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Good Friday, 14 April '06  -  Tour de Richmond, Bowen Mountain, Bellbird Hill 'n Kurrajong -
with 2 of the toughest climbs in the NW of Greater Sydney:

i)          Turramurra station rollout by 7:20am via M2 to Seven Hills station, Iron Horse to Richmond,
Bowen Mountain-Kurrajong loop, Iron Horse to Marayong, M2 to Turra' - 90km - ETR 1:40pm; or

ii)         Dural rollout by 7:25am via Annangrove Rd to Riverstone station, Iron Horse to Richmond, Bowen Mountain, Bellbird Hill loop, Kurrajong, Iron Horse from Richmond to Riverstone, cycle back to Dural along Annangrove Rd -  93km - ETR 1:05pm

 

  • Click on: Risk Warnings which warns of the dangers of cycling on public roads with motor cars, potholes and over bridges with vertical timber planks with gaps

  • Ride Organiser;:   Phil Johnston  9498.3684 hm

  • Hardcopy these directions and bring on Sunday

  • Ride single file on single lane roads which have an unbroken centre line, 'cause a RedNeck might clip ya!

  • No track work this w'end on Western Line to Richmond

  • Expend a few mins studying the anti-clockwise route in map at "Bowen Mountain/Kurrajong loop" to familiarize with the below 2nd 'n 3rd Legs

  • Cycling without Public Liability cover is as silly as driving without 3rd Party - join Bicycle NSW or Bike Vic for Public Liability insurance, or extend your household cover to provide you PL beyond your front fence, so that all Muggs are better protected

  • When passing a fellow Mugg, always provide 1m clearance.  If you can't, or are passing on the inside, you MUST call out loudly eg. "passing inside"

Snapshot:


Commence by 7:20am from Turramurra station carpark in Rohini St and after 24km (comprising 3.9km on Kissing Point Rd, 1.45km thru Browns Water Hole, 17km on M2/Abbott Rd/Prospect Highway) arrive Seven Hills station to aboard 8:20am train to Richmond arriving 8:58am. 
Thence a challenging 45.3km clockwise loop, starting with an easy 12km, then scaling Bowen Mountain for 2.95km from 220m above sea level to 460m a/s/l @ 7.63o.   After a 10km dart Northish, we slog 6.25km up Bellbird Hill @ 7.22o to an elevation of 570m.  We are out in the veritable boondocks. 
Descend to bucolic Kurrajong/Richmond.  Catch 11:46am Richmond train back to Seven Hills station (or Riverstone station).  Thence cycle 22km back to Turra' station  -  ETR 1:40pm.

Or commence from Dural by 7:25am and pedal 23.7km via Annangrove Rd to Riverstone station, catch 8:38am train for the 18min trip to Richmond station - meeting the Turra' brigade on same train. 
Thence complete 45.3km Mt Bowen/Bellbird Hill loop described above. 
Catch 11:46am Richmond train for 19 min ride to Riverstone arriving 12:09pm.
Pedal 23.7km to Dural via Annangrove Rd - ETR 1:05pm.

a)       Two alternate 1st Legs to Richmond
 i)        From Turramurra station car park via M2 to Seven Hills station, thence train to Richmond station – 22km:
 Between 7:10am and 7:20am cycle 60m up Rohini St to Pac H'way, turn R and 40m later L and descend Kissing Point Rd for 3.7km taking R fork onto cycleway path to Browns Water Hole (caution steep decent with sharp turns) followed by a short steep climb to M2.  Approaching gate, veer R and pass through narrow 20m tunnel and Sag Stop (3 min) before joining M2 on south side.  Cycle M2, Abbots Rd, and 700m along Prospect H'way.  Veer Left into Terminus Rd to Seven Hills station terminal to catch the 8:20am train in a frontish carriage (joined by cyclists which commence from Dural at Riverstone station at 8:38am] arriving Richmond at 8:58am. 

 

ii)      From "Porter Scenic Lookout" (just before Dural Country Club) to Riverstone station 23.7km:
 Between 7:15am and 7:25am -

  • L Nth up Old Northern Rd for 1.2km,

  • L into Wyoming Rd for 700m,

  • L into Langford Rd/Davey Rd for 1.6km, 

  • L into Derriwong Rd for 500m, 

  • R into Wirrabara Rd for 600m, 

  • R into Pellit Lane which soon veers L for 180m,

  • R into Kenthurst Rd for 1km,

  • L into Annangrove Rd for 10.5km, 

  • R into Windsor Rd for 2km, 

  • L into Garfield Rd East for 2.9km to Riverstone station,

where you meet the Turra' brigade in a frontish carriage on 8:38am train Sag Stop (20 min on train) which arrives Richmond at 8:58am.

