Pheels Phantastic - Great Vic Bike Ride 2008

Package A

Book before Aug 29th

Book after Aug 29th

8 nights accom. with  b/fast

  twin share or double

8 nights accom. with b/fast

  Single Supp.(own room)

$1550 pp>

$2350 pp>

$1590 pp

$2400 pp

Package B>

Book before Aug 29th

Book after Aug 29th

2 nights accom. with  b/fast

 twin share or double

2 night’s accom. with b/fast

  single supp. (own room)

$320 pp

$520 pp

$350 pp

$550 pp

Package A

Accom every night

PACKAGE A

8 nights accom. with  b/fast

  twin share or double

Every night: Rokewood (Ballarat) Cobden Mortlake Dunkeld Halls Gap X 2 Lake Bolac Beaufort

8 nights accom. with  b/fast

  single supp. (own room)

Every night: Rokewood (Ballarat) Cobden Mortlake Dunkeld Halls Gap X 2 Lake Bolac Beaufort

Day 1 – Day 9

Sat 29th Nov – Sun 7th Dec

Leave your luggage at Bell Tower Inn Ballarat or in the Pheels Phantastic compound near main front gate of campsite entrance at BV departure point in Ballarat and from there your luggage will be taken to your motel each night.  Upon arrival at your motel, collect your luggage from foyer and on departure, leave your luggage in the motel where you collected it.  Pheels Phantastic will take it from there.

Package B

Accom 2 nights

PACKAGE B

2 nights accom. with  b/fast

  twin share or double

Overnight : Halls Gap X 2

2 nights accom. with  b/fast

  single supp. (own room)

Overnight : Halls Gap X 2

Day 1

Sat 29

Camp

Rokewood

cycle 47km

Tonight is camping not accommodation, therefore you place your luggage with BV truck of your choice as everyone else does on the BV ride. 

Day 2

Sun 30

Camp

Cobden

cycle 88km

Tonight is camping not accommodation, therefore you place your luggage with BV truck of your choice as everyone else does on the BV ride. 

Day 3

Mon 1

Camp

Mortlake

cycle 64km

Tonight is camping not accommodation, therefore you place your luggage with BV truck of your choice as everyone else does on the BV ride. 

Day 4

Tues 2

Camp

Dunkeld

cycle 85km

Tonight is camping not accommodation, therefore you place your luggage with BV truck of your choice as everyone else does on the BV ride. 

Day 5

Wed 3

Accom.

Halls Gap

cycle 65km

Tonight is accom. Leave your luggage in the Pheels Phantastic compound at the main front gate to BV campsite entrance at Dunkeld and from there your luggage will be collected from Dunkeld and taken to the foyer of your Halls Gap motel.

Day 6

Thur 4

Accom.

Halls Gap

REST DAY Tonight is accom. Same motel no luggage transfer.

Day 7

Fri 5

Camp

Lake Bolac

cycle 86km

Tonight is camping not accommodation.  Leave your luggage in the foyer of your motel in Halls Gap.  Your luggage will be waiting for you at BV campsite with other luggage from truck number 1.

Day 8

Sat 6

Camp

Beaufort

cycle 106km

Tonight is camping not accommodation, therefore you place your luggage with BV truck of your choice as everyone else does on the BV ride. 

Day 9

Sun 7

Home

cycle 50km

Leave your luggage with BV truck of your choice as everyone else does on the BV ride to be collected by you at BV finish.  Upon arrival in Ballarat you may want to transfer your luggage & bike in Pheels Phantastic truck and you in Pheels Phantastic small bus to Melbourne.  Cost to be advised.  The alternative is book bus & truck through BV for transfers to your destination or choose private transfer.

Accommodation

Reserved Room

In some towns the accommodation is extremely limited. Motel, hotel, cabins or similar, usually 3, 3½, 4 star.

Accom is in same town as BV campsite, otherwise in nearest town where accommodation is available.  Sometimes this accom is from 10 to 50 km away.

Upon booking, your bed will be reserved for you and this bed will stay reserved for you regardless of what time you arrive at the motel.

Twin Share

Those who enter individually will be put with another person of the same gender.  Unless you specify a particular friend, we usually change your room mate each night, allowing for a wider variety of characters.

Couples

Couples will have their own double room. 

Multiple Share Rooms

This is a rarity although possible if cabins only are available.  These might accommodate 3 or 4 depending on size and configuration.

Accommodation Fair Deal

If for whatever reason the accommodation one night is below normal standard, we strive to improve this with an extra good room next night or nights following.

