EP 2: The East Gippsland Rail Trail! - Bikepacking Melbourne to Sydney

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In this episode I start the day off in Bairnsdale & spend the day meandering along the East Gippsland Rail Trail toward Cape Conran.
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TECH
- Iphone X (ridewithgps for navigation)
- Go Pro Hero 4
- Sony a 5100 - 16-50mm
- Joby Tripod
- 2 x 10,000 mAh Batteries
BIKE & STUFF
Bike - 2022 Norco Search XR A1 (Second hand)
Tyres - Vittoria Terreno Zero 38x700 (tubeless)
Pannier Rack - BPW Carrier Rear Heavy Duty disc
Pannier Bags - Ortlieb Back-Roller Classic (Pair)
Handlebar Bag - Deuter Mondego HB 8L
Frame Bag - Topeak Midloader 4.5L
Cooler bag from vinnies ($5 or so) - actually really glad I bought this as an extra snack storage bag
Tent - Mountain Designs Redline 1p
Sleeping Bag - $5 summer bag from vinnies ($10-15 at kmart)
Sleeping Mat - an old sea2summit thermarest
20L Dry bag - Kmart (kept tent, sleeping bag and mat inside)
Cooking - Campmaster Ultra Jet (Kmart)
Front Light - Knog Blinder 600
Shoes - very worn Ride Concept Vice
Couple of versa straps from Bunnings
Anything I missed just ask in the comments!
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@bruce.KAY-bike-drifter 6 дней назад

Another good video. I showed parts of it to my wife because it covered lots of where we rode together just last week. We loved those trestle bridges. We are amazed at just how many kilometres you achieve each day. Especially carrying all your camping gear. When I'm bikepacking I only aim at about half your distances each day. Although, being retired, means I can take my time.

@dannydonehue 5 дней назад

The trestle bridges were awesome to see, well worth to see them in person to take in their sheer scale. Was a great ride through east Gippsland. I recon when I plan another trip, I'd be happy to reduce my km's per day significantly and spend more time exploring the places along the way.

@DOfAus Месяц назад

2 great videos in a row. Love to see it. From a complete stranger, and fellow Victorian (who grew up close to Croydon), keep them coming please. Loving the content.

@dannydonehue Месяц назад

No worries, I'll be doing my best to finish the editing so that they can all get released weekly with no interruptions. I'll have to start planning a future trip though to follow this up haha. Thanks!

@DOfAus Месяц назад

@dannydonehue Mate there are plenty of great tracks near you. I'm currently in Launch Pub for a parma in the middle of doing the Lilydale to Warbie Trail. Great ride, highly recommend it.

@steverx4460 Месяц назад

Another enjoyable video Danny. Keep them coming. I like seeing the minutiae eg lizards and that guy with the same bike that help make the video more interesting.

@dannydonehue Месяц назад

Thanks Steve! I'll keep 'em coming and keep them minutiae packed!

@AnonyDave Месяц назад

Now I'm excited to watch this. I've hiked that rail trail, only took about 4.5 days 😅 Beautiful scenery, and conveniently placed with a bus that I could take to get back home to Canberra

@dannydonehue Месяц назад

That'd be a great way to spend a week. The trail felt long on a bike, can't imagine how long that would have felt by foot!

@lifesizeorder Месяц назад

Bring on episode 3 - loving this!

@dannydonehue Месяц назад

Thanks mate! Scheduled for Thursday 5PM :D

@chrisaltec2992 Месяц назад

This is awesome. Realistic summary of what this kind of trip is like. Have been toying with the idea of a similar trip for a while now (Sydney-Melbourne on the mountain bike via the mountains). Watching this makes it all seem much more feasible :)

@dannydonehue Месяц назад

Thanks Chris, It's so cool seeing several people say that this is helping motivate them to plan similar trips. Go for it!

@Walt1119 24 дня назад

Great video! Love the humor, your really doing good for your first trip. Looks like your having a great time too! Thanks for sharing w us, looking forward to more!!

@dannydonehue 23 дня назад

Thanks mate! Definitely was having a good time (For most of it) :)

@GeorgetteNewton Месяц назад

Hey Danny, I never comment on the videos I watch, however I feel the need to after watching your 2 bike packing videos. Well done awesome adventure. Love the scenery and animals. Keep them coming. Thanks for sharing your ride with us all.

@dannydonehue Месяц назад

Hey George, really appreciate you reaching out and letting me know you're enjoying them :D So great to hear! I'll be releasing these weekly until the final episode (still unsure how many, 7 or 8 potentially). Next one's scheduled for Thursday 5pm.

@leighnelson2208 Месяц назад

Hi from Sydney... Great vids. Loving seeing your enthusiasm. Looks like a fun adventure. Can't wait to see the whole series.

@dannydonehue Месяц назад

Hey Leigh, glad you're enjoying it! Episode 3 scheduled for next Thursday :D

@grahames9228 Месяц назад

The adventure continues.

