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Sat, 8:00am 1 Oct '11 - clockwise "Tour de Macarthur" from Birriwa Reserve Mount Annan via Menangle Park, Picton, Mowbray Park, Oakdale, The Oaks, Orangeville, Theresa Park, Cobbitty, Camden, Cawdor, Elderslie  -  110km

Lots of farms, horses, cows, sheep, goats and alpacas - Even a tree thru an old Dodge truck.  ETR 1:50pm

WHO, WHEN, WHERE
Ride Organiser, Phil aka Bank Teller 0434 715.861
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Rose P, Shane C, Andrew aka TugBoat, Anthony aka Froggy, Jane aka Neo-Luddite, David aka CricketTragic, Pete aka CampyAficinado, Greg aka ArchitectToo, Terry aka Navigator and ChiliDog have committed to start from Birriwa Reserve Mount Annan for this annual Oct long w'end ride. 

If ya think you are 80% certain, e-mail Scribe, and he'll add ya to this list

Early on a Sunday morn' Campbelltown is only 50 min drive from Gordon via Homebush Bay Drive, about 1km past big Roselands sign on RHS turn right onto M5. Exit M5 at 2nd Campbelltown Rd. and keep to the 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 the "ramp" to Waterworth Drive.  250m later  Left into Wellings Drive.  220m later Right into Fitzpatrick Rd.  150m later Right into O'Brien Rd carpark in Birriwa Reserve

1st Leg: Birriwa Reserve Mount Annan carpark to Simply Delicious Cafe, 135 Argyle St. Picton  -  33.4km  -  90 min

8:00am cycle -

 dir

Birriwa Reserve,
"Mount Annan"

 leg km

destination

dir

 agg km

  leg time

  ride time

L

Fitzpatrick Rd

0.2

Wellings Drive

NNE

0.2

0.4

0.4

R

Wellings Drive

0.2

Waterworth Drive

NWW

0.4

0.4

0.8

R

Waterworth Drive

0.2

Narellan Rd

NNE

0.6

0.4

1.2

R

Narellan Rd

5.3

Kellicar St

SEE

5.9

12.0

13.2

R

Kellicar St

0.2

Tindall St

WSW

6.1

0.7

13.9

R

Tindall St

0.2

Menangle Rd

N

6.3

0.5

14.4

 

1st Sag Stop

 

Menangle Rd

 

 

 2

 

L

Menangle Rd / Remembrance Drive

9.8

Menangle General Store

WSW

16.05

24.0

38.4

R

Woodbridge Rd

2.2

Finns Rd

W

18.2

5.7

44.1

L

Finns Rd

2.5

Start of KOM - Finns Rd sign

NW

20.7

6.3

50.4

L

Remembrance Drive

4.9

KOM - Mt Hercules Rd sign

SW

25.7

20.0

70.4

A

Remembrance Drive

2.4

Start of KOM - Crash Zone

WSW

28.1

4.0

74.4

A

Remembrance Drive

4.0

Argyle St

SSW

32.1

10.3

84.7

A

Argyle St

1.3

Picton

SSW

33.4

3.0

87.7

 

1st Nosh Stop

 33.4

Simply Delicious Café

 

 

 30

 

Arrive at Historic Picton at 9:30am for 1st Nosh Stop - 30 min at Simply Delicious Cafe 135 Argyle St, Picton on LHS.

(Reduce 2nd Leg by 11km by 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.)

2nd Leg: Picton to Cobbitty Café Patisserie, Cobbitty  - 46km - 120 min

Saddle-up 10:00am:

  dir

Picton cafe

  leg km

destination

dir

  agg km

  leg time

  ride time

L

Argyle St

0.2

Barkers Lodge Rd

SW

33.6

1.0

88.7

R

Barkers Lodge Rd

7.0

Montpelier Rd on  R

NW

40.6

17.0

105.7

A

Barkers Lodge Rd

2.4

Ferguson Rd on  L

W

43.0

7.0

112.7

A

Barkers Lodge Rd

9.5

Oakdale

NNW

52.5

30.0

142.7

 

2nd Sag Stop

 

Oakdale

 

 

 2

 

