Yarra Valley Autumn Shorts

Top pics, what a sensational destination and right on our doorstep! Victoria, Autumn, sunshine and a man and his Vstrom. How good is this! Well done!

Love the pics! Autumn is a great 'photography' time and it's great to see the beauty in our own backyard.

Great photos...
Gotta love the colours of Autumn
Det

Arghhh, sorry folks.
The 2.post is displays on top of the original thread starter and there's nothing I can do about it.
Seems to be in the forum-settings themselves, not any user-settings... the ONLY forum out there with this sort of thread arrangement.

That kills any multi-post ride-reports then...sorry again !!

Hopefully this post will NOT finish up above the original post...what a weird format that is





Cutting across to Old Warby Hwy on Douthie Rd.
















The timber bridge on Don Rd., where the dirt starts. The noon sun turns the bush silvery, it's a brilliant spectacle.





I feel sorry for the poor bugger on the Jap-cruiser wobbling down the thick gravel and washouts of Don Rd. at 3km/h. It's obvious from a mile away that he's shitting himself big time, fighting tooth and nail to stay on that chrome-monster to "make it out of that goat-track, hell, man, I tellya!!"









Rochford Winery has ALWAYS something on....today it's the Segway-guys.




No more mains recharge for the new models...they'll run on NOS!







Back to the colours...and they ARE stumping!












What a place, Holy Mackerel!!

Somewhere amongst the vineyard hills of Maddens Lane/ Briarty Rd.












A parting shot across Yarra Yering vineyards.... the valley and Toolangi hills in the background.






Not often one can catch a mid-20C pearler that late in autumn...glad we took the cameras along.

Let's see if something real local tickles the fancy...


With only a few hours at hand, a short stroll through the neighbourhood seemed a good idea.
Tootling through the backlanes, dirt and tar, a camera each to hunt down the current glut of glorious autumn colours, a leisurly scramble up Mt. Dandenong, down the eastern side on the dirt to Silvan Reservoir Park, the market gardens towards Yellinbo and Seville East...across Pantons Gap for a cuppa in Healesville, doing a bit of "people watching"....

Then the byways from Rochford Winery through a maze of vineyards into the back of suburbia at Mt. Evelyn. Shame, things were so hazy...the pics would've been something else. Just gotta do it again another day



5 hrs...108k's....173 pics...and a bit of sunburn on the tip of the nose.


Autumn's putting on one hell of a show in "The Valley".... ....and temps around the mid-20's sort of help things along, too.


Mount "D" from Glasgow Rd.




Pretty...juuust pretty!





Old Coach Rd., climbing the flank of Mt. D on a blanket of fresh, thick gravel.







Olinda Creek Rd. towards Silvan Reservoir











Getting the shot














Some parts look like winter's already here....





...while others are still "belting it out"...









A hedge of climbing roses down Parker Rd. nearly knocks you off the bike, the smell is incredible










Looking east towards Bunyip State Park from the top of Holden Rd.





....and "getting the bum" from the locals.
















The pre-harvest protective nets and covers are rolled up and tied for the winter.





Oh yeah, them's some pretty lanes out da sticks, man...






Just because!!





More pretty lanes....