Tag: 2017
Bicycle trip: Lilydale to Warburton Rail Trail
One of Australia’s most popular rail trails, the path from Lilydale to Warburton follows the route of the defunct Warburton railway line through the Yarra Ranges east of Melbourne. https://video.relive.cc/strava_896471263_1489283219156.mp4 Lilydale – Woori Yallock Catching the train from Surrey Hills with a friend, we arrived in Lilydale mid-morning. Compared to most of the other rail…
Bicycle trip: The Pines, Doncaster East
As part of my semi-organised quest to visit the edges of metropolitan Melbourne in all directions, the Pines Shopping Centre beckoned as my next destination in eastern Melbourne. The Pines has always been of both vague interest and frustration. As I have calculated, this seemingly innocuous and relatively minor shopping centre in Doncaster East is…
Thoughts on riding through Camberwell and Canterbury
On my way back from Camberwell South the other day, I took a little detour off my usual Anniversary Trail route to have a look at some parts of Camberwell and Canterbury that I don’t normally visit. Back Creek, Camberwell I came off the Anniversary Trail at Elaroo Avenue in Camberwell and meandered through the…
Bolin Bolin Billabong
A short ride across the Eastern Freeway from North Balwyn, the Bolin Bolin Billabong is a welcome respite from the air and noise pollution produced by cars and trucks on the main roads that intersect the area. It is an oxbow lake, formed when the Yarra River gradually changed course over time through erosion. It…
Bicycle trip – North Balwyn to Bundoora loop (Part 2)
(Continued from Part 1 here). Bundoora – Viewbank Riding back through the subdivision, I crossed the Plenty River on the Greensborough Bypass bridge to get down to the Plenty River Trail as I had originally intended. The view from this bridge, probably lost on the cars speeding past at 80+ km/h, was quite stunning across…
Bicycle trip – North Balwyn to Bundoora loop (Part 1)
After a few days of pretty horrible weather (for summer anyway), Wednesday looked like the most bike ride-friendly day for the week. One route that I had been meaning to try was up to the Plenty Valley Parklands – a good 45 kilometre round trip (note the privacy buffer in the map below). North Balwyn…
Bicycle trip – Bellarine Rail Trail
For something a little bit different, I cycled the Bellarine Rail Trail on Monday with a friend who suggested the trip in the first place. Other than a brief sojourn along the Bright – Myrtleford rail trail a few years ago, I had never experienced cycling through the countryside before. After this experience, it’s definitely…