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The overnight rain had blown away as we packed up this morning — I guess there’s got to be some rain on an Easter Deadly Treadly! In place of the rain we had a strong westerly, straight in our faces on leaving Tarwin lower and for the next hour’s slog towards Inverloch.
Nobody seemed in a very talkative mood on the road; maybe it was the hangovers from last night, maybe it was the headwind, maybe people were still asleep. Jo and I seemed to be struggling to move along the road, but we still seemed to be passing a lot of people — I guess at least we only had the same frontal area as one rider, with the legs of two.
The route skirted around the outside of Inverloch, but nearly everyone detoured in for some much needed coffee, and a chance to sit down out of the wind. Half of us managed to miss the first turn into town and then execute a variety of interesting u-turns and other maneuvers in order to get there. Heading along the main street at least four of us were treated to blasts on the horn from a local 4WD enthusiast, eager to make his feelings known regarding bicycles… nobody was in much of a mood to be amused.
Leaving Inverloch too good things happened; firstly, the wind dropped as we were now heading north, secondly, the coffee seemed to have done its job and people were more awake and talkative.
At the hill before Kongwak the long and short rides diverged, we had approximately a hundred metres warning of the turn, and chose the long route purely on the basis of it seeming to be more protected from the wind! Winding up the hill and then down through Kongwak we seemed miles from anywhere, the roads are narrow, covered in moss, and almost completely free of traffic.
Where?
Tarwin Lower, Inverloch, Kongwak, Poowong
