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Flying Site Location
Our flying site is located at the corner of Spreadeagle and Yendon-Egerton Roads
Yendon, 18kms by road ESE of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
How to get there from?
If you are coming from Ballarat:
- Go out Eureka Street which becomes Navigators Road until you reach Yendon (about
12km) then turn left into Yendon-Egerton Road cross the Ballarat-Geelong railway
line and proceed east along the Yendon-Egerton Road for a distance of 5.2km.
(Thats what the GPS says!)
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Turn left into Spreadeagle Road (unsealed and road name is stencilled on the
drainage culvert) and proceed for about 400m where you
will see the entry gate on your left. (There should be a road sign at Spreadeagle
Road but unfortunately it seems to disappear on a regular basis.) If the gate is
closed please close it after you enter.
If you are coming from Melbourne:
- Take the Gordon exit off the Western Freeway.
- At the T intersection turn
left and follow the road into Gordon (about 1 km).
- When you reach the Old Melbourne Road at Gordon turn left and then turn right after
about 150m or so to take the road to Mt Egerton.
- Follow
the road through Mt Egerton (about 6 or 7 km) veering right.
- Continue on the
Yendon-Egerton road for about another 8km - once you go down through a deep ravine
Spreadeagle Road is only a short distance further on, on your right.
- Turn right
into Spreadeagle Road (unsealed) and proceed for about 400m where you will see the
entry gate on your left. If the gate is closed please close it after you enter.
Alternate Route - Shorter but inferior roads.
- When you reach the Old Melbourne Road at Gordon turn right towards Millbrook.
- Follow the Old Melbourne Road (narrow in sections) through Millbrook for about 6 km from Gordon keeping
an eye out for Spreadeagle Road on your left.
- Turn left into Spreadeagle Road (unsealed) and proceed for about 4.5 km. The road
has a bridge over the new section of rail line which bypasses the Bungaree loop
and is also quite windy so take extra care. Coming this way it is easy to
miss the gate on your right because of the trees; if you catch a glimpse of the
Yendon-Egerton Road you know its close.
If you are coming from Geelong:
- Turn off the Midland Highway at Clarendon on the road to Lal Lal. Alternatively
turn off the Midland Highway back at Elaine on the road to Lal Lal (it must be shorter
but a lesser road).
- Cross over the railway line at Lal Lal and turn left. The
road runs along the east side of the railway line to Yendon.
- Turn right into
the Yendon-Egerton Road and proceed east for a distance of 5km.
- Turn left into
Spreadeagle Road (unsealed) and proceed for about 400m where you will see the entry
gate on your left. (There should be a road sign at Spreadeagle Road but unfortunately
it seems to disappear on a regular basis.) If the gate is closed please close it
after you enter.
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