Recently I rode a section of the rail trail I haven’t ridden before and it means I will have ridden the trail from Bairnsdale to Orbost but obviously not all in one go. The Trail is approximately 100km.Three of us rode from Waygara to Orbost and back again, a distance of 34 kms. It was…
Tag: Bairnsdale
Things you don’t see when traveling by car
This memorial stone is in the main street of Bairnsdale, I guess on what you would call the median strip, although the strip is very wide and has beautiful garden beds all along the main street. There are several memorials at different spots along the main street. I viewed it from close range as I…
The things you see on the bike trail. . .
Recently on my bike ride on the East Gippsland Rail Trail I spied a rider in front of me who seemed to be taking his hands off the handlebars rather too frequently. I was surprised to discover, when I got closer, that the person’s bike had no handlebars at all, he was riding a unicycle….
I know Mothers’ Day was a while ago but I wanted to share this.
For Mothers’ Day my younger daughteer had organised for us to have a FaceTime morning tea. We would be having morning tea but online, not an actual meeting. Having seen a post on the Local Business page of Facebook I thought it would be a good idea to support one of the local businesses. The…
Look at this bike trail.
How smooth is that? For some time now the condition of the surface of our local bike trail has left much to be desired. There were many potholes and the ride was rather rugged. We have been fortunate in having the trail resurfaced recently so now all is smooth on the ride from Nicholson to…
Latest local happenings.
This is the base camp which has been erected at the AFL ground at Swan Reach, the next village to Metung. You may be wondering why I am posting a photo of a base camp. This camp is for the fire fighters who are currently fighting the many fires in our local region. We have…
Gippsland Granny 