Ride Calendar 2018 - Jan to Mar
 

Date & Bullsheet

 Day &
elevation
map

  Ride Description & Map

km &
street
directions

# of
cyclists

  15 Apr 

Sun

St Ives by 7:50am Duffy's Forest, West Head to Warriewood Beach for Brunch, return via Wakehurst Pky - ETR 1:35pm

 94

 

1 Apr

  Easter
Sun

Hornsby 6:35am or 7:10am St Ives, Church Point, Palm Beach ferry to Patonga, Woy Woy train to Brooklyn, PitS, Bobbin Head, St. Ives

On a 'blue sky day', the ferry ride from Palm Beach to Wagstaffe in early Winter is bonza, brill and beaut

  86

 

 15 Apr

Sun

Hornsby 7:15am to Mt White
Brunch at Pearl Beach, return to Woy Woy for 'Old Rattler' home or alight at Hawkesbury River station and cycle back via PitS

98,  86
or  76

 

 8 Apr

Sun

7:10am Hornsby, Galston, Cattai Ridge, Windsor, Cornwallis, Richmond train to Riverstone, Galston, Hornsby

 93.5

4

 1 Apr  

  Easter
  Sun  

Quatre Montagnes - Hornsby 7:00am to Road Warriors' Cafe Mt White
Return directly to Hornsby  OR  via Berowra Waters, Andy's Cafe, Nth Galston &
Galston Gorge

88
or  70
3
 30 Mar Good Friday

Sutherland Leisure Centre 8:25am for Tour de Royal National Park via Audley Weir, up Gibraltar Rock. South down Audley Rd to Sir Bertram Stevens Drive, left into Garie Beach for 1st Nosh Stop. Backpedal up to Lade Wakehurst Drive and south to Bald Hill Sag Stop. Then scale to Helensburgh for 2nd Nosh Stop at the Rusty Wall Cafe.
Return
to Sutherland via Old Princes Highway & Princes Highway - ETR 2pm

 72

4

  25 Mar 

Sun

Bobbin Head Cycle Classic  

8

18 Mar

  Sun  

7:50am Hornsby carpark or 8:25am Porters Lookout Dural or 8:30am Galston Bus Shelter
 to meet-up at Mid Dural
Rd at 8:35am for
Tour de Windsor via Cattai Ridge Rd, Halcrows Rd, Sackville Ferry, Wilberforce Rd to Windsor

  111 or 93
or 91
 

 

 18 Mar

Sun

Hornsby 7:35am to Mt White
Brunch at Pearl Beach, return to Woy Woy for 'Old Rattler' home or alight at Hawkesbury River station and cycle back via PitS

98,  86
or  76

5

  11 Mar

Sun

Nth Turra' 7:30am Cinque Montagnes clockwise - excludes Sommerville Rd; or 
Hornsby 7:55am Trois Montagnes clockwise - incl's 8km out/back along Sommerville Rd

  93  or  73

9

  4 Mar

 Sun 

Hornsby 7:10am or  St Ives 7:40am, "Bushlands route thru Terry Hills/Duffy's Forest, clockwise descent to Illawong & Akuna Bays, with option of 4km in/out of Cottage Point to 'crest lookout', for Brekkie at Church Point -  return up McCarrs Creek Rd to St Ives and possibly Hornsby

   89 Hor or
74 St.Ives

8

 25 Feb

Sun

7:40am Hornsby, Galston, Cattai Ridge, Windsor, Cornwallis, Richmond train to Riverstone, Galston, Hornsby

 93.5

 
 25 Feb Sun

Sutherland Leisure Centre 7:35am for Tour de Royal National Park to catch hourly ferry (on the hour @ 1pm) from Bundeena to Cronulla train
 (visiting
Audley Weir, scaling Artillery Hill to Gibraltar Rock, south down Sir Bertram Stevens Drive to Otford Pie Shop.
Return up
Sir Bertram Stevens Drive, right into/out of Garie Beach, right into Bundeena Drive for 1pm ferry to Cronulla for train to Sutherland or beyond

 92  

 28 Feb

Wed

Mount Keira & Mount Kembla loop route

34km from Coniston station to Corrimal

3

 25 Feb Sun

Sutherland Leisure Centre 7:35am for Tour de Royal National Park via Audley Weir, up Gibraltar Rock. South down Audley Rd to Sir Bertram Stevens Drive, left into Garie Beach for 1st Nosh Stop. Backpedal up to Lade Wakehurst Drive and south to Bald Hill Sag Stop.  Then scale to Helensburgh for 2nd Nosh Stop at the Rusty Wall Cafe.
Return
to Sutherland via Old Princes Highway & Princes Highway - ETR 1:50pm

 77 Slosh
-fest

 18 Feb

Sun

Hornsby 7:20am or Berowra 7:40am 
Yarramalong General Store - Wyong or Wyee Iron Horse

