2006 Trip Note

Cycling: 15 July 2006 - Cycle Trip on a Very Wet Saturday - Koonung & Mullum Mullum Creeks

Contributor: Art Terry, Life Member

Source: "The News", October 2006

Photogallery: Cycle Trip on a Very Wet Saturday - Koonung & Mullum Mullum Creeks

Cycle Trip on a Very Wet Saturday Our leader David Arnold met us at Darebin Railway Station, our starting point for a ride through some very interesting and beautiful places. Ross was covered in mud before we started. On enquiring from Ross "how come?", he said we would soon find out as he had already traversed several kilometres of the track we were about to cycle along.

Seven Bushies namely , David our Leader, Del, Dudley, Ray, Ross, Philip and myself turned up for the ride and so we set off in steady rain that did not let up for one second for the five hours that we were riding. Our route took us through several quiet streets in Ivanhoe to Wilson’s’ Park (very muddy here) then into the Koonung Creek Valley cycle track which took us through Box Hill North and Blackburn North to Springvale Road where we left the cycle track and after climbing several hills in Donvale we then dropped down to the very picturesque Mullum Mullum cycle track we stopped for lunch at the very pretty Mullum Mullum Reserve.

Shortly after lunch, we arrived at the confluence of Mullum Mullum Creek and Yarra River; from here we followed the main Yarra Trail to the western outskirts of Warrandyte, then through Westerfolds, Heidelberg and Banksia Parks and finished our ride at Darebin Railway Station. David and I were the only riders whose bikes were equipped with mud-guards. Even so our bikes and panniers copped a lot of mud. Those without guards were covered in it. The rain certainly soaked most of us to the skin, however, it did not dampen our enthusiasm or pleasure. It was a top ride even on a wet day and we all enjoyed it immensely. David threw in a hill or two now and then to make sure we didn’t get cold.

Many thanks David for leading such an exhilarating cycle trip. It was indeed a pleasure to been in company with these Bushies and it was also a pleasure to get out of the wet clothes and under a hot shower.