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180km
Tour
de Wiseman’s Ferry –
Sat 31 May (116km) and Sun 1 June ‘03 (64km)
If you are participating in this ride, hardcopy and soak-in the below, 'cause
nobody wants you to be the one who stuffs up
Last January,
ToothFairy reconnoitred a 2 day Sat/Sun 172km [109km Sat + 63km
Sunday] ride from Hornsby to
Wiseman’s Ferry, which returns via Cattai and Galston Gorge - an 'anti-clockwise loop'.
Day
1
Sat. route - 116km from Hornsby or 101km from Cowan station:
Arrive Hornsby station Jersey St car-park by 7:45am and dump your
o’nite bag and sleeping bag in one of the two Sag Wagons - See
heading "Sag Wagons" further below.
Faster
cyclists rollout from Hornsby at 8am.
Slower cyclists are catching the -
-
7:59am
(or 8:59am) train from Hornsby to Berowra, arrive 8:12am (or 9:12am), thereby shortening
route by 12km; or
-
8:19am train from Hornsby to Cowan, arriving 8:33am, shortening by
15km.
[NB: No SRA trackwork this w'end on this line.]
-
1st Nosh Stop
after 35km at Mt White Village Store (30min) from 9:40am
to 10:10am,
-
1st Sag
Stop
after 56km at
Mid Coast Petroleum, Peats Ridge (10min) from 11:10am to 11:20am,
-
100m Nth of
Mid
Coast Petroleum, take L into George Downs Drive for 3½km to Central Mangrove,
-
Left SW down
Wisemans Ferry Rd, thru Mangrove Mtn, Lower Mangrove following the river
24km to
Spencer for 2nd Nosh Stop
after 84km (40min) from
12:40pm to 1:20pm,
-
SW, then NW for 29km adjacent to the river via Gunderman, Laughtondale to Wisemans Ferry
113km,
-
Catch
ferry punt over river, thence along
Chaseling Rd for 2½km to Del Rio Riverside Resort (see below)
- total
journey 109.5km - ETR 3pm.
Day
2
Sunday route - 64km to Hornsby:
By 9am:
-
say
tar tahrs to our salubrious digs,
and back-track
2½km for another ride on the Wisemans Ferry punt,
-
Sth
down Wisemans Ferry
Rd for 11km, commencing with a killer 1.1km climb,
-
R
into Wisemans Ferry
Rd [at Maroota
- junction
of Old Northern
Rd - see our human Sign Post] and head SW for
about 9km passing Maroota Sth to Stone House Cafe 4575.0155 on RHS
for
1st Nosh Stop (30min),
-
continue
SW another 10km thru Cornelia to Cattai for 1st Sag Stop
(10min) near junction of Halcrows Rd after 32.5km,
-
L
into Halcrows
Rd [heading East] for about 6km which joins
Cattai Ridge Rd at KOM from Cattai Creek for further 8m to Old Northern Rd
for 2nd Sag Stop
(10min) at bus stand after crossing Old Northern Rd,
3½km
S down Old Northern Rd and turn L into
Mid Dural Rd, 2km
E along Mid Dural Rd and Galston Rd to GreenShades Nursery Galston for
2nd Nosh Stop
after 52km (40min)
from 12:30pm
to 1:10pm, -
7.5km
via Galston Gorge to familiar Hornsby Heights bus shelter 3rd Sag Stop (10min)
from 1:35am
to 1:45am,
-
3.1km
along Galston Rd to Old Pacific H'way and 1.5km to Hornsby station carpark - ETR
Hornsby 2pm
Accommodation
on Sat night:
Del Rio Riverside Resort 4566.4330
ph is 2½km due west
of Wiseman’s Ferry - catch the ferry punt and pedal along Chaseling Rd, Webbs Creek
www.delrioresort.com.au.
Bank Teller has booked with Mandy 5 @ Family Cabins [detailed on their above website, which incl. all the mod
cons] accommodate
up to 7 people each - 1 Double Bed in each and 5 singles @ $115.50 per
night "in toto".
However, not wanting to be squashed, we are
limiting each cabin to 5 crew - works out @ $23 per head.
Din
dins on
Sat night, and brekkie after church:
Nurse
Karen and Tony aka The Samurai are reconnaissancing for a
venue in order to feast on 'Vino and swill' and grab some carbos on
Sunday morn', from:
-
The Wiseman’s Ferry Inn
4566.4301 ph. Mick the Publican, and Toni/Cathy 4566.4739 provide
a Bistro from 6.30pm to 8.30pm.
-
Del
Rio's Bistro and Bar
-
Other
cafes/restaurants in Wiseman's Ferry
Crew who are doing
Tour
de Wiseman's Ferry:
26
have indicated attendance thus far - Annie Oakley, The Samurai,
Peter B aka Rummager, Kate, Jim aka Greenie, Danielle,
Craig
T, Peter W, Angela A, Angela R,
Anne-Marie M, Colin aka Springbok,
Gracinda aka Senorita, Brenda aka Widget, Pacific Pete,
Marcel aka Credit Agricole, ToothFairy,
Bank Teller, Tornado, Nurse Karen, Whippet, Kitchen Sink, Siggy aka
Smiling Assassin, Alana, Koala Bear (Sat.
only) Publican (Sunday only).
