Why this ride
Out of Chirnside Park, one way: 279 km, roughly 4 h 42 in the saddle. On the way it passes Kilmore and near Woodend.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Yarra Valley and Black Spur · part 1
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 279 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 42
- Journey
- One way; return travel is separate
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Scenic road chapters
Melbourne / Victoria return → Yarra Valley and Black Spur food stop
This part of the ride is 73 km of Melbourne / Victoria return → Yarra Valley and Black Spur food stop.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 73 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Fuel stop in Chirnside Park
Planning note
Yarra Valley and Black Spur is where the day begins. Next is Melbourne / Victoria return.
2. Near Kilmore, on the way back
Kilmore has a fair claim to be the oldest inland town in Victoria, and the stone buildings along its main street back it up. It sits in a gap in the Great Dividing Range, a natural passage that the early overlanders used on the road between Melbourne and the Murray, and the Hume Highway still slips through here today. This stop lies a little south of the town, in sheep and cattle country between Kilmore, Broadford and Lancefield, where the land rolls in broad folds of yellow-brown grass and dark clumps of gum trees.
Read the complete Melbourne / Victoria write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Melbourne / Victoria return comes up about 97 km into the recorded legs. Next is Food stop near Woodend.
3. Food stop near Woodend
Woodend is the gateway to the Macedon Ranges, a country town of old stone and weatherboard buildings, cool-climate gardens and excellent cafés, about an hour north-west of Melbourne. Its clock tower, a memorial to King Edward VII, stands at the main intersection, and the town has the slightly genteel air of a place where city people have long come to escape the summer heat.
Read the complete Food stop near Woodend write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
A break here. Next is Photo stop near Clifton Springs.
4. Photo stop near Clifton Springs
Clifton Springs looks north across Corio Bay, and on a clear afternoon the view is the reason to stop: the water in front, the industrial skyline of Geelong to the west, the granite bumps of the You Yangs rising out of the plain beyond, and on the best days the Melbourne towers far to the north-east. The town is part of the Bellarine Peninsula, a fist of farmland, vineyards and small seaside towns that closes off the western side of Port Phillip.
Read the complete Photo stop near Clifton Springs write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Photo stop near Clifton Springs closes the day.
Leg by leg
Fuel stop in Chirnside Park to Near Kilmore, on the way back
Fuel stop in Chirnside Park → Near Kilmore, on the way back is 97 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Food stop near Woodend to Photo stop near Clifton Springs
Food stop near Woodend → Photo stop near Clifton Springs is 109 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.