Bicycle Victoria selects a region, designing a route that participants can cycle for 8 days with 1 day of rest. This event is a camping based cycling holiday, with participants cycling through Regional Victoria daily, staying overnight at selected camp sites. Boort and Wedderburn have been selected as the overnight camps. The event management team selected the name "The Mighty Murray Great Victorian Bike Ride 26 November - 4 December 2011".
Bicycle Victoria manages the route, supplies amenities, luggage transport, entertainment and meals.
The route listed below:
Day 1 - Swan Hill loop ride (26 November)
Day 2 - Swan Hill to Kerang (27 November
Day 3 - Kerang to Barham (28 November)
Day 4 - Barham to Echuca (29 November)
Day 5 - Echuca Rest Day (30 November
Day 6 - Echuca to Boort (1 December)
Day 7 - Boort to Wedderburn (2 December)
Day 8 - Wedderburn to Maryborough (3 December)
Day 9 - Finsh in Castlemaine
Proposed lunch stops and rest stops subject to Vicroads approval are listed below:
Day 6 - 1 December - Lunch Break - Mitiamo Sports Ground
Day 6 - 1 December - Afternoon Rest stop - Durham Ox Memorial Hall
Day 7 - 2 December - Morning Rest stop - Borung Mechanics Hall
Day 7 - 2 December - Lunch break - Korong Vale Sports Ground
Day 8 - 3 December - Morning Rest stop - Rheola Sports Ground
