Melbourne Day 5 - Cragieburn

Day 4 was a rest day so on day 5 we strapped on our skates again and caught a train out to Craigieburn (approx 45km of skating). Craigieburn is one of the outliers on the planned development schedule of Melbourne. I think that they built infrastructure (train lines & highways) out to the outside points of their development area and are now building inwards. This means that Craigburn is a bit isolated, but as part of the infrastructure is a smooth, open & almost empty bike lane it's a perfect skate if the wind is behind you.

The marshals were as always both attentive and ruggedly handsome
and all the skaters seemed to be enjoying themselves

About halfway through the skate we had the choice of catching a train home or continuing on along some paths that hadn't been previously explored. The second half of the skate proved to be harder as sometimes the paths would turn to muddy tracks, we all ran out of water and the pace was up to be back in time. It was worthwhile though as it went through some beautiful scenery

threaded our way across narrow bridges (those slots are a perfect wheel-catching size)
Past some unexpected architecture
and across more of Melbournes industrial memories