Comments on: Ending the year on the Warburton Trail

By: Charlie B.

Charlie B. — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:29:02 +0000

Going in the Warburton direction, Cog is great – can pick up a yummy muffin, and eat it in a relaxed manner while coasting down the long long descent… and then pick up the pace to catch your mates by the bottom.

By: craig

craig — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:53:34 +0000

i just love the warby trail done it a few times now, have you ever ridden with the warby ghost riders on a wed im thinking of giving that a bash

By: Treadly and Me

Treadly and Me — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 20:08:30 +0000

Alas, the Cog Café was closed the other day. But I had checked their web site beforehand, so I knew I'd be missing out.

Yep, I have blogged the bikely map for the Warburton Trail before, but it doesn't hurt to add it here, so thanks for the reminder.

In terms of parking, we tend to head out from Lillydale Lake (it's less than a kilometre from that car park to the Trail via some quiet back streets. There's also a small car park where the trail crosses Old Gippsland Road (which is where I started this ride) and you could probably park just about anywhere along Queen Road. All of these options shortcut the ride a bit though—which cuts some of that downhill fun.

It looks like there are plans afoot to build a bridge over Maroondah Highway.

By: hielke

hielke — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 11:34:50 +0000

Did you bike past Cog Cafe and saw they were closed? I did Warburton trail sometime mid-December but my fellow riders were stronger of will. I was ready to succumb to coffee and a danish. In all fairness, we were on the bike for less then 20 minutes when we passed it.

It had been a while since I had done the trail and I wanted to look up some maps. In browsing I came across this great website, but you may have blogged about it before (sorry, too lazy to check). If you click here you go straight to the warburton trail info with pointers and tags, but if you go back to the root address you can find all sorts of rides all over the world. Yes, even a 366 km ride in Fiji....

One more thing though, does anyone have a tip for the best parking? The bit from the train station to Le Pine Funerals (maroonda highway) is pretty crappy, you are not supposed to park at the train station anyway, and crossing the maroonda is pretty dangerous, especially if you have kids. But you don't want to cut short that downhill from Mt Evelyn to Lilydale....

By: Treadly and Me

Treadly and Me — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 05:39:51 +0000

Oh yeah, the temperature in Melbourne is consistently into the 30s at this time of year—fortunately there are only a few days that reach the high 30s or 40s. These are the days for short, slow rides that usually involve consumption of ice cream and plenty of time sitting in the shade.