Only
cost 'up to $7' if it rains on Sat morn' and we do a "no-show":
Del Rio has accepted my cheque for one cabin to clinch our
booking for 5 cabins. If Sat 31 May is a veritable sloshfest and we
all do a no-show, Del Rio has agreed to call it "evens" by
retaining the $115.50.
Sleeping
bag:
Bed
linen is not included, and costs an additional $11 p/h. However, your
trusty sleeping bag will "do the trick". Camping is
available @ $18.70 per 2 man tent [i.e. $9 p/h] which is unlikely to attract many,
'cause
it ain't materially cheaper and could get cool/damp.
Sag
Wagons:
Each participant's "small o'nite bag" and sleeping bag will go in a
one of two Sag Wagons at Hornsby station by 8am Sat. Each
person who provides a Sag Wagon will receive between $40 and $60
(made up from "$5 per head bag delivery fee" to cover wear and tear and
gasoline) depending on size of vehicle and if bike rack is fitted.
Annie
Oakley [manual drive Subaru Forrester with bike rack],
Pacific Pete [?
drive Holden Camira no bike rack] and Alana [? drive Toyota RAV no
bike rack] have offered their cars as Sag Wagons.
We
propose to -
-
take only the two
yuppie wagons [Subaru/RAV] unless more
riders book-in this week, and
-
drive the two vehicles in a convoy so that the two
drivers' bikes can both go on Annie's bike rack and thereby maximise space for
bags.
Looking for a Tax Collector to garner all the $5s when
dumping your bags in the trunk, 'cause "no $5, no bags
on-board". And then to pass on the loot to Annie/Alana "in
toto" for them to argi bargi over the split.
Seeking
participants to e-mail Alana Chandler alana.chandler.ac@bayer-ag.de
or 'phone her 0418
472.104 if
over 25 and offer to drive one of the unfilled below ride legs.
Sag
Wagon drivers and Volunteers thus far:
Annie's Subaru Alana's RAV
* 35.0km to Mt White
Annie
unfilled
* 21.0km to Peats Ridge
ToothFairy Alana
* 23.0km to Spencer
Widget
Kate
* 29.5km to Wisemans Ferry
Bank Teller
Danielle
108.5km
* 32.5km to
Halcrows
Rd, Cattai
unfilled
Angela
* 18.5km to
GreenShades Galston
Tornado
Nurse Karen
* 12.0km
to Hornsby
car-park
Pacific
Pete
unfilled
63.0km
Publican is working Sat 'til late and driving up from Dural at Sparrow Fart
on Sunday morn' for the 63km return leg rolling out at 9am. Eugene, aka Koala Bear, may accompany
Publican. So we need a further three drivers to drive
Publican's 'old bomb' on Sunday. A 3rd vehicle will also spread the bag load on
Day 2. In all, there will be 17 [7+7+3]
separate driving shifts, so e-mail Alana and offer to drive a leg.
Summary of costs:
* Between $23 and $24 p/h for accommodation in cabins,
which sleep 7, but limited to 5. (Up to $7 p/h collected post
w'end, if we cancel the ride on Sat morn' due to rain.)
* $5 p/h to owner of the Sag Wagon which carries your 2
bags (sleeping bag and Sat night clobber bag)
Warning:
We
are venturing into Deliverance Country where some of the locals
have kept the race pure thru selective in-breeding. Hence, there are a few mighty strange
RedNeck dudes
frequenting the thoroughfares. Some
are powerful friendly, but a few think they own the roads, so it pays to keep
well to LHS, and not ride two abreast, even if you are bored and what to while-away
the hours squawking bulldust with a nearby cyclist.
Maps
and directions:
Scribe will endeavour to mark-out some A4 maps, scan 'em and bung 'em on the
website. But he's only a Bank Teller. Hence, if you know
technically stuff like looking at a street map, he'd welcome you e-mailing to philipj1@tpg.com.au
any
route maps for T de WF scanned as jpgs or gifs on A4, so that crew can
study the route beforehand, instead of playing 'follow-the-leader', 'cause
we're visiting Deliverance Country and it pays to undertake your 'due diligence'.
Any other interested crew ahould
e-mail ASAP johnstp@tpg.com.au
"Phil,
I am 80% certain of attending and will want a single/double bed [omit one] in one of the 3 @ 5 person
cabins that you have booked. I undertake to pay
you $7 soon after 31 May if it 'buckets down' leading up to Sat morn' and we all gazump the booking.
I understand that if I bail-out before the ride commences and the w'end
proceeds, that it won't cost me a dime."
Footnote:
Samurai,
and his ninjas say that come hell or high water, they are spending this w'end at Wisemans Ferry. After last w'ends
sloshfest, let us
hope this 'warrior talk' isn't throwing down the gauntlet to the
Rain Gods!
Summary:
If
interested, and not in the above bookings, e-mail Bank Teller
the above captioned response, and any other suggestions which might
add to ToothFairy's
inaugural Tour de Wiseman’s Ferry w’end.
The Scribe -
9312.3319 - last updated Thurs 29
May
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