Breakfast

A good hearty b/fast is provided, at your accommodation.  Sometimes continental sometimes full breakfast.

Book early

Accommodation is very limited in most towns, so to avoid disappointment, we suggest you book early.

The last two years Pheels Phantastic has been completely booked by August.

Registration

Bell Tower Inn

All cyclists are asked to register with Susan upon arrival at Ballarat, either on Fri from 4 -7 pm at Bell Tower Inn or Sat at BV campsite entrance main gate when bags and people are dropped off from Melbourne.

Your luggage drop off area
for 8 dayers & 2 dayers

1st day at Ballarat Bell Tower Inn or Ballarat BV departure point, then each morning after at the motel where you are staying. The 2 dayers at the designated BV campsite, Pheels Phantastic drop off area will be a compound just inside the main gate of the BV campsite.  This compound will be sign posted Pheels Phantastic and might contain some bikes left overnight.  Our crew will be at this compound in Dunkeld as early as possible. 

Arrival at overnight town

Pheels Phantastic cyclists may ride directly to their motel with the intention of riding from their motel the next morning.  They do not have to go to BV’s campsite.

Directions for motel

Pheels Phantastic cyclists will be given specific maps, detailing where their overnight motel is situated.

Motel in what town?

Pheels Phantastic motels are usually in the BV overnight town, however they may also be in a nearby town, which can be in any direction up to 45 km away.

Do I ride to nearby motel town?

It’s your choice, the nearby town is sometimes on the way, so that’s easy.  If motel is 5,10, 20 kms or more further on, you may ride those extra kms, however we will usually expect you to cycle from the motel the next day.   We can bus you next morning however the facilities for transferring your bike will be limited.  Sometimes your motel will be on next day’s route.  Next day’s bonus!

What happens if I don’t
want to ride to the motel?

Leave your bike in our Pheels Phantastic compound near front gate, we will take you to motel, bring you back for BV dinner, return you to motel then bring you back to collect your bike next morning.

Bike Transfers to Motel

We will have one bike trailer for limited transfer of bikes to and from motels, with the rider.  We cannot carry all bikes each day because of time in packing, damage in transit and limited space. Decisions with time and space will be made on the day.

Bike Security

At BV camp main gate entrance the Pheels Phantastic compound will be set up to take bikes and leave them on a bike “A” frame storage rack.  We suggest you carry a lock and lock your bike.  Your bike is your responsibility.   This compound is right near the front gate where security guards are present all night.  The difficulty if Pheels Phantastic lock all bikes is that we cannot guarantee we will be there when you collect your bike next morning.

How do I meet the bus>

Pick up times

The bus and driver will be at BV camp entrance, near BV main gate to pick up cyclists who cannot ride to their nearby town motel.  Pick up times will be 1pm and 3pm.

Maps

Pheels Phantastic cyclists will be given detailed maps of overnight township, showing your motel, BV campsite, luggage pick up area and  cyclist pick up point, directions and other finer details upon entry into Pheels Phantastic package. 

Luggage delivery

Your luggage will be delivered from BV site or drop off pick up points on previous night’s motel, to your allocated motel.  It will be left in foyer or safe storage area.  For cyclists changing from accommodation to camping, your luggage will be taken from motel and placed on truck number 1, for your pick up at day’s end.

Booking into motel

Upon arrival at motel, report to reception desk and they will advise you of your room number & give you your key.  Return key to reception when going out, allowing your room mate to enter unit.

Bike Mechanic

A bike mechanic will be part of our crew and will have everything that is required (we hope) including a good car pump for different valves.  The bike parts used for replacement will be charged at shop prices.  Labour is free.  Cyclists with rare or different bikes are asked to contact us at All Trails and advise our mechanic.  03 9645 3355

Masseur

A masseur or masseurs will be available each afternoon and to be fair to everyone, we have limited massage time to ten minutes each person.  In some towns where we are using three or four different motels, the masseurs will be distributed fairly usually at the two biggest motels.  Booking is not required.  We will try to allow everyone 2 or 3 massages sometimes more.  Names will be ticked off but please speak up if you are somehow missing out.

Evening Meal

Evening meal may be at BV campsite, your motel, local restaurant, hotel or wherever.  If you wish, Pheels Phantastic bus will pick up motel cyclists at 5pm & 6pm, take them to BV campsite for dinner and return to motel at 8pm.  These times are for motel within 20km radius.  Special times will be arranged for motels further out.

Luggage Availability