Mountain Runs

[Stagea_Neo]

Dandy tourist rd is good except for the tourists.

Like coming down the side heading toward Canterbury Rd.

Like going up via Burwood Hwy and that left hairpin

Off Dandy tourist Rd is Mtn Hwy, that good going up and down, less cars.

Reefton Spur good or is it just past that going out of Reefton?

There's a turn off left you take to Lake Mountain, 100m in front of the turn off is

an access road and a big fence for yarra valley water?

For the flat area.

Some favourite roads are past Wonthaggi going into Tarwin Lower / Venus Bay,

great winding roads and tightening bends with some decent straights with one monster straight

v.enjoyable.

And if you game to get lost out the back of Wonthaggi a bit north of Leongatha, some real twisty

up and down all over the shop hills and dales, bit of a steep ascent/decent on a bend here and there it will test you!!

[Astro Bear]

Dandy tourist rd is good except for the tourists.

Like coming down the side heading toward Canterbury Rd.

Like going up via Burwood Hwy and that left hairpin

Off Dandy tourist Rd is Mtn Hwy, that good going up and down, less cars.

Reefton Spur good or is it just past that going out of Reefton?

There's a turn off left you take to Lake Mountain, 100m in front of the turn off is

an access road and a big fence for yarra valley water?

For the flat area.

Some favourite roads are past Wonthaggi going into Tarwin Lower / Venus Bay,

great winding roads and tightening bends with some decent straights with one monster straight

v.enjoyable.

And if you game to get lost out the back of Wonthaggi a bit north of Leongatha, some real twisty

up and down all over the shop hills and dales, bit of a steep ascent/decent on a bend here and there it will test you!!

Those locations sound incredible.

[sami`]

I found a few good roads while heading out to bunyip state park for a ride behind pakenham/pakenham west..

[TurboTom]

mountain hwy from bayswater to olinda, I do it most weekends

really great road but bye bye car if you make a mistake

...as I found out in my r31

[Astro Bear]

mountain hwy from bayswater to olinda, I do it most weekends

really great road but bye bye car if you make a mistake

...as I found out in my r31

Ouch. I know the feeling. King lake roads + 1am + open cliff face = epic fail.

[iseekool]

Route between Whittlesea and Yea.

Very generous speed limit of 100km/h - most of the time you will be doing about 70 to 80km/h. Some nice 90 degree turns and hairpins with changes in elevation - mainly sweeping bends that are very deceiving - don't go at them too quick. Nice surface and very light traffic - but be careful of some wet patches on the road (because of natural springs), falling branches and some tourists heading Mt. Buller way.

In Yea there is this awesome pizza place next to the petrol station. It has some V8 supercar memorabilia on the walls and the pizza is "probably" the best I've tasted.

[HEKT1K]

Dandy tourist rd is good except for the tourists.

Like coming down the side heading toward Canterbury Rd.

Like going up via Burwood Hwy and that left hairpin

love that hairpin!! haha

the route from canterbury road is far smoother than from burwood hwy, i've only ever been down towards canterbury but i reckon it would be better to go up

seekool: just checked out the whittlesea-yea road, looks really good! thanks for the tip

[scotty nm35]

Route between Whittlesea and Yea.

Very generous speed limit of 100km/h - most of the time you will be doing about 70 to 80km/h. Some nice 90 degree turns and hairpins with changes in elevation - mainly sweeping bends that are very deceiving - don't go at them too quick. Nice surface and very light traffic - but be careful of some wet patches on the road (because of natural springs), falling branches and some tourists heading Mt. Buller way.

In Yea there is this awesome pizza place next to the petrol station. It has some V8 supercar memorabilia on the walls and the pizza is "probably" the best I've tasted.

It was great on the bike, winds on forever.

I never see any po-po until the Whittlesea end luckily.

[sami`]

Ouch. I know the feeling. King lake roads + 1am + open cliff face = epic fail.

You forgot to add wild life

Edited August 20, 2010 by sami`

[alex_k]

Fkn lol at some of these replies.

Might do some exploring on the weekend. I like King Lake runs, but the skinny road + huge drop-off = near death.

pussy!

[Stagea_Neo]

Route between Whittlesea and Yea.

I like that road, joins on to the kinglake rd doesn't it not too far before the old pub?

Apparently pretty dangerous in the wet i've heard in years gone by.

I found some back rd around there just heading out of whitlesea or was i in yarrambat...anyway,

one of the steepest roads iv'e ever come across! like a roller coaster, we went up and down then

back a few times just for fun:)

Ohh nearly forgot, on the way to Yea, there's a turn off on the right to murrindidi

and the old mill, nice couple of kmh's of winding driving there, after the mill all gravel/dirt camping area.

[m3ntal_l2]

Dandy tourist rd is good except for the tourists.

Like coming down the side heading toward Canterbury Rd.

Like going up via Burwood Hwy and that left hairpin

Off Dandy tourist Rd is Mtn Hwy, that good going up and down, less cars.

Reefton Spur good or is it just past that going out of Reefton?

There's a turn off left you take to Lake Mountain, 100m in front of the turn off is

an access road and a big fence for yarra valley water?

For the flat area.

Some favourite roads are past Wonthaggi going into Tarwin Lower / Venus Bay,

great winding roads and tightening bends with some decent straights with one monster straight

v.enjoyable.

And if you game to get lost out the back of Wonthaggi a bit north of Leongatha, some real twisty

up and down all over the shop hills and dales, bit of a steep ascent/decent on a bend here and there it will test you!!

mountain hey is awesome. specially at night its pitch black

[iseekool]

I like that road, joins on to the kinglake rd doesn't it not too far before the old pub?

Apparently pretty dangerous in the wet i've heard in years gone by.

I found some back rd around there just heading out of whitlesea or was i in yarrambat...anyway,

one of the steepest roads iv'e ever come across! like a roller coaster, we went up and down then

back a few times just for fun:)

Ohh nearly forgot, on the way to Yea, there's a turn off on the right to murrindidi

and the old mill, nice couple of kmh's of winding driving there, after the mill all gravel/dirt camping area.

Yes spot on.

It is dangerous because the surface is so smooth and not well banked - Just by looking at the sweeping bends - It "seems" you can attack them at close to the speed limit (100km/h) but that's suicide IMHO - change in elevation in turns do not help either - at about 80km/h I can feel slight wash out so I back off to around 70km/h. I'd hate to imagine what its like in the wet.

[iseekool]

love that hairpin!! haha

the route from canterbury road is far smoother than from burwood hwy, i've only ever been down towards canterbury but i reckon it would be better to go up

iseekool: just checked out the whittlesea-yea road, looks really good! thanks for the tip

Glad you like it.

All this talk of mountain runs got me itching for a cruise

Maybe when the weather is nicer I might plan a non-official pizza cruise to Yea (and maybe surrounding areas)

[Peter89]

keep an eye out for EPA vans and wildlife.

also, cyclists can be absolute flamin mongrels on mt roads. i remember being passenger on a SAU cruise up through king lake. the road was probably 1.5 lanes wide at most, with polls right on the outer edge. we had at least 15 maybe 20 cars on that cruise and we seemed to have caught up with a bunch of cyclists. not one of them pulled over focusing everyone to drive on the wrong side of the road.

[ZILLR]

dandy mt! "devils elbow" hairpin... great to slam it going uphill scary downhill!