Barossa 24hr 2018

Met tomtom at the ususal location

Read a plaque while I waited for him

Saw a tractor

Good run through Blockers road and up to Mawson Road for the scoot past Fox Creek.

Wings at lobethal

Route snapshot. Here's the linkylinky.


Took Langley Road but instead of turning toward Kenton Valley golf course as I've done many times, this time I took a left at Odea road, good little back run into Gumeracha. Watts gully road run was good but I missed a turnoff and ended up on the Williamstown road, so we had a 16km leg back around the South Para reservoir, towards Springton, to hit Wirrawirra road/Trial hill road. Next time I want to get that turn off from Watts Gully straight across to Wirra Wirra

cracking view from Trial Hill

Hotfooted across to Greenock, met the boys, watched the 24 and had some mad postie races.

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