>I am considering riding from my home in St. albans Melb. to Ballarat
>and also later on, from home to Geelong.
>Does anyone know what routes I should take since the only ways of going
>to Ballarat and geelong from here are via the freeways..Riding on which is
>not permitted (as far as I know)
>BTW...St.Albans is right near Ballarat rd (Western Highway)
>Adrian
Adrian,
The freeway between Melb & Geelong does have a bike lane for the whole distance.
An alternate route would be to ride to Werribee via the backroads and then to Geelong via Little River, Lara, and Corio. There is also a cycle batch between