The East Gippsland Stray is held each year
on the Victorian Labour Day Long Weekend in March
- It is generally held Saturday to Monday sometimes extended to Tuesday or started early on Friday
- The ride leaves from the Racecourse Hotel in Caufield Victoria.
- Typically involves riding through the East Gippsland area to the Victorian or NSW Alpine and back to Melbourne via a similar route or the reverse direction
- Some examples are listed below
Testimonial – received by email
Hi Charles:
I feel compelled to tell you how good this ride was by any club ride standard – they don’t come any better than this!! Outcomes of this nature are not accidents or flukes – they come from hard work, superior road knowledge and serious intellectual activity.
The participants have no idea how much you put into planning and executing that ride, but no experienced ride leader could go past that ride without being seriously impressed – as was yours truly.
Socially the ride was equally impressive and you played a major part in that aspect as well.
I have cc’d Ant & Craig – it would be nice to see the above acknowledgement in the RECOAN Newsletter and maybe the website and/or the FB page.
Once again, many thanks (and thanks for letting me off the leash going up Mt Hotham) – I was a good boy for the rest of the ride……
Cheers
Click on the Blog entries below to read the trip reports
2026 East Gippsland Stray
I decided again to make the pilgrimage south for the 2026 East Gippsland StrayI could only do the middle section from Orbost to Tumbarumba as heading further south to Bruthen would mean and extra 3 days including 1 to, and 2 on the way home.I Left home right on 6am...
2025 East Gippsland Stray
Thanks for a great ride everyone and thanks for the comments on here I appreciate itI was a bit nervous taking over from Charles and leading on unfamiliar roads, especially heading out of Melbourne so thanks Mick and Don for leading us through the suburbs. Also thanks...