2nd Leg: Richmond, Bowen Mountain, Kurrajong Heights, Bellbird Hill, Kurrajong, Richmond -  41.4km

 

9am depart Richmond station pedal -

2.5km NWW along March St/Kurrajong Rd twds Nth Richmond, passing St Peter's Church and cemetery and Pugh's Lagoon over North Richmond Bridge crossing Upper Hawkesbury River.  
Ahead 700m through North Richmond shops on Bells Line of Road.

Left W at the first set of traffic lights into Grose Vale Rd for for 2.5km to Grose River Rd on LHS.  

Ahead 2km W along Gross Vale Rd to Bells Rd on RHS.

Ahead 3.5km W to Bowen Mountain Rd on LHS.

The Start of the 2.95km KOM Climb is the Left into Bowen Mountain Rd crossing Carters/Westerby Rd, thence Gunbower Rd/Serpentine Lane, then passing Grandview Lane on LHS.

Right up Wattle St for 250m (Do not veer R into Bowen Mountain Rd) to Bellbird Cres.

Continue Right into Bellbird Cres for 250m

Lieutenant Bowen Rd for 250m to Bowen Reserve where there is a huge Bunya Pine and amenities (toilets, seats, BBQ).


Sag Stop (10 min) amidst magnificent views all the way to the Big Smoke.  Three pics under the above 3 URLs from our last visit to Bowen Mtn were bereft of views, 'cause it was powerful murky on our reconnaissance of this beaut KOM Climb.

 

Retreat 2½km back down the route you climbed very slowly as road is very steep and corrugated in parts.

Left into Westerby Rd for 1km;

Ahead  2km along Gross Vale Rd/Old Bells Line of Road to Kurrajong Village shopping centre for 1st Nosh Stop at Sassfras Café on RHS

3rd Leg:  Kurrajong Village to Bellbird Hill, Kurrajong Village, Richmond -  41.4km

 

Ahead 1km along Old Bells Line of Road to Bells Line of Road.

Left into Bells Line of Road for 500m to "Little Wheeny Creek" sign - 5 metres before concrete bridge which is Start of 6.15km KOM Climb - elevation 452m - ave gradient of 7.2o with sections >10o:

5km up Bells Line of Road;

Left into Warks Rd for 1.15km to Bellbird Hill/Kurrajong Heights KOM and Sag Stop (5 min).

Retreat 1.15km down Warks Rd;

Left into Bells Line of Road for 11km to Richmond Bridge;

Ahead for 2.5km ESE along Kurrajong Rd/March St to Richmond station to aboard the 11:46am (or 12:16pm) train from Richmond Sag Stop for -

(i)         19 min ride to Riverstone station alighting 12:09pm (or 12:39pm); or

(ii)        40 min ride to Seven Hills station alighting at 12:27pm (or 12:57pm). 

a)       Two alternate 3rd Legs home after alighting train
 

(i)        Pedal 22km from Riverstone station to Dural via Annangrove Rd

Alight at Riverstone station at 12:09pm  -

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NE along Garfield Rd East for 2.9km,

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R into Windsor Rd for 2km, 

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L into Annangrove Rd for 10.5km,

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R into Kenthurst Rd for 1km,

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L into Pellit Lane which soon veers R for 180m,

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L into Wirrabara Rd for 600m,

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L into Derriwong Rd for 500m,

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R into Langford Rd/Davey Rd for 1.6km,

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R into Wyoming Rd for 700m,cycling Nth up Old Northern Rd for 1.2km

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R into Old Northern Rd for 1km to Dural Tourist Info Centre - ETR 1:05pm [93km]

(ii)        Pedal 23.7km from Seven Hills station to Turra' station.

 

Alight at Seven Hills station at 12:27pm.

  • Right  along Prospect Highway for 900m,

  • A into Abbott Rd/M2 for 15.6km,

  • L at Optus Tower down/up Brown's Waterhole for 1.8km,

  • Ahead up Kissing Point Rd for 3.7km

  • R into Pacific H'way for 250m

  • Left into Rohini St for 200m

  • Left into Turramurra station carpark.

ETR Turramurra station 1:40pm [90km].

 

Bank Teller's rap-up of Tour de Macarthur - 97km  on Sunday, 9 April - 6 cyclists

 

KoalaBear, TugBoat, Froggy, DishPig 'n Scribe at delightful Cobbitty Cafe Patisserie at 23km on a delightful mid-Autumn day, albeit we seemed to be hitting swirly head winds more often that tailwinds.

Above 'n below snaps taken from Simply Delicious Cafe, Argyle St Picton after 85km.

 

 

Anthony aka Froggy rolling out of Menangle Park                           Gene and Jean preparing to roll out

Scribe   7 April ' 06