The South Face Road

I'd read in the local newspaper the road between Rawson and Mt Baw Baw had been completed. Fantastic a new road to ride on.

The weather looked reasonable, so I don't have an excuse not to go.

The road starts three kilometres past Rawson on the Thompson Valley Road. The road is unsealed for the complete length of the road and is twenty five kilometres to the Entry Gate to Mt Baw Baw.

Plenty of gravel on the road except for the last five kilometres which was the trickiest part, no gravel at all and almost slushy with soft spots. Travel with caution on the new bit. Mind you, the new bit features boulders split open instead of being moved, wide concrete bridges, quite a deal more 'arty' than the old road.
Because the road is on the south side of Mt Baw Baw, quite a lot of the road is in shade and wet spots are where there are creek crossings and those parts in the shade. There were dry spots, but not a lot.
The road for the most part is probably three car widths across, except for one creek crossing which is a single lane.
For most of the trip I travelled at forty kilometres an hour with brief spurts a little higher. I hadn't noticed at the time, but there is a fifty kilometres per hour speed restriction on the road.

Interestingly, the traffic was predominantly in the direction I was travelling with a quite a few groups of four-wheel drives taking in the view.

I travelled on to Noojee and had a break at the Red Parrot Cafe with a mug of tea and a muffin to warm up with.

I made my way home via Crossover, Nilma and M1.

The first job once I arrived home was to wash the mud off the bike and my boots.

The computer gave a total distance travelled of two hundred and twenty kilometres.
The Odometer on the bike was reading a little over two percent high.