Road Trip (Ballan to Geelong)

Earlier this week we did one of our "road trips". This time it was on the C141 from Ballan to Geelong. The journey from Ballan to Geelong is 72.5 klms and takes just one hour and sixteen minutes. The C141 is mostly a rural road linking the coastal city of Geelong to the heritage tourist town of Daylesford.

It was a pleasant drive and is a good road for cycling too. Though there are many sections that are narrow with a gravel shoulder.

and there are always interesting things to see along the way:

33 klms south of Ballan you come to The Brisbane Ranges National Park. Popular areas of the park are accessible from the Geelong-Ballan Road and the Staughton Vale Road out of Anakie

Set in a low range of mountains dissected by rocky gullies, the unusual geology of Brisbane Ranges National Park has preserved plants that have long since vanished from the region, together with a correspondingly diverse bird population as well as Koalas, Wallabies and Kangaroos.

as we get closer to Geelong, so the land becomes more open and we start to see a bit of early morning fog.....

From the C141 we turn east towards Geelong on the A300 and head straight into more fog ....

It was soon clear and we drove through Geelong City Centre and onto the A10 which took us to Queenscliffe.

But more about Queenscliff in the next blog post.


Other road trips:

Ballan to Gordon

Ballan to Daylesford

Ballan to Mt Egerton

Ballan to Bacchus Marsh (via Glenmore Road)

Gordon to Wallace

Mt Egerton to Yendon


Bike Ride:

along Glenmore Road



Train Journey:

Ballan to Melbourne

Road trip (Ballan to Daylesford)

Everyone loves a road trip, short or long, there is nothing better than getting in the vehicle and heading off into the far blue yonder ....

Yesterday we drove from Ballan to Bendigo (in Victoria, Australia) to see the Grace Kelly Exhibition. It only took 1.5 hours to get to Bendigo, the weather was perfect and it was a great day to be out.

This post shows the images from Ballan to Daylesford only.
We (here in Australia) are only a week away from the start of the southern hemisphere winter. But even though it is late Autumn, we are still experiencing some lovely sunny days and yesterday was one of them.

We have noticed since being back in Australia that the cost of 'eating out' is exorbitant, so for any road trip, we now pack a 'picnic lunch' to tide us over. Yesterday was no different. A couple of sandwiches and a few drinks for us, a bottle of water and a few treats for Oscar and we were ready for our day to Bendigo.

Many people that have not been to Australia have no idea what the roads are like, the scenery etc, so this post is to show some of my friends what a country road here in Victoria is like!

Most country roads are a 'normal' two lane, bitumen paved roadway. Speed limits through the small towns or villages is usually 50k's and on these open roads, 100k's.

When traveling these roads, one must always be aware of cyclists that also frequent these 'quiet' country roads, the wildlife (usually Kangaroo's!) from dusk to dawn and certainly be aware of the school buses that travel these routes and stop frequently to let the children on or off the bus.


Next part of the journey is from Daylesford to Bendigo .... which will be the next post.