@gaylerule6707 23 дня назад

You missed a great bakery at Bruthen.

@dannydonehue 23 дня назад

@@gaylerule6707 Yeah, it’s a shame I skipped Bruthen. Had read lots of good things about it. But I think the shortcut was necessary to get me to cape Conran on time. I’d love to go back sometime with family and do the whole trail.

@MegaWombatGaming Месяц назад

Wow I would love to take this on! What an amazing journey!

@dannydonehue Месяц назад

@@MegaWombatGaming thanks! You definitely should.

@linglin4791 Месяц назад

great video👍

@dannydonehue Месяц назад

@@linglin4791 thanks for your support! ✌️:D

@earleorenstein2768 Месяц назад

Have you noticed that while cows (and horses, and sheep) will ignore motor vehicles but they take a huge interest in bicycles?

@dannydonehue Месяц назад

Haha yeah definitely. Cars, trucks etc and all hoon past without bother, but some weirdo on a bike in the middle of nowhere confuses the heck out of them 😂

@ChrisIsOutside Месяц назад

That road from Marlo down to Cape Conran would have felt very remote on the bike

@dannydonehue Месяц назад

Yeah it did, not the remotest stretch though. I think the first half of the next day was possibly the most remote riding. About 2 or 3 cars seen up until lunch. You’ll see that Thursday :)

@diracflux Месяц назад

Absolutely epic ride. I’ve done some short rides on the rail trail and visited the trestle bridge (by car). It’s a nice region.

@dannydonehue Месяц назад

Yeah, I could not recommend doing this days ride enough! The rail trail is beautiful and riding a long it felt effortless. It's amazing the amount of earth-moving done back when to create a track where the gradient changes are hardly noticeable.

@johnnste1 Месяц назад

You have a nice setup on your bike. Is that a Tailfin rack you’re using on the rear end? What size are the side pannier bags on the rear.

@dannydonehue Месяц назад

Hey, in general on this trip since it was a first, I tried to go as budget as I could (so that if I hated it I hadn’t invested too much). The rack was $60 from my local bike shop (BPW carrier rear - disc). Equipment list is in the description. I believe the panniers are a 40L pair. Panniers we’re my biggest purchase (aside from the bike), as the previous ones I had (Azur) I had to return as the mounting clip snapped.

@goldentops7740 Месяц назад

i live around the corner from this, beautiful area

@dannydonehue Месяц назад

@@goldentops7740 yeah, this journey definitely opened my eyes to how beautiful Gippsland is.

@keegsfoster Месяц назад

The outro song 🔥

@dannydonehue Месяц назад

@@keegsfoster ayeeeee 🔥🔥🔥

@keegsfoster Месяц назад

@@dannydonehue How was the weather? Would like to do a similar route at the end of the year

@dannydonehue 26 дней назад

The weather was actually very pleasant, think I got quite lucky . This was the 16th to 24th of December, hottest day I had was day 3 on the east gippy rail trail, think it got to 34 or so that day. And not too much rain aside from at night, a couple light showers during the days and the very last day coming into Coledale it bucketed which made for an interesting finish haha.

@Dmitryzakharov Месяц назад

what kind of camera did you use?

@dannydonehue Месяц назад

@@Dmitryzakharov hey, added the gear I used to the description. The clips were mostly from my phone (iPhone X), go pro hero 4 and then the occasional shot from a Sony a5100 (which luckily my wife let me bring).

@Earshoes777 Месяц назад

What are those glasses you wear? they seem to be Photochromic, would you recommend them?

@dannydonehue Месяц назад

Hey, I'm probably not the best cycle gear head to ask as I have no proper cycling glasses or gear really to compare to (one of the padded shorts I'm wearing on this trip are XL, Ladies and from an op shop lol). In general I have no complaints with them, they do the job on cloudy or sunny days etc. I think there's several brands all selling the same cheap photochromic glasses. These are 'Kapvoe' I believe. For the price yeah I'd recommend giving them a go.

@MegaWombatGaming Месяц назад

What portable battery and phone holder do you use?

@dannydonehue Месяц назад

Hey, I had 2 large batteries - a 15600 mAh TP-Link battery and my most used one was the 'Snap Wireless 5 in 1 travel adapter with power bank'. Can plug is straight into a power outlet to charge, has cables attached & slots for more outputs too. A handy little battery for travelling. I also began with a little solar battery from Kmart, built that fell off by bike toward the end of the second day (i had it strapped onto the bar bag to try and solar charge it).

@andrewford80 Месяц назад

Hey man do you happen to have a gpx file of this trip so I could import it into garmin/strava for a closer look at the route? Loving the videos though. Such a wicked adventure.

@dannydonehue Месяц назад

Hey mate, I've never worked with gpx files, but here's the rwgps link: ridewithgps.com/trips/141444584 . I believe there may be a way to export that as a gpx file. Thanks for watching :)

@andrewford80 Месяц назад

@@dannydonehue awesome! Thanks dude!