Otway Off-Road Motorcycle Tours

The new "Otway 3 Day" Nov 29-Dec 1 2008   

 "Adventure" Tours,  Next tour Oct 25-26 2008, Feb 21-22 2009 

Otway "Entree" rides, Trail, November 4, Adventure, December 6

 


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Con Thermos (Owner and operator) has been trail riding in this country since the early 80's. The day after he learnt to change gears on his own, he was out the gate and up the road for his first adventure. As a teenager, Con loved bringing his mates up to the 'farm' to go riding. “Everyone who comes here loves the riding, the awesome terrain with year round wet tracks and challenging hills, not to mention Lorne and the surf Coast just down the road”. Con's early organizational experience included running many motorcycle club trail rides and club championship events for the M.C.R.C.V.  In the late 1990s Con  raced state level off-road championships, and won his class in 2000, his personal highlight was representing Victoria on the Senior trophy team at the 2001 Australian 4-day Enduro in New Zealand. In 2005 Con turned his 20 years of Otway track knowledge and experience combined with his passion for the sport into a commercial trial bike tour operation starting with 1 and 2 day "trail" style tours in the Otways. 

Currently Otway off-road is growing business, employing experienced crew with riding skill and an extensive knowledge of the Otway trails. Otway Off-Road is working closely with government departments like the D.S.E on the Trail Bike Project, with the focus on retaining traditional riding areas in the Otways for future generations. Otway Off-Road understand the conflict that trail riding causes with residence and other bush users and supports and promotes the D.S.E trail bike initiative. Otway Off-Road use KTM motorcycles with quiet exhaust systems and encourages and polices the use of either standard or quiet aftermarket mufflers on all bikes on tour.

Today Otway Off-Road is able to offer 6 "Trail" style tours which run for 1-2-3 and 6 days. Our new Otway "Entree" day rides are just that, a taste of our regular tours without all the bolt on bling. On our entree rides we ride all the best tracks we normally ride without our backup support vehicle, DVD crew and extra sweep riders, its just our regular expert lead rider and tail man making the Otway experience with us more simple but just as much fun!! We still include all the important bits like pub lunch and fuel, its great value if you compare our price to your regular large scale organised rides.

The 2 'Pilot' tours are one-day offerings either to Forrest, Wye River or Aireys Inlet. All our "Trail" tours (except Entree) leave from the 'farm', our 8 Acre property in Deans Marsh, 20km north of Lorne, and return in the afternoon with lunch, fuel, expert sweep riders and back up support 4WD crew on hand for emergencies or breakdowns. We even have crew taking movie and picture stills to compile later to DVD for everyone to enjoy, also included, are bike wash facilities, showers, and a BBQ awaiting for all at the days end.

The 'Main' package includes both "Pilot" tours combined including two nights stay on Friday (pre-ride) and Saturday nights at our brand new accommodation at Deans Marsh, enjoy the bus ride to dinner on Saturday at the local watering hole the "Martian" Bar/Cafe, wake up to home style bacon and egg toasties on both mornings. All fuel is provided (after the first tank), a BBQ with a beer or 3 at the end of the weekend are all included. It's likely to be the best weekend away riding you’ll ever have!

  The “Otway 3 Day" kicks off at Deans Marsh with an overnight stay, visiting the challenging Paddy Swamp area on Day 1 and the sandy Angelsea Heath, onto Aireys Inlet for lunch and our overnight stay in Wye River. Day 2 visits the vast pine plantations and state forests around Beech Forrest, and onto Gellibrand for an overnight stay. Day 3s ride is through the lush rainforests in the Forrest Area before finishing up in Deans Marsh in the early afternoon. It is without a doubt the best 3 days of riding that Otway Off-Road has to offer.  

Otway Off-Road now offer "Adventure" style tours for your bigger Road/Trail style bikes. Ride the Otway Ranges back country roads and trails, visit the 12 Apostles, have dinner right on the water in Port Campbell and visit some magic Otway pubs, on your big adventure style off-road weapon. Check out our last Otway KTM Adventure epic here. In 2009 Otway Off-Road venture into the Victorian high country for some awesome 2 day "High Country Adventure" epics from Melbourne to Mt Buller and return. We depart Melbourne on the Saturday morning and head for the Blue Range and Black Range forests before lunch at the historic isolated town of Woods Point. Our fantastic Overnight accommodation at Mt Buller is followed by some more touring around Mt Stirling, Jameison and Marysville before our finish back in Melbourne in the afternoon, this ride will be a real epic not offered by any other operator in Australia!

In 2007 the first "6 Day Enduro Challenge" went ahead with great success and magazine reviews. It is back on in 2008 and brings together 2 of Vicoria’s leading tour operators to offer the Trail Tour of a lifetime! Six days of trail riding in 2 of Victoria’s premier off road riding locations, The Otway Ranges on Victoria’s Surf Coast and The Hills of the High Country. Otway Off-Road and Mt Buller Motorcycle Adventures  have joined their 3 day tour routes over six days to challenge the best of riders. A rest day scheduled between each 3 days riding to prepare the bike and the body for the next part of the tour leg.  Are you up for the challenge? This is a legendary tour and is not for the faint hearted. In all a rare opportunity to ride some of Australia’s best off road trails in the one week

Still on offer with Otway Off-Road is a one day Enduro / Trail Riding "Coaching day" with 3 time ISDE gold medallist and 3 time Victorian No 1 off-road Champion Jehi Willis. Our coaching day focuses on eliminating your bad habits by showing and demonstrating the correct techniques when handling an off-road motorcycle. This training is not just suitable for new off-road riders but experienced racers as well. Incorporated into the day is a trail ride with Jehi with coaching tips provided during the ride to hone in your new skills. The amount you will learn on all aspects of dirt bike riding on this one day would take years, and sometimes never. Jehi and Con have both completed their Level 1 Coaching accreditation with Motorcycling Victoria and can administer the Junior Coaching Program for M.A Licence approvals or renewals. If you want to get ahead of your mates, get over those dreaded logs, ride ruts like you never have before, then don`t miss out on this day.

 

To check out all the information on each of our different events click on the links below.

 

For all inquires call 0433 887 969