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Easter Sunday
7:45am 8 Apr '07 - Anti-clockwise "Tour de Macarthur" from Birriwa Reserve Mount Annan via Narellan, Elderslie, Camden, Cobbitty, Theresa Park, Orangeville, Oakdale, Lake Burragorang Lookout, Mowbray Park, Picton, Menangle Park – 115kmRoute may be reduced to:
* 102km by taking short cut to Cawdor during 1st Leg
* 90km by skipping out 'n back to Lake Burragorang Lookout in 2nd Leg; and
* 80km by a Left into Montpelier Drive rather than ahead into Burragorang Rd. Montpelier Drive links back into Barkers Lodge Rd which leads to Picton - easy peasy.
Lots of farms, horses, cows, sheep, goats and alpacas - ETR 2:30pm
Bank Teller is riding a tandem with Lindy
 | Check the weather at Sydney rain radar - 128km loop and 256km loop. Phone Scribe from 6:30am 0412 045 224 9114.6689 if weather is doubtful, although we are cycling in the Warragamba catchment area which seems to miss out when it is raining every where else. |
| Pack an extra layer in your car incase you find you want it, 'cause it can be a couple of degrees cooler |
| 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 and suss out ya UBD and Route Map, so you have some idea where you are cycling |
| Ride single file on single lane roads which have an unbroken centre line, 'cause a RedNeck might clip ya! |
Early on a Sunday morn' Campbelltown is only 50min drive from Gordon via Homebush Bay Drive.
Right onto M5 about 1km past big Roselands sign on RHS.
Exit M5 at 2nd Campbelltown Rd keeping to right hand lane on the exit ramp.
Follow directions to Narellan heading NWW along Narellan Rd for 2½km.
400m after passing Mount Annan Drive on LHS turn Left into Waterworth Drive.
250m later turn Left into Wellings Drive.
220m later turn Right into Fitzpatrick Rd.
150m later turn Right into O'Brien Rd carpark in Birriwa Reserve.
1st Leg: Birriwa Reserve Mount Annan carpark to Cobbitty Cafe Patisserie - 31km - 80 min 7:45am cycle - | ||||||
dir | Birriwa Reserve, "Mount Annan" | leg km | destination | agg km | ride time | hr:m |
| L | Fitzpatrick Rd | 0.2 | Wellings Drive | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0:00 |
| R | Wellings Drive | 0.2 | Waterworth Drive | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0:01 |
| R | Waterworth Drive | 0.2 | Narellan Rd | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0:01 |
| L | Narellan Rd | 1.9 | Camden By-Pass | 2.5 | 4.3 | 0:05 |
| 1st Sag Stop | Camden By-Pass | 2 | 0:07 | |||
| L | Camden By-Pass | 6.2 | Former Old Hume H'way/Broughton St | 8.7 | 16.0 | 0:23 |
| L | Former Old Hume H'way/Broughton St | 2.2 | 'Camden Valley Inn' | 10.9 | 5.5 | 0:29 |
| A | Rememberance Drive | 2.9 | Cawdor Rd | 13.8 | 7.0 | 0:36 |
| R | Cawdor Rd | 2.3 | Cawdor Primary School | 16.1 | 5.7 | 0:42 |
| R | Cawdor (Main Southern) Rd | 6.0 | Argyle St | 22.1 | 14.5 | 0:56 |
| R | Argyle St | 0.5 | Elizabeth St | 22.6 | 1.4 | 0:57 |
| L | Elizabeth St | 0.5 | Exeter St | 23.1 | 1.5 | 0:59 |
| R | Exeter St | 0.1 | Macquarie Grove Rd | 23.2 | 0.2 | 0:59 |
| L | Macquarie Grove Rd | 5.0 | Cobbitty Rd | 28.2 | 13.0 | 1:12 |
| L | Cobbitty Rd | 3.0 | Cobbitty Café Patisserie | 31.2 | 8.0 | 1:20 |
| 1st Nosh Stop | Cobbitty Café Patisserie | 30 | 1:50 | |||
1st Nosh Stop (30 min) Cobbitty Café Patisserie, Cobbitty proudly owned by Elsa and Herve Lamy from 9:05am. Herve is a Frenchman who knows how to bake pastries. Dead-set the cakes 'n tarts are scrumptious. | ||||||
2nd Leg: Cobbitty Café Patisserie Cobbitty to Simply Delicious Café 135 Argyle St. Picton - 48km - 126 min Saddle-up 9:45am: | ||||||
| A | Cobbitty Rd | 3.5 | Werombi Rd | 34.7 | 7.0 | 1:57 |
| R | Werombi Rd | 5.5 | 'Theresa Park' | 40.2 | 12.0 | 2:09 |
| A | Werombi Rd | 3.0 | Bobs Range Rd | 43.2 | 3.5 | 2:13 |
| 2nd Sag Stop | Bobs Range Rd | 2 | 2:15 | |||
| L | Bobs Range Rd | 3.5 | 'Orangeville' | 46.7 | 15.0 | 2:30 |
| A | Bobs Range Rd | 3.0 | 'The Oaks' | 49.7 | 12.0 | 2:42 |
| A | Burragorang Rd | 5.8 | 'Oakdale' | 55.5 | 13.0 | 2:55 |
| A | Burragorang Rd | 6.0 | Lake Burragorang Lookout Entrance | 61.5 | 17.0 | 3:12 |
| R | Burragorang Rd | 1.0 | Lake Burragorang Lookout | 62.5 | 2.5 | 3:14 |
| 3rd Sag Stop | Lake Burragorang Lookout | 10 | 3:24 | |||
| 'U' | Burragorang Rd | 1.0 | Lake Burragorang Lookout Entrance | 63.5 | 2.5 | 3:27 |
