Melbourne to Mansfield and return. Long weekend

[land864]

I am travelling Melb to Bonnie Doon on the coming long weekend if anyone wanted something taken either way
Pete

[loanrangie]

Can you bring me back some serenity [smilebigeye].

[land864]

2 stroke or 4 stroke kind [bigsmile1]

[Tins]

I am travelling Melb to Bonnie Doon on the coming long weekend if anyone wanted something taken either way
Pete

Queen's Birthday? The official opening of the Snow Season? You're mad.[bigsad]

Just try and get back alive, and with your Licence intact. Every traffic cop in Vic will be on that road. Serenity? I don't think so.:no2:

[land864]

Mebbe

2 airbags and a higher vehicle with a solid chassis make me feel more comfortable

Assume everyone else on the road that night is an idiot

Make lots of allowance for stupidity by others

Leave lots of room

Be responsible for myself and my vehicle completely

Don't speed, don't get a ticket

Don't drink and drive, don't lose your license

Been doing it for 17 years on this same weekend

Don't jinx me now JT

[AK83]

Queen's Birthday? The official opening of the Snow Season? You're mad.[bigsad]

Just try and get back alive, and with your Licence intact. Every traffic cop in Vic will be on that road. Serenity? I don't think so.:no2:

The traffic cops won't be a problem .. just good luck getting there over the weekend to begin with, and plan to come back the following weekend .. if 'ya lucky.
The idiotic roadworks should see ya sitting in traffic for hours on end from Yea to Alexandra.

Maybe a good excuse to go up the Hume and over the Strathbogie Ranges(if you live centrally or west of the city).

[land864]

Good point
I forgot about the extensive 60kmh zone
We're in Eltham but across to the Hume sounds like a good option
Might be 2.5 hrs but not as bad as the Melba or Maroondah

[Tins]

Don't jinx me now JT

Not trying to. Just I spent six years driving to Buller, a couple of times a week, during each season. And I was in a 48 seat coach, 12 metres long, many tonnes, and it scared the bejesus out of me, the things people do.



Oh, and thanks. JT is about my favourite out of all the things I get called.

[Tins]

The traffic cops won't be a problem .. just good luck getting there over the weekend to begin with, and plan to come back the following weekend .. if 'ya lucky.
The idiotic roadworks should see ya sitting in traffic for hours on end from Yea to Alexandra.

Maybe a good excuse to go up the Hume and over the Strathbogie Ranges(if you live centrally or west of the city).

Yeah, the roadworks are fun. Both sides of Cotton's Pinch there are more traffic lights than there are in Wodonga. Up to Euroa, and over the hill to Merton would work.

[Chops]

Off to Alexandra this morning with trailer in tow [wink11]

Hmmm,, looking forward to the stop off at the Yea Bakery, twice even,,,maybe,,, [biggrin]

[AK83]

Yeah, the roadworks are fun. Both sides of Cotton's Pinch there are more traffic lights than there are in Wodonga. Up to Euroa, and over the hill to Merton would work.

Yep that's the way. I live in Coburg so to hit the Hume is more easy than to fight my way over to the east and then north .. etc.
if it weren't for the roadworks, I usually get off at Tallarook and across to Yea from there and then up(nicer drive) and sometimes if the light is right, I even detour around Yea and head into the hills at the Ghin Ghin. nice drive, nice area .. good for landscape photography :D


.... Hmmm,, looking forward to the stop off at the Yea Bakery, twice even,,,maybe,,, [biggrin]

I prefer the cafe just a door or two south/west of the bakery. Bakery is good, but the pies at the cafe are even better! Some of the kids had the pies from the bakery, and were good(compared to most pies) but still a little sloppy in the gravy department. The cafe pies tho were just perfect with great chunks of meat and vegies and a thick stewy consistency .. etc. etc.

[Tins]

Yep that's the way. I live in Coburg so to hit the Hume is more easy than to fight my way over to the east and then north .. etc.
if it weren't for the roadworks, I usually get off at Tallarook and across to Yea from there and then up(nicer drive) and sometimes if the light is right, I even detour around Yea and head into the hills at the Ghin Ghin. nice drive, nice area .. good for landscape photography :D

There's a lovely drive down into Molesworth from up there.



I prefer the cafe just a door or two south/west of the bakery. Bakery is good, but the pies at the cafe are even better! Some of the kids had the pies from the bakery, and were good(compared to most pies) but still a little sloppy in the gravy department. The cafe pies tho were just perfect with great chunks of meat and vegies and a thick stewy consistency .. etc. etc.

Yea was often my stop for lunch heading out in the truck. I prefer that cafe as well. Yarck ain't too bad either, though not much good if you're heading foe Alex.