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Past Rides 2002 - 2007

The accounts below cover our special club rides, usually held on weekends or public holidays. If you were looking for the accounts of our regular weekday rides along the Warby Trail, then click here.

2008 Alpine Classic - Wangaratta to Bright Rail Trail

This was our biggest weekend ride and you can read the official account HERE

The Warby Archives - Accounts of Significant Past Rides 2002-2007
(Click on the links to read the story of each ride)

2002	Event	Ride Account
September 14th	First Ascent of Donna Buang	COMPLETED
October 12th	Epic Ride to Upper Yarra Dam	COMPLETED
Nov 29 - Dec 1	Murray to the Mountains Rail Trail	COMPLETED
December 28th	Special Christmas Ride	COMPLETED
2003	Event	Ride Account
January 1st	New Year's Day Ride	COMPLETED
January 14th	First Twilight Ride	COMPLETED
January 18th	The Poowong Circuit	COMPLETED
February 1st	Annual Awards Night	COMPLETED
February 2nd	Special Celebration Ride	COMPLETED
February 12th	Special Twilight Ride	COMPLETED
March 10th	Bellarine Circuit	COMPLETED
April 25-27	Second Great Traverse	COMPLETED
June 9	Queen's Birthday Bash	COMPLETED
June 20th	Shortest Day of the Year Ride	COMPLETED
July 27th	Hallam By Pass Ride	COMPLETED
September 20th	Upper Yarra Dam	COMPLETED
October 4th	Triumph over Toolangi	COMPLETED
October 11th	Annual Donna Buang Hill Climb	COMPLETED
October	Round the Bay in a Day	COMPLETED
Tues Nov 4th	Phillip Island Bicycle Grand Prix	COMPLETED
Nov 21-23	Inaugural Gippsland Rail Trail Ride	COMPLETED
December 27th	Bellarine Circuit	COMPLETED

2004	Event	Ride Account
January 1st	New Year's Day Ride	COMPLETED
January 26th	Australia Day Ride to Sorrento	COMPLETED
February 7th	Annual Awards Night	COMPLETED
February 21st	Toolangi Hill Climb	COMPLETED
March 8th	Annual Goldfields Classic	COMPLETED
March 26-28th	Annual Wangaratta to Harrietville Ride	COMPLETED
April 12th	Dandenong Ranges Easter Ride	COMPLETED
April 25th	The Poowong Push	COMPLETED
May 22nd	The Reefton Rush	COMPLETED
June 27th	Beach Rd Bash	COMPLETED
July 24th	Melbourne Bike Paths Tour	COMPLETED
August 21st	Phillip Island Bicycle Grand Prix	COMPLETED
September 25th	Annual Donna Buang Lung Burst	COMPLETED
October 17th	Round the Bay in a Day	COMPLETED
October 30th	Upper Yarra Dam Ride and Picnic	COMPLETED
November 19-21	East Gippsland Rail Trail Weekend	COMPLETED
December 27th	Bellarine Circuit	COMPLETED

2005	Event	Ride Account
January 22nd	2005 Annual Awards Evening	COMPLETED
January 26th	Great Southern Rail Trail	COMPLETED
February 19th	Walhalla Bush Bash	COMPLETED
March 18-20	Great Alpine Classic	COMPLETED
March 28	Easter Monday Ride	COMPLETED
April 24th	Dandenong Ranges Ride	COMPLETED
May 21st	Annual Reefton Rush	COMPLETED
June 13th	Queens Birthday Bash	COMPLETED
July 23rd	Dandenong Creek	COMPLETED
August 20th	Phillip Island Grand Prix	COMPLETED
Sep 24th	Donna Buang Lungbuster	COMPLETED
Oct 29th	Upper Yarra Dam Ride	COMPLETED
Nov 18-20th	East Gippsland Rail Trail	COMPLETED
Dec 27th	Bellarine Bike Bash	COMPLETED

