Major Mitchell Trail – History lesson

Adventure Rider Issue #21

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

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.