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March 2023 Exhaust Notes - Edition No 323 

Sunday Ride to Beaufort 18th Feb

Ride Report & Pics by the Lens

"The Plan" There`s always a plan! Well this plan was to be a nice casual ride to Beaufort, and to partake in the
culinary delights of the wares of the Beaufort Bakery. Yep' that was the plan. "Nope" didn`t happen. Well we
did the riding part, and we did the bike parking bit, in that little triangle of grass opposite the servo, and we
did the walk down the street towards the Bakery, and we did the crossing of the road (looking both ways as
responsible pedestrians) and-----------Well, that`s when the plan started to fall apart! The place was chock a
block full of customers. The shop was full, there were people stopped half way through the door because they
couldn`t get in, and there were people standing on the footpath looking in the window. Yep, that last group
was us! Well down the road was a little cafe called Cafe 57 or 56 or 69. I dunno, but we dashed in there for
some munchies. Check out the photo!
Now the day started with a group of 6 riders. Yep 6 only. Check out the photo! Mark`s up the pointy end and
off we go! Motored along some of our usual riding roads out of Waurn Ponds, through Inverleigh, and right up
the Teesdale road, lefty in Teesdale, and a veer to the right at the Mt Mercer Fire Station up the Mt Mercer/
Buninyong road to Buninyong, for morning smoko. Lubricated the laughing gear, and headed off. (Take note-
the Mt Mercer/Buninyong Rd`s will be mention later)
Headed west and did the short cut/bypass on the south side of Sebastopol, on the Bells road which turns into
Madden road past The Windermere Hotel. Should do a ride there one day, but it will be BYO. The place has
been closed for some time. ( A piece of useless info, if you do a Google street view of the pub, when the Google
camera car went past the pub was operational) The place is now looking well run down. So north we travel!
Where we go from there? Got no idea! I just followed Mark. He seemed to have it covered! Check out the
maps. So Beaufort it was!
Time to hit the road again for home. So we head south/east
from Beaufort toward Snake Valley, and Mark took us on
some roads I doubt I will travel on again. Now this is where
I am asking for some info. We came to a sign with some
streamers on it that said "Vera" with an arrow to the right.
What`s this? Is Vera a young lady and this is directions to
her birthday party, or is it the English female detective
named Vera paying us a visit, or perhaps it`s a code name
for a rave party? Down the road and the next sign indicated
a left turn into a industrial styled site. Is Vera a quarry?
Take your trailer in for a load of sand at the "Vera" quarry.
Or if you need a load of screening, you go the "Lillian"
quarry. I just don`t have a clue!! Check out the map for our
trip home, with a finish to the ride at Inverleigh. (Check
out the photo)
Great ride Mark, with some great riding roads and the
weather coordinator did there job and issued us with some
great weather.

Now!!! The Mt Mercer/Buninyong road. Well if you have
read the last Exhaust Notes you would have seen a article
on the pot holes I reported and were subsequently
repaired. Well the next ride I attended I was greeted with
"Hello Pothole Pete" Well------Pothole Pete has stuck
again. Yes, the Mt Mercer/Buninyong road, around the
Garibaldi area, south of the Hardies Hill Fire Station, for
about 3 or 4 k`s the road was covered in potholes. North of
the Firestation was a doosy, bang in the middle of the road,
right on the white line. All have been reported to the
Golden Plains Shire.
"Anyways" a great day and a great ride was had by all.
(Well 6 of us anyway)
Peter Barclay

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