When travelling by bicycle from Barwon Heads to Geelong on the Barwon Heads Rd cyclists face a hazard when approaching Batten Rd as they are forced into fast moving traffic after topping the rise and on a bend. Please report this trouble spot in the “Report it” tag above if you also consider it to…
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Any tourist who has hit the Bellarine Rail Trail after arriving via train to South Geelong station would have faced the challenge of getting to the trail. The currently accepted way to access the trail is via Carr st which is a bit busy and takes riders across the train line twice – this way is…
Some works have been recently completed that will make riding into Geelong from Newcomb much safer… The new link takes riders off a precarious section of Portarlington Rd down a service road an then back onto Portarlington road where the bike lane resumes.
An excellent article on the place of bicycles on our roads from the ABC: http://www.abc.net.au/environment/articles/2011/09/08//3312420.htm