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The Bullsheet |
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Sunday 9 Sept '07 |
to break the drought |
Muggaccinos
Tour de
Warragamba Dam "RainDance"
ride
- 9am Sunday 15 July '07
Turramurra station carpark -
98.5km
1st leg: Turramurra station car park via Browns Water Hole, Vimiera Rd, Epping Rd, M2 to Seven Hills station, catch train to Penrith station – 25km (65 min):
Rollout
9am:
* R
Sth 200m up Rohini St
* R 200m
W on Pac High
* L
Sth down Kissing Point Rd for 3km
* Ahead SW thru Browns Water Hole for 700m -
caution steep decent with sharp
turns
* R W
thru 30m tunnel under the M2
* L SW
into Vimiera Rd for 10m to meet-up with other cyclists who parked by
9:10am
from Vimiera Rd M2 entrance, Marsfield Sag Stop (3 min).
* Ahead SSW along Vimiera Rd for 700m
* R W
into Epping Rd for 1.3km
* Ahead W into Pembroke St for 100m
* R NW
into Essex St for 300m
* L W
into Chester St for 150m
* R N
into Cambridge St and follow signs into/thru Beecroft Rd bus/rail underpass
* Ahead on new cycle path along Beecroft Rd to the
M2
* L at
intersection of Beecroft Rd and M2 to enter M2 breakdown lane.
* Ahead along
* Ahead at Johnson Ave traffic lights for 700m along Prospect H'way.
* Veer Left into Terminus Rd to Seven Hills station terminal to catch the 9:50am train in a frontish carriage
2nd leg: Penrith to Warragamba Dam - 25.7km - (78 min)
10:30am Sth 16km down Parker St / Northern Rd to Park Rd;
R due West into Park Rd for 4.5km to Mulgoa Rd shopping centre;
Ahead initially down but then climbing up Silverdale Rd due West for 3km;
Ahead for 2km along Farnsworth Ave.
R into Fourth St. for 200m arriving at Warragamba Dam Nosh Stops from 11:50am.
TugBoat rode the above 23km leg from Penrith to Warragamba Dam recently and snapped the following pics: "Chambos Country Bake House", "Skippy's Hot Food & Cafe", and more up-market "Jenni Val's Cafe" for Muggaccinos en masse Rain Dance to break the drought followed by lunch (50 min).
With Sydney's primary water supply down to 42% capacity, Muggs have a community responsibility to invoke the energies of the coffee God, "Muggamaximus", to break this drought. Follow the signs to the Public Amenities and "Viewing Platform" which most of us won't have stood on since a high school excursion many moons ago.
3rd leg: Warragamba Dam to Penrith station - 25.7km - (65 min)
12:40pm retrace back down Fourth St, Farnsworth Ave, Silverdale Rd, Park Rd, Northern Rd, Parker St to Penrith station to catch the half hourly train at 1:19pm or 1:49pm arriving 28 min later at 1:47pm or 2:17pm at Seven Hills station.
4th leg: Seven Hills station to Turramurra station - 26km - (65 min)
1:50pm or 2:20pm:
* Left into Terminus Rd for 200m;
* Left into Prospect Highway for 700m;
* Veer R at Cnr Johnson Ave and Abbott Rd. Be VERY careful, because some cars rifle up Seven Hills Rd;
* Ahead along Abbott Rd and M2 for 15.6km;
* Exit M2 at Light Tower, cycling down cement path, thru tunnel under M2;
* Left along Browns Waterhole for 1.7km
* Left up Kissing Point Rd for 3.3km
* Right on Pacific H'way for 100m;
* Left crossing over rail line into Rohini St for 100m to carpark - ETR 2:55pm or 3:25pm