Bellarine 100

It was a wet start for the 100k option of the Bellarine rides. It was good to see Martin Chambers back doing Audax rides as I hadn't seen him since about this time last year. We rode together  out of Geelong on the way to Portarlington. Cards signed and rain gear removed we were off on our way to the Point Lonsdale control. Ron McInnes greeted us there with some pancakes, rolls and a lovely hot coffee. There was a lot of traffic on the roads today and there also seemed to be an excessive amount of broken glass along the road edges but fortunately we didn't have any flats. At Marcus Hill just before Ocean Grove we seperated and I had a solo ride to the finish. The wind had strengthened during the ride and ocean was rough as I fought the gusting cross wind along Thirteenth Beach. After turning at the wind generator at Black Rock Road the wind was at my back to propell me at 40kph to Breakwater.  Traffic lights slowed the final few K's back to the start/finish near the Botanic Gardens in Eastern Park, Geelong.