bored and looking in the melways at the moment......revise 'northern' guys to 'eastern' guys...had my bearings all spun around
but theres plenty good roads in up north round kinglake west thru to yea and around flowerdale, even round seymore area

dont know of any bbq spots tho
as far as west goes depends how far west you'll travel.....sunshine is west but not real west ??!! its only 10km from melb cbd. real west is headin out hoppers crossing, you yangs areas ???

or bacchus marsh area