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September 2022 Exhaust Notes - Edition No 317 

RIDE REPORT – CAMPERDOWN – 14 SEP. 2022

Photos—The Lens

19 riders plus Geoff (on 4 wheels) turned up on this cool, but sunny spring morning to follow Mark
(ride leader and planner) around the countryside, eager to see what mischief the day could bring! So,
after some happy snaps and a briefing from Mark outlining the plan of attack, we headed out through
Highton with Rob V volunteering to have the longest ride of all. We travelled through Ceres and
Gnarwarre, hitting the Princes Hwy where we turned right and on into Winchelsea. In Winch we
chucked another rightie onto the Cressy road and at Eurack turned left onto the Mt. Hesse Rd. Then,
after a few kays it was left again onto the Warrowie Rd and at Irrewarra we cut across to the Colac /
Ballarat Rd taking us back to the Princes Hwy and into Colac, our morning coffee stop. A quick scenic
tour of East Colac brought us to the IGA store on the main Hwy, where we parked and went off in
search of coffee and sustenance.

It was great to see Jimbo join the group in Colac, having enjoyed a nice early start to his day (8am) to
ride down from Portland – geez, Jim, the coffee at the Colac IGA must be bloody good!! So, after our
welcome stop, stretch of legs and coffee break, Black Betty Bob, Biggles, Dodgy and Geoff headed
homeward bound leaving 17 of us to continue the day’s meandering. We headed west out of Colac on
the Hwy and at Pirron Yallock took the Swan Marsh turn off and then at Carpendeit turned right onto
Ansons Rd taking us up to Lake Purrumbete. All the roads travelled were sealed bitumen surfaces,
however with the combination of a wet winter and the movement of farming equipment and dairy
cows across roads to get from one paddock to another, meant the road surface in a lot of areas was
covered over with a nice layer of wet, slippery mud and cow shit, which added an additional level of
excitement to our ride! About 5 kays past Lake Purrumbete we turned right onto the Cobden Rd and
then left onto Naroghid Rd, eventually finding Sadlers Rd which cuts between the 2 volcanic crater
lakes just to the west of Camperdown. This bit of road presents mind bogglingly spectacular views of
the 2 lakes and is a must see for anyone visiting Camperdown -- Absolutely brilliant! We then
continued on and detoured up Mt Leura which provides some pretty scenic views over the township,
before heading into town, parking outside the Bakery in the main street, to give lunch some fairly

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