Or return from Mt White via Berowra Waters ferry and Galston Gorge  Or direct back to Hornsby

  106 or 94

4

 11 Feb

Sun

           Sutherland Leisure Centre for "Tour de Bulli Cafe On the Beach"              
     
                            7:40am cycle Sth down Princes H'way, thence left into Lawrence Hargraves Drive, Coalcliff bridge, to 1st Nosh Stop Ruby's Cafe, Bulli   Return thru RNP, via Otford Pie Shop, Audley Weir  -  ETR 1:45pm.
Or return by exiting RNP at
McKell Ave to Waterfall, Princes H'way - ETR 1pm
Or return by catching a train from Bulli station to Waterfall, then dropping down into the RNP

 97  
or
88

5

 4 Feb Sun

7:15am Quatre Montagnes from Nth Turra’ for Bobbin Head, thence Berowra Waters and Galston Gorge and back to Nth Turra' via Bobbin Head
Or 7:30am to ride Nth for 3km, then Right into
Ku-ring-gai Chase Rd to meet Nth Turra' starters at Kalkari Reserve at 7:50am

Or 7:40am from just West of the Toll Gate on Ku-ring-gai Chase Rd and cycle East to meet the Nth Turra' starters
Or 7:50am from Hornsby due Nth 11km, left into Berowra Waters Rd and descend to
Berowra Waters Marina for 1st Nosh Stop from 9am.

   73 or 52 or 43 5
  28 Jan Sun Hornsby 7:10am or Berowra 7:35am to Mt White
Brunch at Pearl Beach, return to Woy Woy for 'Old Rattler' home or alight at Hawkesbury River station and cycle back via PitS

98, 86
or 76

5

 20 Jan  

  Sat  

Quatre Montagnes - Hornsby 7:10am to Road Warriors' Cafe Mt White
Return directly to Hornsby  OR  via Berowra Waters, Andy's Cafe, Nth Galston &
Galston Gorge
SATURDAY RIDE

88
or  70

  4
 14 Jan Sun 7:00am Quatre Montagnes from Nth Turra’ for Bobbin Head, thence Berowra Waters and Galston Gorge and back to Nth Turra' via Bobbin Head
Or 7:40am from Hornsby due Nth 11km, left into Berowra Waters Rd and descend to
Berowra Waters Marina for 1st Nosh Stop from 8:35am.
   73 or  43 5
7 Jan Sun

Hornsby 6:55am Quatre Demi Montagnes clockwise
incl. Sommerville Rd, but not Crosslands Reserve, thence lumpy backroads to Berowra Waters Marina Café

    86 4

 1 Jan

New Year's Day - Mon.

7:50am for Annual Sutherland Leisure Centre to Nth. Wollongong lighthouse, thence train from Nth Wollongong station to Waterfall, ride back thru RNP

   89

 4

   

Spare 'Ride Descriptions' below

   
 31 Jan Sun

Nth Turra' 7:05am 99km Cinque Montagnes anti-c/w. to Red Herring Café, Brooklyn. 
Return via Berowra Waters punt and Galston Gorge.  Or directly down Pacific H'way

99    

  8 Jan 

  Sun  

Hornsby 6:35am or St Ives by 7:05am, Palm Beach ferry to Wagstaffe Wharf, Killcare, McMasters Beach,
Avoca, Lisarow, Brooklyn, Hornsby, St Ives 
Or return from Palm Beach with a Nosh Stop at Bayview Marina or Church Point

109  or
83 or 77

 
 15 Jan    Sun   

St Ives 7am to Palm Beach General Store for Brunch, Akuna Bay Café for lunch”    

  85  or  76

 

 17 Jan 

 Sun  

Turramurra station 7am, Browns Waterhole, Vimiera Rd 7:20am,  M2, M7, Windsor, Richmond
Springwood, Mitchells Pass, Emu Plains, Blacktown, M2        

124

 
9 Mar  Sun  

Cinque Montagnes Nth Turra' 100km from 7:30am or Trois Montagnes Hornsby 72km from 8:10am to Red Herring Café, Brooklyn Wharf
Return via Berowra Waters ferry and Galston Gorge or directly down Pacific H'way

98 Nth Turra
72 Hor
 

  27 Jan  

 Sun  

Nth Turra' 7am, Hornsby 7:35am or Berowra 7:50am 
Yarramalong General Store - Wyong or Wyee Iron Horse
; or
return from Mt White via Berowra Waters ferry and Galston Gorge

 119, 93 or 80.5
or 101

 

 1 Feb

 Sun  

7:15am Hornsby carpark,  7:35am Porters Lookout Dural   7:45am Galston shops or  8:10am Glenorie Village shops
due Nth to Wisemans Ferry, West to Cliftonville, Sth to 
Stone House Café Maroota   
Wisemans Ferry Rd, Halcrows Rd, Cattai Ridge Rd

115, 93
or 83