(https://i.imgur.com/lA1KnVY.jpeg)
Come and visit the historic town of Harrow, arguably Victoria's first European Settled Inland Town and location of the Johnny Mullagh Interpretative Centre that chronicles, in great detail, the history of the first Australian cricket team (a team made up of local Aborigines) to tour England.
Ride registration now available on Ride Master. Follow this link to register. (https://rides.jasonjonas.com/index.php)
And now for the specifics...
Check-in commences at
11:30am at the Hermitage Hotel, Harrow located at 30/32 Blair Street, Harrow, and closes at
noon sharp. Those times are all Victorian local time. Make sure you take that into account if you're coming from a different timezone as it's that time of the year were Australians come out in droves to stop curtains from fading from all the additional sunlight...
For those keen on coordinates, they are:
-37.16571608816525, 141.59235903596306 - Google Maps
S37° 09.943' E141° 35.542' - Basecamp
The usual rules apply, you may start your ride from any time after 12:01 Victorian Daylight Saving time on Friday and if completing one of the ride categories, finish it within the relevant time period. For example, I am completing the iRoad 1000 in 24, leaving SA the day before, commencing from 11:31am SA time (12:01 Victorian time) and arriving into Harrow by around 10am the next day, leaving a comfortable 90 minute buffer while I wait for check-in to open. You may also start your ride on the day of check-in, calling through Harrow and then completing your ride later that day. You may also commence your ride from check-in. It's entirely up to you. The only requirements are:
- Bring a starting docket - showing the date and time of departure.
- Check in within the 30 minute window.
- Complete your ride within your ride category window (12/24 hours).
- Get home safely!
I will provide further details closer to the event to those who have registered.
Cheers
Taffey
Taffey I like the graphics,what programme do you use to do them??
Thanks David G
I am a ChatGTP tart mate. I get the AI to do a basic picture and then work with it. It can be tedious but my attempts at designing logos is positively 1970s 2d Crud.
I will be sending this to a sticker printer mate of mine to bring along to share with all who finish, so an added bonus for attending.
Cheers
Taff
Can I confirm this ride is for November 2025
Hi Kezza, Harrow ride is definitely still on the calendar. I'll be going.
Quote from: Kezza on May 01, 2025, 07:43 AMCan I confirm this ride is for November 2025
Ride is on. I'll be coordinating.
Cheers
Taff
Is there a registration link?
Also can you double check the times?
"Nov 01, 2025, 1:00 AM – 1:30 AM (11:30 AM – 12:00 PM ACDT)"
Is there going to 1hr & 30 mins difference between VIC and ACDT?
Hiya dagr, glad to see there are others keen to join this ride. Check in time will between 11:30 am and 12:00 noon at the Hermitage Hotel.Time difference between Victoria and South Australia will be 30 minutes as both states partake in saving day light. South Australia is 30 minutes behind Victoria.
Taffey and I are planning our ride already. I'll give him a poke to put up a registration link.
We'll be eating lunch at the Hermitage Hotel and talking the usual BS.
Look forward to seeing you there.
Quote from: dagr on Sep 23, 2025, 05:24 AMIs there a registration link?
Link to register is now posted in the ride instructions at the top of this thread. See you there.
I'm registered and looking forward to seeing anyone else who is joining us at the Hermitage Hotel.
If you haven't used the Jason Jonas Ridemaster registration site before, it's not exactly phone friendly. Easier to do it on an actual computer. Could just be my phone too.
I've registered also. Looking forward to meeting those attending the Hermitage Hotel. Never been to Harrow and there's a few new roads to ride on the way.
Quote from: SImonb on Oct 05, 2025, 11:50 PMI've registered also. Looking forward to meeting those attending the Hermitage Hotel. Never been to Harrow and there's a few new roads to ride on the way.
We'll see you there.
Registered.
Registered and looking forward to riding roads not travelled before.
Quote from: Langers on Oct 26, 2025, 12:02 PMRegistered and looking forward to riding roads not travelled before.
