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A 2,500 km network of interconnected earth and backroad bike routes in northern Victoria.
Ride Reports from riders on Nix-Tracks routes. Includes the best options in various seasons.
Local knowledge about signs, surface conditions and amenities available in nearby towns.
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Earth Rivers and Ironbark
Get grounded riding quiet earth and gravel roads through scenic landscapes. The Earth Rivers and Ironbark (ERI) is a 400 km loop through northern Victoria. The route avoids traffic and prioritises river tracks, forest reserves and earthen back roads. Towns are well spaced along the route and there is easy access by train. It is Read more
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Yellowbelly Track v2
The Yellowbelly Track launched in February 2021. Since then I have found more river tracks that join up. More importantly parts of the Yellowbelly Track flooded in 2022 and again in 2023. Even parts of the Yellowbelly Track – roads route flooded. I had planned for the roads route to be more immune from bad Read more
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National Parks – Status update
1 October 2023: All the closure notices seem to have disappeared from ParksVic website for local riverside National and State Parks. It appears Parks are open again. Read more
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Yellowbelly Track – National Parks are closed
Sept 2023: Both National Parks along the lower Goulburn River remain closed. An environmental water release down the Goulburn River from Eildon Dam is in progress and may cause renewed minor flooding. Parks are likely to remain closed for all of September. Read more
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Review: GABCY Northern Tour – Malcolm and Vicky
In April 2023, Malcolm and Vicky rode a three-day, u-shaped tour of the northern GABCY Network, from Tatura to Echuca and then to Elmore, including a large part of Yellowbelly Track. They used train connections, commercial accommodation and even found a farm-gate selling homemade gellato. Read more
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Yellowbellies be jumpin: Yellowbelly Track is open
There is now a rideable version of the Yellowbelly Track with sections of river track in National Parks. On 17/03/23 ParksVic re-opened a section of Lower Goulburn National Park after it was closed for flood damage. This includes a prime stretch of Yellowbelly Track, 17km along the Goulburn River between McCoys and Yambuna Bridges. Read more
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