Originally Posted by
PDKL45
Love the photos and the ride report, I used to live down that way. Have you ever toured on the other side of Melbourne?
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*Edit to add that maybe you could continue on to Wilson's Prom and beyond to take a ferry home? I don't know if the Sea Cat still runs, but it used to go to Tasmania from the port just past the prom.
We have toured on the other side of Melbourne. When I first came to Australia in 2004, my cycling partner and I cycled from Sydney, to Canberra, down to Bairnsdale, and then along the coast down to Wilsons Prom and over to Phillip Island to Melbourne.
Then I returned in 2008 to visit Rowan where he lived at the time north of Melbourne. We caught the train from Seympur down to Crib Point, then caught the ferry across to French Island and across to Phillip Island. From there we made our way down to Wilsons Prom and back.
After I moved to Victoria, north of Melbourne, we visited several spots out that way ... Lakes Entrance, Stratford, Toora, Wonthaggi (because we briefly considered moving there and wanted to get a feel for the town), Phillip Island. Most were hub-and-spoke style tours, but 2 or 3 of them were for randonnees.
And no, I don't think the Sea Cat still runs from down that way.