Short But Sweet Saturday Arvo Run!

For something different, the May MX-5 Club run was organised for Saturday afternoon. So just after lunch, over 30 MX-5 assembled outside Woodland Park in Strathmore for our run to Woodend. The weather was quite overcast and cool so only the mad and the brave had their tops down - we were one of them. Our route took us out past Tullamarine Airport and onto the nice little twisty Wildwood Road that drops down off the basalt plain to cross Deep Creek and then climb out again. From there our convoy hit the Lancefield road and headed north.

Past Clarkefield, we turned left and headed off through Riddells Creek to New Gisborne. Here we turned north again to avoid the Calder Highway. Using the back roads, we eventually joined the Mount Macedon road at the bottom of the Mount Macedon village. After a brief stop to regroup, we set off in convoy up and over the mountain. A procession of over 30 MX-5s certainly turned a few heads. Today we bypassed the Memorial Cross so I guess we will just have to go back another time by ourselves for that (and to do a longer run that is in the MX-5 book). 

MX-5s as far as the eye can see in Mount Macedon village

(Ours is the third one from this end)

Over the top, we wound our way down into Woodend for afternoon tea. By now it had got quite cold so it was very pleasant sitting inside a bakery enjoying a pie (a late lunch really). By 4.00 pm it was time to go because the shops were wanting to close. While most people headed home down the Calder Highway, we put our top up and went across country to Wallan and then home through Whittlesea.

Another pleasant day out with the MX-5 Club but it was a bit cold. I guess we will have to find something else to do over the next couple of months. Stay tuned...