The last day of our high country raid was a ride from Myrtleford to Wangaratta. Our train at Wang did not leave till one forty four so we were able to dawdle, and ate at a bakery before a comparatively late start at 7:30. The rail trail to Wangaratta is along the Ovens valley but climbs for a few meters at Gapstead. The way from Gapstead to Wangaratta is almost all downhill or flat so the whole ride was comparatively easy. This was also Chris's home turf he leaves about 10 kilometers the other side of Wang.
We were in Wang in plenty of time and I was able to settle up finances with Phil. The cost of the whole trip was modest as was the environmental impact of our travel. But we stayed in local hotels drank and in local pubs and bakery and experienced a fairly gentle way of travel.
We had lunch at the Wangaratta performing Arts Centre before saying goodbye to Phil and heading for the station. The train was fairly full with many bikes on board. I carried mine only partly disassembled onto the train before splitting it and this seemed to work well. It was I relaxing trip back to Melbourne. Many thanks to Phil for the organizing and to Steve Michael and Chris for the company on the trip. I really like the mix of traveling between towns and staying in one place to get to know towns better. Plan to be back in the high country with a bicycle or contraption soon.
There were lots of aging, decaying concrete and steel railway signal posts on the line and I photographed a few of them!
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