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New
Year's Eve, Saturday,
31 Dec, 7:45am
Sutherland Leisure Centre
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Tour de Stanwell
Tops, Garie Beach & Bundeena Beach
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96km – ETR 1:40pm
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Join a 6 year tradition of Muggs'
assembling en masse in Royal National Park on New Year's w'end, 'cause the
traffic is quiet
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Ride Organiser: Phil Johnston 9498.3684 hm
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Hardcopy
these directions and bring on ride
Snap
Shot:
At
sparrow fart on a Sunday morn' it is only 45 minutes drive from
Chatswood [38km]
to the Sutherland Leisure Centre at Waratah Park off Rawson Ave
(approx 1km south of Sutherland shop). Assemble at bottom RHS in carpark
immediately outside the swimming complex to rollout 7:45am sharp
Sth down Princess
H'way past Waterfall.
After 21.6km on the main drag, L into Lawrence Hargraves Drive and R into
Lady Wakehurst Drive descending Stanwell Tops to
Stanwell Park.
Thence Nth initially up a killer 2.9km
KOM Climb to
Bald Hill and onto
Otford
KOM crest, thence 400m to Otford
Pie Shop
for
1st Nosh Stop
(30 min).
Thence Nth 10km to
2nd 4.55km
KOM Climb from
McKell Ave
(LHS) to
Garie Beach
Rd. Then brief descent to
Garie Beach
for 2nd Nosh Stop
(20 min).
3rd 2.65km
KOM Climb from
Garie Beach, then R heading
Nth to Audley Weir then up to our cars.
ETR 1:40pm.
Nosh Stops:
Otford
Pie Shop
from 8:55am
25 min
Garie
Beach
from 10:40am
25 min
Sag Stops:
Lawrence Hargraves Drive
from
8:25am
5 min
RTA barrier at Coalcliff from
9:50am 5 min
KOM Climbs:
2.9km from
Stanwell Park
Start to
Stanwell Tops/Otford
KOM
4.1km from
McKell Ave
to
Garie Beach Rd
KOM
2.65km from
Garie Beach to
Sir Bertram Stevens Drive
1.55km 5.5% from
Audley Weir to
TollBooth |
Directions
from North Shore,
either –
Ø
Homebush Bay Drive / Centenary Drive / Roberts Rd / Wiley Ave
/ King
George's Rd / Princess H’way; or
Ø
Pacific Highway over Harbour Bridge onto Princess H’way at
Broadway, remaining on Princess H’way crossing George’s
River Bridge and passing thru Sylvania and Gymea.
Then -
(a) continue straight into The Grand Pde (when most of the traffic turns
L
into Arcadia Rd.)
(b)
250m
later veer L into Old Princess
H'way
which
250m later, after passing President Ave on LHS, becomes Rawson Ave.
(c) 150m
later L
into carpark
at Waratah Park and park down the bottom on RHS in front of the Swimming
Centre.
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1st
Leg: Sutherland via Princess H'way and Stanwell Park to Otford Pie Shop
- 33km - 83 min
7:45am:
Left
St along Rawson Ave for 1.1km;
Ahead
Sth down Princess H'way for 22km;
Left after
23km (Sambio Animal Gardens sign)
into
Lawrence Hargraves Drive
for
1st Sag
Stop (5 min) 50m off Princess H'way;
Ahead due E
for 3.2km to juncture of
Lawrence Hargraves Drive and Lady Wakehurst Drive Sign Post
[26km]
at Bald Hill;
Left 2.7km Sth descending from Stanwell Tops along
Lady Wakehurst Drive
to Stanwell Park to steel fence and
re-group;
Then retrace 3.8km Nth (including
1st KOM Climb of 2.9km) to 1st Nosh Stop
(30 min) at picturesque
Otford Apple Pie Shop
overlooking the Blue Pacific
from 9:20am
with
spectacular views Sth twds
Wollongong.
2nd
Leg: Otford Pie Shop to
Garie
Beach -
18.3km (agg 51km)
- 59 min
9:50am:
Nth 10.1km up
Lady Wakehurst Drive which changes
to Sir Bertram Stevens Drive at
McKell Ave;
Nth for 2nd KOM Climb
of 4.1km to
Garie Beach
Rd KOM;
Right into Garie Beach Rd for
2.7km descent to quaint Garie Beach
2nd Nosh Stop
(10 min).
3rd
Leg:
Garie
Beach to
Bundeena
Beach
- 18.7km
(agg 70km) - 53 min
11:00am:
East
retracing
2.7km up
3rd KOM Climb at gate before
to
Sir Bertram Stevens Drive;
R Nth 4.6km along
Sir Bertram Stevens Drive
to Wattamolla Drive;
Ahead Nth 1.1km to Bundeena
Drive;
Right East 10.5km eventually
descending Bundeena Drive to Bundeena Beach for 3rd
Nosh Stop
(25 min)
4th
Leg:
Bundeena
Beach to Audley
Weir -
20.3
(agg 90.3km) - 57 min
12:15pm:
West
retracing
10.5km up
to
Sir Bertram Stevens Drive;
R 9.8km Nth along
Sir Bertram Stevens Drive
passing Flat rock and descending Artillery Hill to Audley Weir for 4th
Nosh Stop
(10 min)
5th
Leg: Audley Weir to Waratah Park -
5.7km (agg 95.6km)
- 18 min
1:30pm:
Cross
Audley Weir for Start of 5th KOM Climb
from
Audley Weir
NE up
Sir Bertram Stevens Drive to
TollBooth;
Ahead 2km along
Sir Bertram Stevens Drive/Farnell
Ave to
Princess
H'way;
Right Nth 1km
up
Princess
H'way;
Ahead Nth into
Rawson Ave for 1.1km returning to
Sutherland Leisure Centre,
Waratah Park
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ETA
1:40pm.
Scribe's rap
of Sunday,
Scribe
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Dec '05
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