Major Mitchell Trail – History lesson

Adventure Rider Issue #21

• It’s What We Do
• Crossing Record – John Hudson sets a new mark
• The Sultanate Of Oman – Exotic riding at its best
• The Stirling – Riding south-western WA
• 2017 BMW F800GSA – A great bike made even better
• Tech – Tubeless repair
• Suzuki Freewind – Ahead of its time and still a great option
• Bali By The Backroads: Another winner from Britton Adventures
• Ubuntu – Life-changing Africa
• Yamaha WR250R – Another Greg Yager special
• Cherry Pickin’ – Choose just one 2017 bike
• Major Mitchell Trail – History lesson
• KTM Rallye NZ – Aussies cross The Ditch
• Thailand – Baht busters
• Ready For Anything with Karen Ramsay
• How To Ride with Miles Davis
• Preparing For Adventure with Andrea Box
• Tech – Essential tools
• Checkout
• Fit out

Major Mitchell Trail

Ray Lindner and a couple of friends tracked down some history and found a great reason to go riding.

I’d seen many signs throughout Victoria directing tourists to the Major Mitchell Trail, but I remained ignorant of the significance of the route. I did know of the Major Mitchell cockatoo, and I reckoned there must’ve been flocks of them along the roads to which the signs were pointing.

In 2011, ride companion Andrew Percy happened upon an exhibition in Castlemaine, Victoria, by local artist Eliza Tree.