LOCAL GP, Anna Yates looks forward to the Road Nationals every year.<\/p>\n
Living on Mount Buninyong Road with her husband Mark, the competition comes right to their doorstep.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe make a whole day of it.<\/p>\n
We invite friends to come and visit us, we sit and watch, bring the BBQ down to the road, have tea and drinks,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re just past the top of the King of the Mountain, going around the corner to the Yendon number one road.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s often where the riders will have challenges and they\u2019re at a lower speed, so they\u2019re not too fast and you can really see who\u2019s who.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Yates crew hang banners and love cheering on the riders, ringing their cowbells and tooting their vuvuzelas as they whiz pass by. Even their cat, Houdini, mingles with the crowds.<\/p>\n
\u201cLocals walk up the mountain and stop and chat. It\u2019s fantastic,\u201d Mrs Yates said.<\/p>\n
Organisers provide the option of an escort if locals need to leave their properties, but the Yates never do.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe choose not to get out. We embrace it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LOCAL GP, Anna Yates looks forward to the Road Nationals every year. Living on Mount Buninyong Road with her husband Mark, the competition comes right to their doorstep. \u201cWe make a whole day of it. We invite friends to come and visit us, we sit and watch, bring the BBQ down to the road, have […]<\/p>\n