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July 2022 Exhaust Notes - Edition No 315 
Giant Redwoods Ride via Beech Forrest— 19th June 2022

Photos and report by Sheryl Townsend and Jules Pearce

Report: Sheryl Townsend
Pics: Jules Pearce & Sheryl Townsend

This was my first Winter ride in almost 2 years and I had forgotten about how many layers were
required! Not to mention I had done my annual “last-hot-day-of-summer jacket wash” and all the
padding was not where it was before ‘The wash’. So, with a lot of help from Graham when I arrived at
Maccas, and liner back in I finally got myself into Winter mode.

Ten of us set off from Waurn Ponds, travelling via Ceres, Winchelsea along the Marjorie Lawrence Drive
(Marjorie Lawrence: The World at her Feet – great film if you get the chance to see it), through Deans
Marsh (and the Sunday coffee crew at the General Store) onto Forrest Brewery for morning tea. After a
lovely coffee and cake, four members left to head back to Geelong - was it the thought of Turton’s Track
that put them off perhaps?

Six of us now set off to brave Turton’s Track – wet and even more fallen bark than normal made it a
cautious ride till we were out in the open again - a bit faster cautious ride now - and headed onto the
Redwoods in Beech Forest. We had a near miss with a Wallaby – not hopping out in front of us…but
sitting in a paddock and being pointed out by the ride leader… a tale to be embellished upon around
campfires of the future!

After a walk around the amazing Redwoods, we rode onto lunch at the Otway NouriShed in Ferguson.
Soul warming meat pies and giant burgers hit the spot well.

Feeling replete, we set off on one of my favourite roads – the Colac-Lavers Hill Road, with the
obligatory toilet stop in “Birre”.

Lost Biggles there to a Museum…as a visitor that is… and 4 of us finished the ride at Moriac.

Thanks, Jules, for The Jules’ June (almost) Solstice Quintessential Winter ride – you provided fog,
single digit temperatures, wet roads, slippery bark and a great fun day!

Thanks to Rob for t.e.c.

Snow next time please.

Sheryl Townsend

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