2006	Event	Ride Account
Jan 26th	Great Southern Rail Trail	Cancelled
Jan 28th	4th Annual Awards Night	COMPLETED
Feb 19th	Picnic at Hanging Rock Ride	COMPLETED
March 13th	Walhalla Forest Ride	COMPLETED
March 17-19	Annual Alpine Classic	COMPLETED
April 2007	Great China Ride 2006	COMPLETED
April 25th	Anzac Day Ride	COMPLETED
May 27th	Great Southern Rail Trail	COMPLETED
June 12th	Queens Birthday Bash	COMPLETED
July 22nd	Mornington Ride	COMPLETED
Sept 2nd	Phillip Island Ride	COMPLETED
Sept 30th	Donna Buang Lungbuster	COMPLETED
Oct 15th	Big Bay Ride	COMPLETED
Oct 28th	Upper Yarra Dam Picnic	COMPLETED
Nov 17-19	East Gippsland Rail Trail	COMPLETED
Dec 27th	Bellarine Circuit	COMPLETED

2007	Event	Ride Account
Sunday 14th January	The Poowong Classic	COMPLETED
Friday 26th Jan	Australia Day Ride	COMPLETED
Sat Feb 10th	Double Toolangi Hill Climb	COMPLETED
Sat Feb 17th	Pakenham to Drouin and back	COMPLETED
Sunday March 4th	Triple Toolangi	COMPLETED
Monday March 12	Maribyrnong River Trail	COMPLETED
16th - 18th March 2007	Great Alpine Ride	COMPLETED
April 2007	2007 Great China Ride	COMPLETED
Sunday April 8th	Buxton Loop	COMPLETED
Wed April 25th (Anzac Day)	Great Southern Rail Trail	COMPLETED
Sat May 12th 2007	Picnic at Hanging Rock Ride	COMPLETED
Sun May 27th	Kirth Kiln Mountain Bike Ride	COMPLETED
Mon June 11th	Inner City Bike Paths	COMPLETED
Sat June 30th	Ride to Frankston	COMPLETED
Sat July 14th	Social Night	COMPLETED
Sun July 29th	Pakenham - Kooweerup Circuit	COMPLETED
Sun August 26th	Reefton Ride	COMPLETED
Sat Sep 8th	Phillip Island Bicycle Grand Prix	COMPLETED
Sat Sep 29th	Donna Buang Lung Buster	COMPLETED
Sun 21st Oct	Big Bay Ride	COMPLETED
Sat Oct 27th	Upper Yarra Dam Ride	COMPLETED
Sat Nov 3rd	Tonimbuk Loop	COMPLETED
Fri 16 to Sun 18th Nov	East Gippsland Rail Trail	COMPLETED
Sat Dec 1st	Glenda's Christmas Party
Thur Dec 27th	Annual Bellarine Peninsula Ride	COMPLETED
2008	Event	Story
Sun Jan 6th	Warby Trail Social Ride 9.00 am start at COGS	COMPLETED
Sat Jan 12th	China Training Ride - Upper Yarra Dam/Reefton Pub	COMPLETED
Mon Jan 28th	Australia Day Ride - Belgrave to South Bank	COMPLETED
Sat Feb 2nd	Annual Awards Evening - 6.30 start at Paradise Hotel	COMPLETED
Sun Feb 3rd	Cardinia Loop Ride	COMPLETED
Sun Feb 17th	China Training Ride - Triple Toolangi	COMPLETED
Fri 29th Feb - Sun 2nd March	Annual Wangaratta to Bright Rail Trail Ride	COMPLETED
Sat March 8th	Final China Training Ride - Pakenham to Drouin	COMPLETED
Mon Mar 10th (Labour Day)	Maribyrnong River Trail	COMPLETED
Sun March 23rd	Buxton Loop	COMLETED
Sun April 6th	Walhalla Forest Ride	COMPLETED
Sat April 19th	Beach Rd Ride 9.00 am start	COMPLETED
Fri April 25th	Anzac Day Ride	COMPLETED
Sun May 4th	Reefton Pub Ride	COMPLETED
Sun May 18th	Yarra Junction to Noojee Ride	COMPLETED
Sun June 8th	Kirth Kiln Playtime	POSTPONED
Mon June 9th (Queens Birthday)	Inner City Bike Paths Loop	COMPLETED
Sun June 15th	Eastlink Freeway	COMPLETED
Sat June 21st	Pakenham to Drouin	COMPLETED
Sun July 6th	Belgrave to Jells Park and Back	COMPLETED
Sat July 12th	Mid Winter Social Night	COMPLETED
Sun July 20th	Mt Starling Ride	COMPLETED
Sat July 26th	Picnic at Hanging Rock Ride	COMPLETED
Sat August 9th	Poowong Circuit	COMPLETED
Sun August 24th	Warburton to Marysville	COMPLETED
Sat Sep 6th	Annual Phillip Island Ride	COMPLETED
Sun Sep 21st	Dandenong Creek Ride	COMPLETED
Sat Sep 27th	Donna Buang Lungbuster	COMPLETED
Sun Oct 5th	Diamond Creek Circuit	COMPLETED
Sun Oct 19th	Big Bay Ride	COMPLETED
Sun Oct 26th	Upper Yarra Dam Picnic	COMPLETED
Tues Nov 4th - Melbourne Cup Day	Tonimbuk Loop	COMPLETED
Sat 15th Nov	Reefton Pub Ride	COMPLETED
Fri 21st to Sun 23rd Nov	East Gippsland Rail Trail Weekend	Cancelled due to lack of support
Sat Dec 6th	Toolangi Hill Climb	COMPLETED
Sat Dec 13th	Glenda's Christmas Bash	COMPLETED
Sat Dec 27th	Annual Bellarine Peninsula Circuit	COMPLETED

