June Long weekend 2017 - Kerang

Each year the club schedules a number of weekend rides to coincide with Long weekends and Easter. These weekends away are usually a mixture of riding and other activities as agreed between those that attend. We usually base ourselves in one location and then ride, walk or drive to other nearby locations. This last long weekend a group of club members went to Kerang for the weekend. Now there’s nothing really notable about Kerang in itself but its close to the Murray river, Swan Hill and is very FLAT. This weekend, we had Liz, Sandra, Virginia, David, Peter, George and Jim.

We all arrived at Kerang on Friday night as night was falling, so no riding on Friday. A quick meal and off to bed ready for riding the next day. One thing about Kerang is that it get’s pretty cold at night so it’s a good thing the cabins had good heating.

On Saturday we decided to ride to Koondrook and Barham. The weather was sunny and mild. In fact the weather for the whole weekend was fantastic. As is often the case with club members, coffee and other activities (shopping) can sometimes get in the way of riding so we didn’t get away from Kerang until after 11. You’d have to wonder exactly what shopping experiences could Kerang offer, but it didn’t stop some of our members from looking.

The ride to Koondrook was pleasant and pretty uneventful. Koondrook is a pretty town that has an old tramway, rolling stock and an old wharf on the Murray. Koondrook also has an interesting lift span bridge. We had lunch at Barham and proceeded to back Kerang via a Western loop (about 40Ks).

Our Sunday ride saw us ride back via Koondrook to a café we saw the day before on the Murrabit road. One of our members decided to drive—Still lunch at the Farm 253 café was great. After lunch we picked up the bikes and drove to Swan Hill for a look around and afternoon tea. Peter and Liz rode back to Kerang.

On Saturday night the Kerang Caravan park staff fed us baked potatoes in jackets and “entertained” us with their versions of a number of country and Western classics. They made up with enthusiasm what they lacked in talent. Even so we all enjoyed their company.

Sunday morning saw us all gather for a coffee in town after breakfast before setting off on the drive back home.

A satisfying and relaxing weekend. Report by David