Looking forward to seeing you!!
I've changed my bike from what I registered with. Now riding a ZZR600 with 133,000km. I'm not doing a certified ride, so it shouldn't matter. A may have another rider tagging along too.
Hopefully I can make this one, as the my last attempt was to Temora. The VFR didn't like the wet unsealed roadworks on the Monaro Hwy. A repairable write off, but with 103,000km I let it go.
Looking forward to meeting you all.
Ill be there, tried to register but loops me back to this page will try computer later 🤷🏼�♂️
Quote from: XKLBR on Oct 29, 2025, 12:09 AMIll be there, tried to register but loops me back to this page will try computer later 🤷🏼�♂️
You have to scroll across the screen from memory to see the register button. Its easier on a computer. Look forward to seeing you there.
Quote from: XKLBR on Oct 29, 2025, 12:09 AMIll be there, tried to register but loops me back to this page will try computer later 🤷🏼�♂️
Send me an email to taffey@me.com and I can reopen registration for you.
Just got back from the Harrow ride. Left home at 04:00, local servo for docket, Adelaide, SE FWY, Tailem Bend, Pinnaroo, Bordertown, Frances, into Victoria to Harrow via Edenhope.
Great meet up for lunch, told some war stories of LD riding etc, all headed off approx 13:00 local time. I continued south to Casterton and all the way back along the SA/Vic border on the Vic side back to Frances with a quick loop trough Minimay. back into Bordertown and then home.
Irode 1000 done and dusted with 1095 kms done for the day. Great ride, great people and conversation, couple of new faces and great to catch up with Grey Gentry Ron after many years on Marls's old ZZR600.
thanks Taffey for the organise and check in, good day all round 8) 8) 8) 8)
Just a quick check in to thank Large for the lovely review and letting us know he was home safe and sound. ZigZag and I are still on tour with what is shaping up to be a wet chase of the Overland back from Melbourne to Adelaide.
It was a great conversation about times past and times future and I look forward to 2026 with some new ideas to try out while keeping absolutely true to the original Davo concept.
Cheers
Taffey
PS Thanks Dave for letting me you were home last night, I hasten to add...
Very enjoyable catch up at The Hermitage Hotel Harrow. All the better for the humour of the woman behind the bar.
Thanks to Taffey for the organisation and to everyone who came along. Looking forward to the next one.
Dom
Quote from: ZigZag on Nov 01, 2025, 08:36 PMAll the better for the humour of the woman behind the bar.
Next Harrow ride could be the "Harrow MoFo" ride. :P :P :P
Well, in the immortal words of Meatloaf, Two out of Three Ain't Bad.
I left Crafers Friday morning at 12.33pm for a destination of the Werrimull pub that evening via Tailem Bend, Karoonda, Lameroo, Pinnaroo, Paruna, Allawoona, Kingston on Murray, Monash and Renmark. A total of some 560 odd kilometres. The Warrimull pub was excellent, beer a very reasonable $6:50/ Coopers Pale and the meal was likewise very affordable and good. It was meat tray raffle night of coarse and I don't think I've ever been in a pub with 11 meat trays up for grabs on the night.
Bright and early (but not early enough) I rose and headed to Harrow via Redcliffs, Ouyen, Rainbow, Jeparit and Nhill.
It was just out of Nhill that I received a call from Taffy asking if I was on the way. Indeed I said, check in is 12 to 12:30 isn't it? Ummm, no, it's 11.30 to 12 noon.
Oh, well I'll be seeing you for lunch then - a little late. Bugger.
Now, where does Meatloaf come into this (and it wasn't on the menu). I achieved the 1000km in 24hrs (tick), I got to Harrow in my 24hr window (tick), achieving both within the correct time period (bugger).
I'm looking forward to the next challenge and promise I will be a little more observant wrt the rules.
Catching up with fellow riders at Harrow was the highlight and congratulations to Taffey for an excellent destination. Far, far superior to Port Wakefield :)