Leg 7 - Mountain Bike 11 km

After climbing the fence at Hatchery Bay, the next challenge is to negotiate the 700 metres or so around the shoreline to Minnehaha Point. This section has no clearly defined track, so simply follow the beach or rocky shoreline (depending on the level of the lake) around to your left until you reach a small beach.

From this beach at Minnehaha Inlet, follow the 4WD farm track north to Hayshed Bay. Curve to your left around Hayshed Bay, then to your right through the gateless posts. After the gateless posts, veer immediately to your left at the Y fork, heading up and away from the water.

This track brings you up to an intersection near the old barn, with the main dirt road (Michaels & Glengarry Rd) coming in from Kosciuszko Rd. Turn right here and follow the road downhill, back towards the lake. Turn left at the fork, following the sign to "Michaels." Pass the house and yard surrounded by pine trees on your left. The track then sweeps to your left in front of the water at Cooley Bay. After a few hundred metres take the right hand fork, followed almost immediately by a left fork. The track climbs gradually to crest a ridge with spectacular views all around, then starts to dip.

Veer left at the first fork, this track bringing you eventually down to the water on the southern shore of Creel Bay, directly opposite the mountain swim 3/paddle 3 transition point. Turn left at the water and climb the stile over the ragged fence. Continue around the shore another 100 metres and look for posts with distinctive yellow 'cable marker' signs, up on your left. Head towards them. Follow these markers virtually in a straight line up hill, though the track may be somewhat overgrown. Climb one barbed wire fence, and continue following the yellow markers until you reach another fence. Climb the gate here and follow this track to your left a few hundred metres to the intersection near the old barn.


Turn right here and follow Michaels/Glengarry Rd a few hundred metres more till you reach the transition point under a tree on your right, at the intersection with the quarry road.



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