The Holden High Country Cycle Challenge, a 230km road-cycling event, hits the Mansfield-Mt Buller region on 1-2 March 2007, attracting participants from around the country.
The challenge comprises of three stages, which encompasses the townships of Mansfield, Mt Buller and Jamieson, providing entrants with a great way to take in the local scenery while testing their physical endurance.
The challenge comprises of three stages, which encompasses the townships of Mansfield, Mt Buller and Jamieson, providing entrants with a great way to take in the local scenery while testing their physical endurance.
It also comprises of several other personal challenges as far as I am concerned… The most important being the wholeness of the bike sitting on top of my car. Why is that there is never a comment on the wife’s emotional endurance when these cycling events are marketed to the unsuspecting ?
Nonetheless, my son and I not only survived but managed to have fun and share a few chuckles. The company was amusing and entertaining, the weather was blamelessly superb. The bikes seemed content most of the time, despite the pain and angst that could be found in some faces.
Visual corroboration follows.
On top of the mountain (Mt Buller) – these are the good cyclists… waiting for the old guys in my husband’s club to arrive…
Judging by my husband’s expression (don’t kid yourself, he is the one with the YELLOW jersey), the ride was harder than he expected… getting to the top of the mountain was an absolute feat.
Tristan, on the left – the first to arrive, followed by Warrick & Daniel sat patiently, unknowingly creating the McCarrs Creek Cycle Club GrandStand. They even made the news ! I heard SBS interviewed them…
My husband – at the Mountain Top.
Phil arrived shortly after – looking much less stressed than Bruce. The Ebay effect made a difference here?
Ian – fresh as a Daisy, as my husband would say…
Lindsay, the team captain, had a smile on his face
Stuart – the Doer Dutchman
Sarah, the only girl to dare compete with these boys
Lindsay’s brother Ian – owner of a beautiful voice, a broken guitar and a camera way smaller than mine
Richard and Lindsay – the Young and the Restless
