Journal

Blog and guest notes, posted WordPress-style.

The old Wix blog had one real post. This rebuild keeps that URL and adds editorial pieces that earn the archive.

Journal · 2026-10-17
How to choose a Victorian MTB tour shape
Pick among the preserved Mountain Bike Tours Australia URLs — You Yangs, Lysterfield, Buller weekender, North East week, Ultimate — using calendars and skill, not 2019 prices.
Journal · 2026-10-17
Melbourne to the High Country with bikes
How a Melbourne van actually reaches Bright, Beechworth and Mt Buller — driving logic for the old tour shapes, without fake times dressed as GPS.
Journal · 2026-10-17
What to pack for a Victorian MTB tour
A packing list for You Yangs, Lysterfield and High Country mountain bike days — official helmet and e-bike notes, no product placements.
Journal · 2026-10-17
You Yangs vs Lysterfield
Choose between Parks Victoria’s two Melbourne mountain bike days — 50+ km and two precincts at the You Yangs, or 24 km and a Games course at Lysterfield.
Guest · 2026-10-17
First weekend at Mystic
Guest note on riding Mystic Bike Park’s published beginner order — Hotwheels to K2 — without treating Bright as a black-diamond exam.
Journal · 2018-12-15
Winner announced
The 2018 Mountain Bike Tours Australia giveaway post, kept on /blog/winner-announced and rewritten from the Wix archive — history, not a live contest.

How to choose a Victorian MTB tour shape