Headed down to Ocean Grove and visited my daughter, Sarah. She quizzed me about running at the You Yangs today as we discussed a few days ago, she was concerned about the heat. I put her mind at ease, "Not today".
We headed off to Queenscliffe and depending upon your point of view is either the end of the Bellarine Rail Trail or the start. For my purposes I'll call it the start. As per usual I took a heap of photos (as you can see) which some
include Sarah. It's a very scenic area at the start and I'm sure the views are just as scenic along the trail. Sarah doubts the views from Drysdale through to Geelong would be as scenic. On the one side there is an old railway station with heaps of carriages stationed there and on the other side the bay. Today the little township was very active with a holiday atmosphere.
It wasn't really possible to follow the trail but we could clearly see the track disappear in the distance.
We called in at the local information centre and an elderly lady was very helpful. She gave us some maps and described some of the scenery. I asked her whether there were any water taps along the way in which she replied, "I've never been asked that before, but definitely at Drysdale I'm sure there's water there".
The actual track is apparently 32.5 km long and judging from the map Drysdale is the half-way mark. I'm guessing then that Queenscliffe to Drysdale is about 16 km and therefore if that is the turn-around point it's still a run of 32 km. It will have to be an out and back course simply because of car parking arrangements.
The course itself is said to be mildly undulating and therefore a run where the kids can easily ride along if they wish.
Headed down to Ocean Grove and visited my daughter, Sarah. She quizzed me about running at the You Yangs today as we discussed a few days ago, she was concerned about the heat. I put her mind at ease, "Not today".
We headed off to Queenscliffe and depending upon your point of view is either the end of the Bellarine Rail Trail or the start. For my purposes I'll call it the start. As per usual I took a heap of photos (as you can see) which some
include Sarah. It's a very scenic area at the start and I'm sure the views are just as scenic along the trail. Sarah doubts the views from Drysdale through to Geelong would be as scenic. On the one side there is an old railway station with heaps of carriages stationed there and on the other side the bay. Today the little township was very active with a holiday atmosphere.
It wasn't really possible to follow the trail but we could clearly see the track disappear in the distance.
We called in at the local information centre and an elderly lady was very helpful. She gave us some maps and described some of the scenery. I asked her whether there were any water taps along the way in which she replied, "I've never been asked that before, but definitely at Drysdale I'm sure there's water there".
The actual track is apparently 32.5 km long and judging from the map Drysdale is the half-way mark. I'm guessing then that Queenscliffe to Drysdale is about 16 km and therefore if that is the turn-around point it's still a run of 32 km. It will have to be an out and back course simply because of car parking arrangements.
The course itself is said to be mildly undulating and therefore a run where the kids can easily ride along if they wish.
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