Upcoming Rides & Activities for 2010

Sat Sep 4th -Belgrave to Jells Park Social Ride - 9 am start at Belgrave
Tue Sep 7th - Tuesday Fitness Group Mountain Bike Ride - 10 am start
Thur Sep 9th - Warburton Trail Ride - start at Woori Yallock at 12 noon
Sun Sep 12th - Acheron Way Ride to Narbethong - 9.30 am start from Cement Creek
Tue Sep 14th - Tuesday Fitness Group - walk starts at 10 am
Thur Sep 16th - Warburton Trail Ride - start at Woori Yallock at 12 noon
Tues Sep 21st - Tuesday Fitness Group - walk starts at 10 am
Thur Sep 23rd - Warburton Trail Ride - start at Woori Yallock at 12 noon
Sat Sep 25th - Annual Donna Buang Lungbuster - staggered starts from 8 am
Tues Sep 28th - Tuesday Fitness Group - walk starts at 10 am
Thur Sep 30th - Warburton Trail Ride - start at Woori Yallock at 12 noon
Sun Oct 3rd - Social Ride - Bayside Bike Paths - 10 am start at South Rd
Tues Oct 5th - Tuesday Fitness Group - mountain bike ride starts at 10 am
Thurs Oct 7th - Warburton Trail Ride - start at Woori Yallock at 12 noon
Tues Oct 12th - Tuesday Fitness Group - walk starts at 10 am
Thues Oct 14th - Warburton Trail Ride - start at Woori Yallock at 12 noon
Sun Oct 17th - Big Bay Ride - 7 am start at Frankston
Tues Oct 19th - Tuesday Fitness Group - walk starts at 10 am
Thurs Oct 21st - Warburton Trail Ride - start at Woori Yallock at 12 noon
Sat Oct 23rd - Upper Yarra Dam Ride - 9.30 am start at Launching Place
Tues Oct 26th - Tuesday Fitness Group - walk starts at 10 am
Thurs Oct 28th - Warburton Trail Ride - start at Woori Yallock at 12 noon

Most Recent Ride Stories

(Please note that most ride stories are now published in the FREE weekly newsletter - why not subscribe now ?)

08/04 In Which You Could See us from the Moon
17/12 In Which Seventeen Soggy Santas Spread Some Smiles
03/12 In Which the Wind Sucks
31/10 The Sixth Annual Lungbuster
22/10 In Which Unity Reigns Supreme
15/10 In Which Even Noah Stayed Home
08/10 In Which the Peloton is Splintered

For all previous weekday ride stories click HERE
Lots of other weekend stories can be found HERE

Previous Overseas Adventure Challenges

Click HERE for 2006 China Ride
Click HERE for 2007 China Ride
Click HERE for 2008 China Ride
Click HERE for our 2009 Himalayan Challenge and pictures
Click HERE for the 2009 Danube Ride Story

2010 - South America Adventure Challenge

The Ghostriders will be heading off in a few days to South America on our longest and most ambitious challenge yet. .

2011 - Second European Ride

The Ghostriders will be returning to Europe in Aug/Sep of 2011 to complete another ride along the Danube, this time starting from Ulm and finishing in Vienna. It will also be combined with a secondary ride from Prague to Dresden along the Elbe river. All original spaces for this trip are now filled but I have started a supplementary list.

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