it wouldn't be too much fun... So, decided to head back to 'civilisation' with Charlie... Glad I did. Got back to Wodonga that arvo and stayed at a mate's place o/night and recovered sufficiently to head (directly) home on Tuesday.
Despite the last minute hiccup (gut rumble) the w/end was another beauty, with fine company, magnificent scenery and fun roads. Thanks guys... Looking forward to Wee Jasper...
pete

[ME 109]

I was shaken awake from an unsettled sleep by a badly rumbling stomach... off to the dunny... hmmm, not good...

Gidday Pete, great post.

Now, just how much of that crick water did you drink?
I stopped drinking water from streams about ten years ago after seeing a dead cow hung up in flood debris while out trout fishging.
The Barry Way would have been a dry, dusty run at the mo' anyway. Better in autumn or spring.