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Eatons Cutting DH

Mountain bike area · Australia

Is it worth the trip?

86Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Mon 9: Rain before today is not known, Air 21 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 76 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
3.8 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
17°C

Wed 4 · 92 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
3.8 mm
Rain
2.4 mm
Air
17°C

Thu 5 · 76 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
3.3 mm
Rain
0.5 mm
Air
15°C

Fri 6 · 95 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
3.8 mm
Rain
0.3 mm
Air
17°C

Sat 7 · 60 out of 100

Trail
Slick
Rain 2 days
7.4 mm
Rain
0.9 mm
Air
13°C

Sun 8 · 81 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
7.8 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
14°C

Mon 9 · 96 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
0.9 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
21°C

Tap a day for the trail, the rain and the air. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 268, good
  2. Tue 376, good
  3. Wed 492, good
  4. Thu 576, good
  5. Fri 695, good
  6. Sat 760, good
  7. Sun 881, good
  8. Mon 996, good
  9. Tue 1096, good
  10. Wed 1195, good

The spot in two facts

  • 2 routesmapped within 10 km
  • Best Dec–Mar6 good days in 7

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know trail closures, fallen trees or your skill.

Weather forecast and score for each day at Eatons Cutting DH
DayScoreTrailRain 2 daysRainAir
Mon 2Nov*68, goodUnknown–3.6 mm19°C
Tue 3Nov*76, goodUnknown3.8 mm0 mm17°C
Wed 4Nov*92, goodUnknown3.8 mm2.4 mm17°C
Thu 5Nov*76, goodUnknown3.3 mm0.5 mm15°C
Fri 6Nov*95, goodUnknown3.8 mm0.3 mm17°C
Sat 7Nov60, goodSlick7.4 mm0.9 mm13°C
Sun 8Nov*81, goodUnknown7.8 mm0 mm14°C
Mon 9Nov*96, goodUnknown0.9 mm0 mm21°C
Tue 10Nov*96, goodUnknown0 mm0 mm21°C
Wed 11Nov*95, goodUnknown0 mm0.6 mm16°C

* Rain before today is not known: the forecast starts today, so these days are scored from a dry start and a wet one.

Trail is the soil that morning, from the rain before; rain in mm, air in °C. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Map

the area and its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

Town

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Eatons Cutting DH

2 mountain bike routes mapped. Best from Sep to Apr. The nearest town to stay in is Balnarring.

  • Routes 2 mountain bike routes mapped.

From OpenStreetMap: the mountain bike routes mapped within 10 km.

Bike routes and parks: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$2,330–US$4,390 each

about US$2,330–US$4,390 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food, bike hire, bike uplift.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn MDW to MEL, estimated from distance and season, changing at LAX, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$958–US$2,000
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$147–US$241
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$362–US$603
Food7 days eating outabout US$322–US$596
Bike hire5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$288–US$529
Bike uplift5 days on the bike lifts; leave it out if you ride upabout US$255–US$429
Totalabout US$2,330–US$4,390

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Balnarring

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Closest

Balnarring

about 20 min by car · 3 places to stay

about US$134/nightcountry average

See 3 places to stay in Balnarring · Booking.com

About Balnarring its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$134 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 29h 30m

About 29h 30m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → MEL, changing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), then 1h 40m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.