ROMCWO - Inaugural Event - Halls Gap to Portland - 12-14 April 2019

Left Adelaide midday friday  in the ute headed for Plantation camp ground. Plan was to head to camp Friday night, scoot to Portland for the night, back to Plantation and home Sunday.

The crew.
Here's the route link that I took, there and back again.
https://goo.gl/maps/pGrXCCrGsrT2

Hit a few ales with the team at a top little campsite. Early start, unloaded the DRZ from the ute and took it for a punt up a 4WD track to a local vantage point.

View towards SE

Something to climb up. Alwasys need to climb up things. 

Rhetro enjoying the view


South to Dunkeld and then through Penshurst to Portland. Were planning on hitting a volcano for a looksee about Macarthur but the rain came through so we all rugged up and hammered to Portland.

Random couple of blokes rolling old bangers through Dunkeld


Had a few ales at Richo's house. Had a few more after that at his local. Had some nightcaps at Richo's house.
Richo's cottage ambience

Portland at night
After brekky we parted ways, most of the lads went back to Melb via the Great Ocean Road. Rhett and Brendo and myself were planing on hitting Cape Bridgewater but after I realised I had about 8 hours of travel I decided to hammer back to Halls to load up.

The crew including Bailey in the rocket-sled.

DRZ sat on 115kmhr from Hamilton to Halls Gap without missing a beat. Amazing views back through victoria valley.

North towards Grampians in Victoria Vally 
Back south towards Dunkeld


Had to get creative in order to solo load the DRZ back onto the ute sans-ramp.








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