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On December 7th and 8th, 2019, visitors to Bright will be excused if they believe they have been transported back in time! Tourists to the Region, and those riding the Murray to Mountains Rail Trail between Bright and Wangaratta, are likely to encounter competitors in the ‘Australian Annual Century‘…that’s an imperial century mind you, of…

Spring is here, which means that were not far away from all of our alpine resort mountain bike parks opening. Not one to be upstaged by its bigger cousins, Dinner Plain Mountain Bike Park will open on Saturday 16th November, 2019. Put it in your calendars now….you’re invited! Dinner Plain summers are cool and stunning…

In 2018, Bridge Road Brewers invited the Soup Boys up to Victoria’s High Country to check out the Tour de Beechworth, held on a particularly chilly all the while sunny late July morning. On that weekend they took on the century-long road loop, dotted with the occasional gravel section throughout the morning. If you ask…

The team behind the incredibly successful High Country Women’s Cycling Festival (HCWCF), Clare Holdsworth and Michelle Armstrong, have come up with another great reason to grab the girls, the bikes and hit up the High Country. Designed by women for women, the 3 Peaks Women’s Cycling Weekend, held 22nd – 25th November 2019 in Bright,…

This summer marks the 13th season of the 7 Peaks! With the season starting Friday 25th of October and running until 27th of April 2020, you’ve got a full six months to conquer your goals. Stay tuned for more details about registration and our new jersey design – we’re working with the team from MAAP…

Australia’s premier cycling destination, Victoria’s High Country, will once again host one of the world’s toughest one-day cycling events, Bicycle Network’s Peaks Challenge Falls Creek, on Sunday 8 March 2020. Since debuting in storms, rain and sleet in 2010, the event has become infamous around the globe for its grueling 235 kilometre course with more…

For those of us who know the High Country, the trip is worth the rewards. Off the beaten track it may be for some, but for cyclists that’s just the way we like it. Still, there are some who don’t know that yet. With all the intrepid spirit of an 1850s gold prospector, Cyclist magazine…

Cyclist Magazine (Aus/NZ) recently joined Ride High Country Preferred tour operator, Wide Open Road Tours, on their four day Vic Alps Tour. Read below to get a taste of what their tour was all about, click through to read the full story and be sure to pick up a copy of  the latest Cyclist Magazine.…

Continuing his love affair with Victoria’s High Country, Bicycling Australia Editor Nat Bromhead was joined by ultra-endurance cyclist Davin Harding, for a week discovering Australia’s premier road cycling destination. They experienced a host of our favourite locations, not to mention a variety of conditions! Check out the Bicycling Australia website for their story.

Ride the best of the High Country’s gravel trails and feel good doing it! The 5zero bike challenge is set for October 26, 2019. After a successful debut on the Ride High Country cycling calendar in 2018, 5Zero is back again for 2019. A fun, social, gravel bike challenge which will weave its way through…

In exciting news for Victoria’s High Country, the dates for the 2020 Mountain Bike Australia National Championships, once again to be hosted by the iconic High Country cycling mecca of Bright, have been confirmed. The race for the green and gold jersey in cross-country, downhill and observed trials will occur from the 12-15th March 2020. Mountain…

Wow…what a year of 7 Peaks it was! On behalf of everyone here at Ride High Country Central, we want to thank each and everyone of you who participated this season, the 13th year of the challenge. By the numbers, it was a massive year by anyone’s standards: 7,000 – to be a 7 Peaks…