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EASTER OUTINGS.

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CITARM OP AUTUMN TOURING.

SUMMARY OF TRIPS.

To most motorists who travel for plea euro, Paster time present» not only a suit- able season to fit in the pnstimc with other affairs, hut it is also the ]o\cheat Benson

of the yen And the motorcar by tak mg its users into all puts of the country, to places nhicli the tram traaollit nrely sees gives lum an idea of the conditions pic i ailing in different districts The usually neglected studv of geography is presented in a new mil iiitciesting light and the fa cihties offered to tour wi lelv and far in (luce m mi to go who hld they to relv on trun« would not make the journey Ina general w11 the influence of motoring on tho«o who pnctise it has been educatne as well as heilth giving Prouded there ia no breil in the weather the motor may he dru cn in am direction 11 hero there are roads mil suitable tracks Should there bo much rain the hillier sections to the east and north cist will bo found heavy, and in places diflicult of negotiation Yet those districts contain much that is beautiful, and an unending inuety in contour and colour The W cstcrn district possessing as it does the greater proportion of good loads in the '.tile, is an atlrictue locality with motorists and as is itsinl at holiday times it will be Hie o"bjcetne of large numbers of motor tourist« especially those who are handling cars for the first sei«on In the subjoined list of tours in outline only the approximate time required to coier cieh is gil en basing the distance per du at about 100 miles but for lntcrmednte distincts a reference to the map will tie ne(C»«iry

LIST Or OUTIVGS

1 Melbourne to Geelong Colac Cimpcr down 1 enng and IA nrrmmhool, thence to Hamilton na Koroit and Penshurst, while the return ein be m ide through Glenthomp- son Hohe Skipton Ballarat, and Bacchus

Marsh-4 to 5 dais

2 Alelbourno to Geelong thence west to Inverleigh, Cressy, nnd Lismore, to Mort like and on to Hamilton MI Caramut and Penshurst returning as in No 1, or, after pissing Glenthompson continue to Ararat, an 1 regain the city na lleaufort and Bal larat -Vbout 4 thys

3 Oiitanrds through Bicchus Mirsh to Ballant, Beaufort, and Ararat, then south through Maroona Bohe, and Mortlake to Warrnambool, when the direct route to Melbourne in Terang, Colac, md Camper- down can be adopted -About 4 days

4 Another trip in the same district and a somewhat shorter ono is, after reaching Ballarat (in Bacchus Marsh), to run south west to Skipton south to Camperdown, and 1 ack to the city na Colac and Geelong -A

tinco dus' trip

li A 1 cry popular motor run is along the Mount Alexinder road, through Woodend to Malmsbury then south west to Dayles ford and Ballarat which then may be ex- tended through Creswick and Clune« to Mary borough, whence there is a pleasant drne to \10ca and through the Pyrenees to 1 Imhurst and Ararat, Melbourne, he tug rignmrd by tho direct route via Bal larit and Bicchus Marsh-About 4 days

0 Adopting tho Mount Alexander road ngain Bendigo is reached na Kyneton and I Ci-tlemaine or. if an alternate roulo is I desired there is ona through Kilmore, Heitheotc and Axedale From Bendigo an e-c en«ioii might he made to Inglewood then south to Dunolly, Man borough, and Balla rat to Melbourne -About 4 day»

7 Unfortunately, tho Pydncv road is Ibid bei md Seymour, hut hy turning oft" at

lallarool there is an interesting nin along the Goulburn lo Yea and Aloxandn and for the return journey, the picturesque trip along the acheron to Marysville the Blacks Spir nnd llcalesnlle is aiailublc- Hirce

lo 4 days

8 "V ca can be reached hy the direct route through VV luttle.-ei and 1 lowcrdale the re turn being made as in the previous trip -\ (ino three days' run

0 A drne out to lilydale and Warhur ton offers, no alternate return route, but it can be (.tended to M'Vcigh's, another 20 miks along the Upper Yarri Three days can be llcJMiribly spent in that locattti

G11 psliii I affords the motontt very few facilities for tmclhng which is the more regrettable as the district potr-csses same of the finest lilley and mountain scenery 111

the State

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