Ride Calendar 2019 - Jan to Mar
 

Date & Bullsheet

 Day &
elevation
map

  Ride Description & Map

km &
street
directions

# of
cyclists
 28 Apr Sun

St Ives carpark for 7:45am rollout via Duffy's Forest, Illawong Bay/Akuna Bay and West Head
for Brekkie at Bayview Marina - Brunch at Akuna Bay

 93  73  

 21 Apr

Easter
Sun

7:55am Hornsby, Galston, Cattai Ridge, Windsor, Cornwallis, Richmond train to Riverstone, Galston, Hornsby

 93.5

7

 14 Apr

Sun

Hornsby 7:40am to Mt White
Brunch at Fisherman's Wharf, Woy Woy for 'Old Rattler' home or alight at Hawkesbury River station and cycle back via PitS

66

10

    7 Apr

Sun

7:06am Gordon station or 7:35am St Ives to Duffy's Forest, West Head, retrace via Akuna Bay Nosh Stop

  85  or  71

2

23-Mar
to
31 Mar

  

Annual Tour de Victoria High Country
Porepunkah Sat 23 to Wed 27 March, then Eskdale Wed 27 to Sun 31 March

    

    10 Mar

Sun

7:22am Gordon station or 7:50am St Ives to Duffy's Forest, West Head, retrace via Akuna Bay Nosh Stop

  85  or  71

3

 3 Mar

Sun

Hornsby 7:05am or Berowra 7:25am 
Yarramalong General Store - Wyong or Wyee Iron Horse; or
return from Mt White via Berowra Waters ferry and Galston Gorge

  106 or 92

4
17 Feb Sun

Start at cycle path immediately on West side of Tempe train station 7am to Sans Souci, then Kurnell, and back along Cooks River Cyclepath
Train from Platform 4 at Town Hall station arrives Tempe 6:48am

58

4

 10 Feb

Sun

Hornsby 7:10am to Mt White
Brunch at Fisherman's Wharf, Woy Woy for 'Old Rattler' home or alight at Hawkesbury River station and cycle back via PitS

66

3
27 Jan Sun

Hornsby 6:30am Quatre Demi Montagnes clockwise (if descending to Crosslands Reserve) 
Hornsby 6:50am incl. Sommerville Rd, but not Crosslands Reserve,
After climbing from Galston Gorge to Crosslands Rd, then right and left into Bevans Rd for lumpy backroads to Berowra Waters Marina Café

     86 4
20 Jan Sun

Hornsby 7:10am to Mt White 'n return

    70 5

  13 Jan

Sun

St Ives by 7am Duffy's Forest, West Head to Warriewood Beach for Brunch, return via Wakehurst Pky - ETR 1:25pm

     94

 5

    6 Jan

Sun

6:22am Gordon station or 6:50am St Ives to West Head, then retrace via Akuna Bay Nosh Stop

  73  or  59

  5

 1 Jan

New Year's Day - Tues.

7:55am for Annual Sutherland Leisure Centre to Nth. Wollongong lighthouse, thence train from Nth Wollongong station to Waterfall, and ride back thru RNP

   89

  5
   

Spare 'Ride Descriptions' below

    

3 Feb

 Sun

Hornsby 6:30am or St Ives by 7:00am for 9:00am Palm Beach ferry to Wagstaffe Wharf, Killcare, McMasters Beach,
Woy Woy station train to Hawkesbury River station (or Hornsby)
 Or return from Palm Beach with Nosh Stop at Church Point - 94km

107 incl Brooklyn
 80 Hornsby

  

  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

  

 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

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
 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

  

 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