Route Metrics

Start: Whorouly

Finish: Tatong

Distance: 77.9 km

Altitude Gain: 852 m

Ride Time: 4:20 h:mm

Road Surface: 2/3rds gravel

Note: Route includes Moyullah Monuments and climbs the Toombulloop Forest via Odea Rd to met the Tiger Hill Rd for the fantastic descent to Tatong.

Cyclist Services

Moyhu Caravan Park: Closed temporarily, keep watching

Moyhu Store: Food and Water

Tatong Tavern:

Accommodation  Ring : (03) 5767 2210

Meals Wed - Sun

Tatong recreation Ground: Free camping, toilet, water

The Explorers' Journey

On Nov 25 to 27 Hume and Hovell travelled 32 miles across the hilly ridge county on the southern edge of the Oxley Plains. The plains which they described as very fine land were dotted with grass fires and they kept to the highland to avoid the smoke. Their trek is more southerly than the cycle route but crosses our ride at about the junction with Watchbox Track and after joining Tiger Hill Rd. Their camp sites were on Meadow Creek, Fifteen Mile Creek below Mt Bellevue and Hollands Creek near the Tatong Monument. Here they had little grass for the cattle. The dogs were fed flour, spoilt, when Hume’s horse fell into a creek earlier in the day.

Traditional Owners

Traditional owners of the lands you will traverse are the Taungurung peoples. 

Points of Interest

•  Kneebones Gap provides a view to Mt Buffalo named by the explorers in 1824

• The King River (The ninth crossed on their journey which they named Oxleys Creek)

• The Hansonville School site where a plaque was originally unveiled

• Beautiful riding in the magnificent Toombullup Forest