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 shopping centre).  Assemble at the bottom RHS in largish carpark immediately outside the swimming complex rollout 7:20am sharp down the Princess H'way past Waterfall and left into Lawrence Hargraves Drive and right into Lawrence Hargraves Drive to Pepe's Corner Store Café, Stanwell Park 1st Nosh Stop (25 min). 
Thence south to Wollongong Harbour 2nd Nosh Stop (30 min) from 10:29am and retrace to the village setting of Otford Pie Shop for 3rd Nosh Stop (15 min), thence 2km to Otford station for a ride back to Sutherland station, whereupon a 2km ride south back to Waratah Park - ETR 12:50pm.
Nosh Stops:
Pepe's Corner Store Café, Stanwell Park              from  8:57am       25 min
Wollongong Harbour                                           from 10:29am      30 min
Otford Pie Shop                                                   from 12:01pm      15 min
Sag Stops:
Lawrence Hargraves Drive                                    from 8:16am        5 min
Sign Post:
Lady Wakehurst Drive       

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.