| L | Burragorang Rd | 6.0 | 'Oakdale' | 69.5 | 17.0 | 3:44 |
| R | Barkers Lodge Rd | 2.1 | Mowbray Park Rd on R | 71.6 | 5.0 | 3:49 |
| A | Barkers Lodge Rd | 6.6 | 'Picton' | 78.2 | 16.0 | 4:05 |
| L | Argyle St | 1.2 | Simply Delicious Cafe | 79.4 | 3.0 | 4:08 |
| 2nd Nosh Stop | Simply Delicious Cafe | 35 | 4:43 | |||
| A | Argyle St | 1.2 | Rememberance Drive | 80.6 | 6.0 | 4:49 |
Arrive at Historic Picton at 12:55am for 2nd Nosh Stop - 35 min at Simply Delicious Cafe 135 Argyle St, Picton on LHS. (Reduce 2nd Leg by 23km by skipping the out/back to pristine taking a short cut by turning Left at 'The Oaks' and heading Sth into Montpelier Drive rather than ahead into Burragorang Rd. Montpelier Drive links back into Barkers Lodge Rd which leads to Picton.) | ||||||
3rd Leg: Picton to Menangle General Store - 17km - 53 min | ||||||
| A | Rememberance Drive | 4.0 | Start of KOM - Crash Zone | 84.6 | 18.0 | 5:07 |
| A | Rememberance Drive | 2.4 | Mt Hercules Rd- KOM | 87.0 | 8.0 | 5:15 |
| A | Rememberance Drive | 5.0 | Finns Rd | 92.0 | 7.5 | 5:22 |
| R | Finns Rd | 2.5 | Woodbridge Rd | 94.5 | 7.0 | 5:29 |
| L | Woodbridge Rd | 2.2 | Menangle General Store | 96.7 | 6.0 | 5:35 |
| 3rd Nosh Stop | 'Menangle General Store' | 25 | 6:00 | |||
| L | Menangle Rd | 4.5 | cross over Hume H'way | 101.2 | 12.0 | 6:12 |
Arrive at Menangle General Store at 2:20pm for 3rd Nosh Stop - 10 min. | ||||||
4th Leg: Menangle General Store to Birriwa Reserve Mount Annan - 16km - 41 min Rollout at 2:30pm: | ||||||
| A | Menangle Rd | 6.1 | Tindall St | 107.3 | 15.0 | 6:27 |
| 4th Sag Stop | Tindall St | 3 | 6:30 | |||
| R | Tindall St | 0.2 | Gilchrist Drive | 107.5 | 1.5 | 6:32 |
| L | Kellicar St | 0.3 | Narellan Rd | 107.8 | 2.5 | 6:34 |
| L | Narellan Rd | 3.9 | Waterworth Drive | 111.7 | 9.0 | 6:43 |
| L | Waterworth Drive | 0.2 | Wellings Drive | 111.9 | 0.8 | 6:44 |
| L | Wellings Drive | 0.2 | Fitzpatrick Rd | 112.1 | 0.5 | 6:44 |
| R | Fitzpatrick Rd | 0.2 | Birriwa Reserve, "Mount Annan" | 112.3 | 0.5 | 6:45 |
| Birriwa Reserve, "Mount Annan" | 112.3 | 112.3 | 405 | 6:45 | ||
Return to Birriwa Reserve, "Mount Annan" at 3:15pm - 115km. | ||||||
Bank Teller's rap-up of Good Friday, 6 Apr, Cinque Montagnes - 94km - 14 crew - Route Map
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| Arrival at our 1st Nosh Stop at Pie in the Sky after 48km from Nth Turra' carpark evidenced Huey sending down a few spits which were followed by bigger spits, whereupon Matt retreated inside PitS. So as Printer wouldn't feel a woos, the rest of us took his lead. The two above pics evidence the joint was packed to the rafters with woosses. LH pic on Berowra Waters ferry after 59km. Paul aka Pilot on LHS looks comatose. The Yellow Duo of DishPig n Heineken were more lucid. Below 2 pics at Andy's Cafe Nth Galston after 69 clicks and 3 hills done. We got rained on some, and t'was a tad chilly, but we climbed five hills and had fun, 'cause Hills are your friends!!!. |
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L to R above at familiar Hornsby Heights Bus Shelter after 78km: Guy aka Lawyer, Phil, Jean aka DishPig, Pimpernel, BeanCounter, Pilot and Printer | |
Bank Teller's rap-up of Sun 1 Apr, Tour de Humongous Cottage Point, Church Point, Wakehurst Parkway - 86km - easy peasy
Bazza, Tony, Matt, Peter C, Rex 'n Grant in St Ives carpark pre-ride.
Tony aka Samurai, Matt aka Printer, Kerry aka Miner, Bazza, Brendan aka Mexican, Peter C, Grant aka BeanCounter, Jean aka DishPig, Pimpernel,
Guy aka Lawyer 'n, Bruce S. - (Bank Teller and The Kaiser were omitted) outside Thai Restaurant after the Terrey Hills out 'n back.
Above 'n below at Church Point cafe after 49.6 clicks incl the dreaded Cottage Point almost vertical 130m climb
New chum, Brendan aka Mexican relaxing at Cottage Point after scaling the precipitous Cottage Point in a 39/25,
which almost equally Printer climbing that monster in a 39/23 a few years ago when Matt was more nimble.
Above/below - Matt, Brendan aka Mexican, Samurai, BeanCounter, BankTeller 'n Pimpernel post-ride at Pattisons Patisserie
Three below pics at Pattisons Patisserie are testimony that Bank Teller is 'always assiduously angling' for a good pic.
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Bank Teller 1 Apr ' 07
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