R

Burragorang St

6.7

Silverdale Rd

SW

59.2

15.0

157.7

L

Silverdale Rd

4.5

Orangeville

NNE

63.7

6.0

163.7

R

Bobs Range Rd

6.0

Werombi Rd

ENE

69.7

15.0

178.7

R

Werombi Rd

2.5

Montpelier Rd

ENE

72.2

8.0

186.7

A

Werombi Rd

3.5

Cobbitty Rd

ESE

75.7

12.0

198.7

L

Cobbitty Rd

3.4

Cobbitty Café Patisserie

E

79.1

9.0

207.7

 

3rd Sag Stop

 

Cobbitty Café Patisserie

 

 

 30

 

2nd Nosh Stop (30 min) Cobbitty Café Patisserie, Cobbitty owned by Elsa and Herve Lamy from 12:00pm.  Herve is a Frenchman who knows how to bake pastries. Dead-set the cakes 'n tarts are scrumptious.  You won't want to re-mount.

3rd Leg: Cobbitty to Birriwa Reserve Mount Annan - 31km - 80 min

Remount 12:30pm:

 

  dir

  Cobbitty Café Patisserie

leg km

destination

dir

  agg km

  leg time

 ride time

A

Cobbitty Rd

2.4

Macquarie Grove Rd

S/E

81.5

8.0

215.7

R

Macquarie Grove Rd

4.4

Exeter St

S

85.9

16.0

231.7

R

Exeter St

0.1

Elizabeth St

E

86.0

0.3

232.0

L

Elizabeth St

0.4

Argyle St

N

86.4

1.0

233.0

A

Argyle St

0.4

Cawdor Rd

N

86.8

1.0

234.0

L

Cawdor Rd

6.8

Cawdor Rd

SSW

93.6

18.0

252.0

L

Cawdor Rd

2.1

Remembrance Drive

E

95.7

4.0

256.0

L

Remembrance Drive

5.4

Camden Bypass

N

101.1

14.0

270.0

R

Camden Bypass

5.9

Narellan Rd

NE

107.0

13.0

283.0

R

Narellan Rd

2.0

Waterworth Drive

NE

109.0

4.5

287.5

R

Waterworth Drive

0.2

Wellings Drive

SSW

109.2

0.8

288.3

L

Wellings Drive

0.2

Fitzpatrick Rd

SEE

109.4

0.5

288.8

R

Fitzpatrick Rd

0.2

Birriwa Reserve, "Mount Annan"

SSW

109.6

0.5

289.3

 

Birriwa Reserve, "Mount Annan"

109.6

 

 

109.6

353

289

Return to Birriwa Reserve Mount Annan at 1:50pm.

Risk Warning
Some forms of cycling are dangerous. 
An ave of 36 Australian cyclists have been killed annually since 2000.  95% of these fatalities occur on the road

Other cyclists in Australia break bones and incur nerve impairment from falling off their bikes in accidents. 

A cyclist could fall from his/her bike, inter alia, due to -
(i)      being hit by a car or another cyclist; or
(ii)     encountering a pothole;

(iii)    cycling too fast on a wet downhill where the coefficient of friction is much less, particularly at corners; or
(iv)    getting their bicycle wheel caught in a gap in a timber bridge.

A negligent cyclist could -

(a)    be litigated by a seriously injured cyclist, or 3rd party (ie. a woman pushing a pram on a footpath or a car driver) under common law where the damages could exceed $500,000; and

(b)    lose his/her home if he/she did not have public liability insurance which covers their negligence whilst on a push bike.

A negligent cyclist who did not have personal injury insurance (ie self-employed without income protection cover) could struggle to meet regular outgo commitments.

A seriously injured cyclist could be awarded damages which a negligent cyclist could not afford to pay if the negligent cyclist -
(I)     did not have public liability insurance cover; and/or
(II)    did not possess valuable assets.

Ø    Cycling without Public Liability cover is as silly as driving without 3rd Party -
 join Bicycle NSW for PL insurance, so that all Muggs are better protected

Ø    Click on: Risk Management which warns of 'inter alia', the dangers of cycling on public roads with motor cars, potholes and over bridges with vertical timber planks with gaps

Ø    Cycling with Muggs is predicated upon notifying Bank Teller if you materially disagree with any clause(s) in Muggaccinos' "Ride Participants Liability Acknowledgment"

Ø   Hardcopy these directions and bring on Sunday

Ø   Expend 5 min studying your street directory for this route, if you haven't ridden it before

Ø   Don't ride two abreast on single lane roads with an unbroken centre line and descend corners on wet roads as though you are skating on ice

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

 

Scribe   29 Sept 2011