Dan riding above Wombat State Forest, Victoria, AustraliaAustralia was my country of choice for the Southern hemisphere winter this time round and it's worked out a TREAT! So put another sausage on the barby and I'll tell ya all about it...
While many Australians cross the ditch to New Zealand to experience mountain biking on one of our Freeride NZ multi day tours, it's always intreeged me to know what the riding would be like in their own back yard.
So while winter continued to batter the home land with record dropping temperatures and well even a huge earth quake which managed to shift the country sideways I got to have some fun on my bike in slightly warmer temperatures!!
The trails so far have all been all-mountain and cross-country style as there seems to be a shortage of ELEVATION around here!! ..compared to what i'm used to living in ski resort towns anyway!
The spots that stood out the most would have to be the Youyang's for the mecca range of trails (located 45mins drive from Melbourne's CBD) and of course single track heaven in the Vic Alps.
The riding must be good here in Oz as after extensive work I have teamed up with some local operators to offer the finest single track multi day tours of Australia! Riding package include cross country and all-mountain for now with the hope of putting together a down hill specific package in the near future! We are all really excited about these unique packages and can't wait to share them with you shortly!
All info of our Australian single track multi day tours will be on the new FreerideNZ.com web site within a few weeks!
Cheers,
Dan
