Coolamon NSW: Sydney-Melbourne Midway Meet
Melbourne riders. Please book your overnight stay at Berrigan asap.Check your email. You need to organize this yourselves.
This ride is open and on! Please respond and pay if you want to come along.
An interstate meetup, and the first of many hosted by Vespa Club Australia. VCoA is encouraging its member clubs to arrange interstate meetups, and the next involving VCOM will be with Adelaide.
Coolamon is a beautiful oasis town in NSW, just north east of Wagga Wagga. It’s exactly halfway between Sydney and Melbourne, so it’s a 500 km ride through some wonderful country there and another 500 back, and a chance to meet and ride with some great people from interstate.
a. Program for event, including day rides from Coolamon, will be published soon. Potential ride outs to historic Ariah Park, and or Junee Licorice Factory.
It’s a small town with limited accommodation and, given the uncertain times, we are planning a small event. Attendance will require you to confirm your accomodation. The club has reserved much of the available accom, so it will be important to book your accom early to confirm your place.
Getting there: VCoM will organize a group ride there on Thursday 31 March, staying at Berrigan overnight, and arriving at Coolamon the next morning. Staying two nights, we would depart Sunday and arrive back home on the Monday. Of course, you may choose to travel under your own arrangments, or you might like to just ride on after the event.
b. Melbourne ride up. Thursday 31 March. Meet and fuel up at the Ampol Servo cnr Sharps Rd and Airport Drive, Airport West. Have a big breakfast at home, as the ‘Foodary’ at this place is coffee and fast food. Departs 8.30 AM. Refuel at Heathcote, Shepparton, Lockhart. Overnight stay at Berrigan NSW – to be advised. But it will be cheap overnight pub accommodation.
The old traditional hotel in Coolamon is closed for renovation, so accom is limited. Note that the info below is for the Friday and Saturday night only. There will be additional accommodation costs overnight on the ride up and back, and will depend upon how your club is organizing that ride.
